MVP Brown Trout Bait

[CaptDennis]

With the count down to spring brown trout fishing starting I thought it would be interesting to see everyone's best brown trout bait from last year.

I had a tough time for them last spring but my best bait was the storm jr thunderstick in prismflash gold shiner and got a few on a gold vibrax spinner with a 3/8 keel weight.

[Legacy]

DW super slims and Bay Rat stickbaits. Deadly combo!

[PolarBear]

I got a few on a gold vibrax spinner with a 3/8 keel weight.

that's interesting.....I often thought of running spinners but never done so

[Xxx]

I took the hook off a vibrax spinner added a 18" fluro and a slow death hook add worm and bingo. Never saw a trout refuse a juice worm, Smithwicks and bay rats, the goby rat worked the best and old faithful Smithwicks orange bottom with a gold/black top.

[CaptDennis]

Pap that is some great thinking. I'm going to give that a try!

[Xxx]

Pap that is some great thinking. I'm going to give that a try!

[Big Water]

Bobby Fuller's FLT goby spoons. Various Jr Thunderstick in natural/dark colors. To be fair, I haven't given the Bay Rat sticks a ride yet. Soon.

[TileMan Dan]

Bay rat goby, evil eye watermelon and fire tiger, rapalas gold and silver.

[UNREEL]

   I'll 2nd the DW Super Slims. Glow frog and goby lookalikes  were good to us. Also FLT King of Kings.

[minion]

Stinger freezer burn and smolt flt watermelon

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[shorething]

3/8 oz silver / orange krocodile

[c bonaffine jr]

Bay Rat '' high school" has taken lots of browns for us lately!

[steve-hamilton]

i have multiple special mate boxes full of just "Brown Trout" lures....hundreds of them (I fish for browns more than any other lake O species).

 

However, if I could only use ONE lure for browns, just one, for the rest of my life, it would be the riplin redfin.

[TileMan Dan]

Steve. Can you post a pic of that lure. Never heard of them before

[minion]

i have multiple special mate boxes full of just "Brown Trout" lures....hundreds of them (I fish for browns more than any other lake O species).

However, if I could only use ONE lure for browns, just one, for the rest of my life, it would be the riplin redfin.

I wish they made a slightly smaller version!

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Edited January 16, 2016 by minion

[fitz67]

http://www.cottoncordelllures.com/wp-content/gallery/ripplin-red/C85_10.png

[steve-hamilton]

well, here ya go.

 

the "new" versions are ripplin redfins (extra "p"), the older versions were "riplin" redfins.....both work.

 

they are a little bigger than the lures it appears you guys run on the south shore, however, while we don't have the numbers of browns you guys have, our average size is slightly bigger.....

 

a 6lbs brown (which is our average size) inhales a ripplin redfin without issue.

I upsize the front and back treble to a #4 Gammy 2x rb, and remove the middle treble.

 

blue/silver, black/silver, or the older purple versions work best for my boat.

Edited January 17, 2016 by steve-hamilton

[CaptDennis]

I never fished Smithwicks before for Browns. What size do you run?

[CaptDennis]

I never fished Smithwicks before for Browns. What size do you run?

[BAZOOKAJOE]

The floating rattling rogue with 2 or 3 hooks are great! My best last year was a black/gold rapala. And a greasy chic wing spoon.

[BrokeOff]

stinger chart. alwewife way back off the riggers

[wet the net]

I like the rapalas and the Jr Thundersticks.  What pound test line is everyone using? 

[BAZOOKAJOE]

I run 20 main and leader down to 12 or 15 floro.

[minion]

15lb main and 10 or 12lb fluoro leader

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[frostbitefishy1]

mine was either a 1/2 ounce blue mackeral krocodile or the rainbow krocodile. 3 years running.