plugcrazy
07-27-2009, 03:56 PM
Fishing for Trout
Trout inhabit cold, clean water. Many other species, such as catfish, bass and carp, can survive in more polluted water. That is not the case for trout. Trout need quality, non-polluted water.
Trout are a coldwater species. So in the United States, you will find trout at higher latitudes and higher elevations. Common trout species in the United States are the rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout and cutthroat trout. All are fantastic game species and make for good eating.
There are many different methods are effective when fishing for trout. Flyfishing is a very popular method, as is spin fishing with small lures, live bait or salmon eggs. Trout feed below the surface about 90% of the time and at the water's surface about 10% of the time. If you see that trout are rising than you should try to "match the hatch" and tie on a fly that closely resembles what the fish are feeding on. Trout may be pursued in both rivers and lakes, and in both freshwater and saltwater. Examples of trout species that inhabit saltwater are the speckled trout, which inhabits the south, and the steelhead, which is a sea- going type of rainbow trout.
The average size of the fish is often roughly correlated to the size of the body of water. Small streams will usually have small trout and big rivers and lakes will often have big trout. However, many other factors also influence how the trout grow in an area. Rainbow and brown trout can grow exceptionally large. Cutthroats can get big too - brook trout are typically a bit smaller.
Many of the most popular trout streams in the United States occur in the Appalachian Mountains in the east and the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains in the west. Alaska also has some of the best (if not the best) trout fishing in the world.
Trout inhabit cold, clean water. Many other species, such as catfish, bass and carp, can survive in more polluted water. That is not the case for trout. Trout need quality, non-polluted water.
Trout are a coldwater species. So in the United States, you will find trout at higher latitudes and higher elevations. Common trout species in the United States are the rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout and cutthroat trout. All are fantastic game species and make for good eating.
There are many different methods are effective when fishing for trout. Flyfishing is a very popular method, as is spin fishing with small lures, live bait or salmon eggs. Trout feed below the surface about 90% of the time and at the water's surface about 10% of the time. If you see that trout are rising than you should try to "match the hatch" and tie on a fly that closely resembles what the fish are feeding on. Trout may be pursued in both rivers and lakes, and in both freshwater and saltwater. Examples of trout species that inhabit saltwater are the speckled trout, which inhabits the south, and the steelhead, which is a sea- going type of rainbow trout.
The average size of the fish is often roughly correlated to the size of the body of water. Small streams will usually have small trout and big rivers and lakes will often have big trout. However, many other factors also influence how the trout grow in an area. Rainbow and brown trout can grow exceptionally large. Cutthroats can get big too - brook trout are typically a bit smaller.
Many of the most popular trout streams in the United States occur in the Appalachian Mountains in the east and the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada Mountains in the west. Alaska also has some of the best (if not the best) trout fishing in the world.