When the term ‘trout fishing’ is uttered, it seems that many times the term ‘fly fishing’ automatically comes to mind. This has never made sense to me. The idea that if you’re going to fish for trout effectively, you have to do it while fly fishing? I have been trout fishing for over twenty five years and have never felt the need to fly fish. Sure, I tried fly fishing early in my “trout fishing career” but it never felt right. From the beginning I have been primarily a bait angler using ultralight gear and tackle to catch trout.

In this article, I will outline some tips to help you catch more trout, especially while live bait fishing. In my opinion, live bait trout fishing using light lines and ultralight gear is the best option. art form which has been proclaimed to be fly fishing. The bottom line is that these live bait tips will help you catch more trout on your next trout fishing excursion.

The tips are listed in no particular order. Add one or all of them to your trout fishing arsenal as you see fit.

1. The focus of your offer should be bait: This seems obvious, but it should be mentioned as a piece of advice. He wants the focus of his offer to be the bait itself, which means using small, sharp hooks. The way you rig your bait is of the utmost importance when fishing with live bait. For example, a hook rig is a great way to present live worms as bait and keep the focus of the offering on the worm and not the hooks or line. Whichever way you handle your live bait, the bottom line is that the focus of the offer should be on the bait.
2. Use the weather and the moon to your advantage – These two forces of mother nature have an incredible impact on trout feeding behavior and the more you understand and use this information to your advantage, the more trout you will catch. This live bait tip is especially true when using live bait. When the trout are asset they are much more susceptible to live baits and the weather and the moon will tell you when the trout are most active.
3. Keep your live bait cool, moist or well-oxygenated – When fishing with live bait, it is imperative that your bait be alive. Dead or dying bait is not entirely effective, so you want your live bait to be as “alive” as possible. For live worms of any kind, this means keeping them cool or moist. In the case of minnows, crayfish or any underwater bait, this means keeping the water in which they are stored well oxygenated.

These three baiting tips will help you catch more trout on your next trout fishing outing. Add one or all of them to your repertoire sooner rather than later and your bite rates will go up. Trout hooking is on you, but these tips will increase the number of bites you get, I promise.