Brown trout- How to do it

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Brown trout- How to do it

I got my first king.Now i want my first Brown. Need all the help i can get. Thanks guys!

[Tyee II]

Find where 55-60 degree water intersects the bottom and run your baits close to the bottom. If you can find that with some structure associated with it, all the better. Run your baits on long leads. Like 60 to 80 foot for mono/flouro and lead core setups to match your depth. Slide divers work well for Browns, but don't be afraid to run a standard diver if you don't have slide divers though. Browns can be very aggressive at times, yet very weary most of the time. 

 

I have had success with many different types of baits for Browns. Cranks like Hot-n-Tots, Shadraps, Flicker shads, and even smaller J-plugs have done well. Smaller spoons like Stinger Scorpions in colors like Gold Monkeypuke, Helmut, Purple Pooh Bear, and Razberry Dolphin are some good ones. Copper and Gold blanks seem to work best for me. I've caught them trolling with casting spoons like Cleos, Krocodiles, and KO wobblers as well. Some of my biggest Browns have come on 0 size dodgers with 2" flies behind them, or fly/spin-n-glo behind running on short setbacks behing riggers running right off the bottom... just like I use fishing for Lakers.

 

In the colder months if you find a warm water discharge into colder water, the Browns will be there. If you find them where they are actively feeding you can have a blast just anchoring and casting spoons, cranks, jigs, or blade baits to them. They fight like the crazy, and can be quite memorble on lighter spinning tackle.

 

Good luck and hope this helps you get your first Brown!

[jimski2]

Browns spawn in the fall so look near harbors  and streams. Deer season is the spawning time in November. Minnows, spinners, small stick baits, small spoons will work. Wilson Harbor is ideal like other harbors,

[Sk8man]

These guys have given you some real good info. The spawners often aren't as hungry as usual so sometimes it helps to "agitate" them sort of like with the staging or spawning kings. Try some wobbly lures like flatfish type, jointed rapala type or heavy wobbly spoons trolled way behind the boat near stream mouths or harbor entrances.

[Hobo]

Tyee ll how far do you run the fly behind the dodger


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[Tyee II]

Typically 22" behind the flasher.

[Hobo]

Thanks someone told me 12”to 18”. For browns


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[Tyee II]

For a 00 dodger I use 12 to 18". 22" for 0 size dodgers.