Geffellz18
Senior Member
Headed up early-mid next week to fish solo for a few days.
Will target trout of course(preferably a brook, but if the weathers too bad, don’t think I’ll get too far off the beaten path to be able to find them), but also would like to catch a few smallmouth, if possible. Another bucket list fish as would the brook trout.
Looking at the forecast, it looks like there’s going to be quite a bit of rain starting Saturday well into next week. Can’t change the weather, so just going to have to adapt! Seeking advice on what the best options would be to have some success in the event that the water is high and stained/muddy.
I have pretty much anything and everything for trout from rooster tails in various colors and sizes, panther martins, blue fox vibrax’s, Mepps aglias & fish spinners, etc, along with salmon eggs and power baits in various colors/scents. Will be using light spinning setup.
But for smallmouth, I’m guessing a Ned rig in a dark or chartreuse color may work, but have no knowledge of these fish, other than the YouTube videos I viewed and the little I’ve read about them over the past few days. I also realize I may be just a few weeks early for when they start getting fired up real good too, but I gotta go when I’m able! Will be back up there again in late October to try again-Missing the prime time on both ends, I know!
Any tips to guide me in the right direction for both species for both would be greatly appreciative!
Will target trout of course(preferably a brook, but if the weathers too bad, don’t think I’ll get too far off the beaten path to be able to find them), but also would like to catch a few smallmouth, if possible. Another bucket list fish as would the brook trout.
Looking at the forecast, it looks like there’s going to be quite a bit of rain starting Saturday well into next week. Can’t change the weather, so just going to have to adapt! Seeking advice on what the best options would be to have some success in the event that the water is high and stained/muddy.
I have pretty much anything and everything for trout from rooster tails in various colors and sizes, panther martins, blue fox vibrax’s, Mepps aglias & fish spinners, etc, along with salmon eggs and power baits in various colors/scents. Will be using light spinning setup.
But for smallmouth, I’m guessing a Ned rig in a dark or chartreuse color may work, but have no knowledge of these fish, other than the YouTube videos I viewed and the little I’ve read about them over the past few days. I also realize I may be just a few weeks early for when they start getting fired up real good too, but I gotta go when I’m able! Will be back up there again in late October to try again-Missing the prime time on both ends, I know!
Any tips to guide me in the right direction for both species for both would be greatly appreciative!
