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What is a good live bait to use for brown trout? 
In your opinion, what is a good live bait to use for brown trout? Does it depend on whether the individual plans to fish at a river or on a lake? Thanks!
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Asked by kodabear from Huntersville, NCAnswered 16 years ago.
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Ants, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets and caterpillars are ideal for catching pan fish, sunfish and trout. Brown trout are especially attracted to ants presented on a fly. Smallmouths and large trout prefer immature versions of mayflies, stoneflies, caddis, hellgrammites and dobsonfly larvae. You can buy insects or catch your own. Ants can be gathered from a nest and large insects can be captured with a net.
Answered by The-fishing-place
P.O. Box 12711,
Knoxville,
TN, 37912,
865-660-2870
(Novice with 35 pts.)
Answered 14 years ago. -
If you really want to use live bait - wax worms, leaches and small mealworms should work. If you don't mind switching to jigs - 1/64oz marabou jigs are great in black, white, olive.
Tight Lines...
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Answered by Haggerty Lures
1001 Shelbourne Rd,
Reading,
PA, 19606,
610-373-1368
(Novice with 51 pts.)
Answered 15 years ago. -
Here in Rhode Island we use garden worms, mealworms, and pinhead shiners (A very small shiner) for brown trout in both rivers and ponds.
Have a Great Day Fishing
Blackstone Valley Outfitters
25 Carrington Street, Lincoln, RI 02865
www.bvori.com
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Answered by Blackstone Valley Outfitters
25 Carrington Street,
Lincoln,
RI, 02865,
401-312-0369
(Novice with 10 pts.)
Answered 15 years ago. -
I have caught mos of my brown trout on red wigglers (worms). However, I have caught many on live minnows and also live crickets. But you just cant beat a floated worm, no weight, drifted with the current.
Answered by Parkhill Jewelry
5 W Main St,
Ephrata,
PA, 17522,
717-733-8800
(Novice with 83 pts.)
Answered 15 years ago.
