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Congrats on your situational adaptation to save the day. You are lucky to have the insight that smaller is sometimes if not often better. During the recent wiper bite I saw guys here throwing 6" bass worms, 4" cranks, 1/2 oz Kastmasters, 4" paddle tails stuck in the big lure for big fish rut. I...

BTW, what is "her favorite Gulp bait" ? Few weeks ago tried a Gulp 3" Minnow green shiner color mostly cuz it was clearance saled at Walmart for $3.50 and it looked like the perfect baitfish replica sparkle color I've always looked for. Best bite at the time was trout spring stockers grown up...

More astute anglers than me keep up with all these new innovations. Dunno, I'm too bizzy catching fish with same ol' jigs, tho sometimes situational challenges prompt minor tweaks, Out here, the latest fad is chugging surface plugs replacing poppers to catch wipers. They seem to work OK, but...

Been having some very productive sessions throwing downsize plastics in that cattle ranch wild river. Most trout are 16-18" with a cupla pounders embellishing each session. Been avoiding the ranch for a week due to a spell of warm weather but Friday night dropped to 24* so hit the river for...

Anyone else think that "cowboy" sounds sissy and the tuff MFs that work the ranches could better be labeled "bullman" or at least "bullboy"? This AM was chatting with bullman Doug who advised that biting spiders have been active & ticks might be waking up. They apparently can live in trees and...

Soooo, cold season almost over & wild country ticks will be waking up soon so almost time to switch to wallys in the dark. Been an eventful learning season for trout with some jigs and tactics of heretofore limited use now tested and proven. 1. Plastics very effective at times speshly for...

Yesterday fished all day with plastics and only got 3 short bows with lots of missed hooksets. So today tried something I haven't used in many years downsize #8 2x hook in a 1/16 JiggerJohn Boolie jig #0 gold prop, off white mink fur, pearl Flashabou accent. Practically all bites stuck & held...

Plastics continue to be pleasantly surprising. Few days ago was getting skunked at our local trout park corner of a small lake when a stocker tank truck showed up. Boss man Darrol mentioned due to transportation gliches the trout had grown in the hatchery from their usual 8-10" to 12-13"...

Whatyah got close to home ?

Yup, me too.

OK, shared how to catch open water Winter trout in both moving and still water and what jigs get bit. May get to squeeze in a session or few in early March but when the night temps are above freezing I'll be chasing walleye in the dark.

Day after last post decided to take it EZ at the drive up paved walkways + floating pier public trout fishing park on a spring fed corner of our local trout stocked lake. Entire lake was almost totally ice capped but the spring feed kept the water open there. Decided to test the plastics on...

Crosscut rabbit bodies? Whats up with the eyes ? Anything biting this cold season?

Temp today mid 40s & SE 30 mph gusts mitigated by choosing stands on the south bank of the river with wind mostly at my back. Decided to test plastics and all 3 got bit well - Powerbait Ripple Shad black back gold glitter & black shad colors + Bobby Garland blue ice Baby Shad all trimmed down...

Like y'all I'm always on the hunt for the magic jig that works anywhere anytime. Elusive so far, tho many latest greatest have been successful right time right place right conditions. Right now been surprised how well the aforementioned shortened to 1-1/2" from original 2" black back gold...

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Still kickin' eh ? What kinda trout have you caught where & how ? Looked it up, OK has some nice running water trouting.

Last chance in the public access area yesterday as most of the slower current water is ice capped and meathead harvest has pretty much wiped out the trout. For example the reduced for Winter 47 cfps inflow into the river below the dam which formerly yielded a fish on nearly every cast got...

The BooHu jig as posted a dozen years ago remains effective. Same black 1/14 oz tin head with bent to fit Gami 604 #2 hook tho original rabbit fur has been replaced with shorter fibered mink and dispensed with the gold Flashabou tail. Because I don't lose very many jigs trout fishing still...

Didn't have any fruit flavored mallows when I was a kid, the colored ones all tasted the same. Disappointed that cotton candy wasn't strawberry flavored. Some guys spend a lifetime creating the perfect fly or bug replica ties, and other just pin a marshmallow on a hook. Or catch trout with a...