I live in Rogers, and the nearest trout stream is close to prairie creek. Now it is early fall and I am probably going fly fishing there, but I also want to get stripers that are stocked in in Beaver lake above which swim around the  lake dam. I want to order a trout patterned cl8 bait Cb 5, but my bass rod might be too small. It says it can throw baits up to 3/4 oz. but the Cb 5 is 9/10 oz.. Can it still throw it OK? I'm pretty new to swimbaits, and the only one I've ever used was a small bluegill ( which is why I don't get the cb-9). I'm pretty sure I'll be the first swimbait fisherman in the lake because we never use trout swimbaits. It should completely kill the stripers, but can my rod hold it? Also how does the cb-5 work, is it good? My rod is medium action and 7' long.

Thanks all,

Will

The White River is south of me  and where I live (MO) and I've read and herd there is record setting Brown Trout there. So I am going to take a trip this fall and give it a go. Here's my questions. What type of equipment do I need? Here is the rigs that I have. 1. Fly Rod - 8'6" with 6wt. line. I caught tons of hatchery size Rainbows on this in both rivers and lakes. 2. Spinning Rod - 5' UL with 4lb mono. Same as above, lots of hatchery size Rainbows. 3. Spinning Rod - 6'6" M with 8lb mono for Bass fishing. Caught hundreds of 2 and 3 lbs. Bass on this rig. Will any of these work on 20+ pound Brown Trout?  All the pictures and information I get are about the fish and not what they were caught on. The locals claim that to catch the big Brown's you need to night fish using scuds or midges close to the surface. During the day to jig the deep water. Steve in MO

My boyfriend and I use basic baits 9worms but I am sure that isn't working since I actually watched several fish pass it by once looking at it. They weren't even interested. So anyone have any advice? I mean basic advice. I have looked online but I don't see anything basic enough to explain what I am doing wrong. Is there a special bait to use? Is there a special way to cast? What can I do to catch Rainbow Trout?

Thanks,

Tiff

I appreciate your willingness and advice because I want to surprise them with the advice or education I learn by myself.

Regards,

Karen

Mack

Thanks much for any and all information,

Terry

Over the weekend my family and I took out the  pontoon boat for a nice trip to the Beaver lake. We bought a Fishing license, and than hauled out the old fishing rods and reels, but by the time we got to the lake we were totally clueless about fishing. The lake we are fishing at has some nice Trout and lot's and lot's of stripers.  My question: Could we just use normal trout bait that they sell at any Sporting Goods store? Could someone here point me to a website or show me how I should set up my reel and the proper way to tie a  Next time I'll be going it alone (tomorrow) depending on whether.

Appreciated it,

Mark