[JLG61]

I am going to Big Lake the third week of July for 5 days. What are your top 5 trout trolling lures & how do you fish them? Thanks, JLG.

 

[50hp]

Carolina rig, put worm on hook with worm threader, troll very slow, bounce off bottem use 6lb test, hold on to pole. or crickhopper crank bait just off bottem. Good luck !

 

[Johnma]

#4 & #6 panther martins........gold blade lures work great in mountain streams and lakes(color of water)...rainbow trout color also.........now you have to work for them

 

[Delw]

4 6" jointed rapalas (trout pattern)we used to use them all the time in washington.

 

[Chris Love]

Stop at Hondah and get their hand made flies in the black/gold and light brown/gold.They are awsome at Big Lake. I perfer Cresent lake better but that is rainbow powerbait/chart flake mixed does well also.There is a hole about 35 yds due west from the dock at Cresent that holds the big ones.Dont be affraid of the weeds there.Good luck

 

[Bassindude79]

agreed with del, i also use small cranks that are about an inch and a half long in the same colors, and the bumble bugs.

 

[JDBassman]

Slow troll Crickhoppers, Bumblebugs, and even Z-Rays or Super Dupers.....I like to put a ¼oz split shot about 2 ft up the line on the crickhoppers and any other small rebel cranks to help get them down deeper. I have the best luck with the darker colors...IE: Black Crickhopper...seems to work the best for me.

 

[Basser]

rebel wee craws.

 

[Kevin McNichols]

See Love's post above and add wooly worms in olive drab, 1/4 oz Z-rays in gold w/red and rapalas (#3 & #5 brown trout and rainbow trout patterns) prefreably the Countdown type.


Vary your speeds constantly and make lots of circles and figure eight patterns. Stay close to the shore near dawn and dusk.

 

[2fastnaz]

Kast Masters silver and gold

 

[LunkerLooker]

1:Cowbells with a 12-18' leader w/ 1/2 night crawler. Best.

2:Kastmaster silver/blue

3:Zrays trout imitation/or gold w/ red dots

Just came back from there. No real reason to stick with anything other than cowbells. Try Crescent while your up there.

 

[BASSRO]

Don't forget the green and chrome kastmaster also.

 

[swampgas]

Cow Bells

All of the above work even better when trolled behind a Cow Bell/Fordfender. They are great for the bigger guys in the pond.

 

[2sunaz]

Rapala shad rap....SR05....silver/blue....drag set very light.

Used to murder 'em at Apache Lake, Horse Mesa Dam just before sunrise back in the good 'ol days.

 

[Dirty Dave]

Trout God Lures

Last November, we were up at Big Lake trolling the 1" Kastmasters in gold & silver, and a friend caught a Cutthroat 2" shy of the state record ! The fish was 26" long and weighed just under 6lbs ! We also caught numerous other Cutts & Brookies ! It was a great trip !
DD

 

[dryheat]

A pistol pete (wooly bugger with a little propeller on the front) rigged carolina syle with about a three foot leader and 1/2 oz. egg sinker.

 

[JLG61]

Thanks guys for all your suggestions, JLG.