| Title: | Fishing Notes- Archived |
| Notice: | See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference |
| Moderator: | DONMAC::MACINTYRE |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Sep 20 1991 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1660 |
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I've been fishing for trout with crawlers for a while but it's hard to get 'em and I was thinking about trying rubber worms (I bought some augertails). The way to rig them seems clear, but when I go looking for worm hooks all I can find are these HUGE things that I'd expect to use for blues! Can anyone comment on this, and on the probability of success using artificial worms on browns? Pete
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| 1163.1 | COLD CRAWLERS | TOLKIN::KCROWLEY | Thu Jun 15 1989 19:43 | 5 | |
I would stay with the way you are doing it.Put the crawlers in
the cooler so they stay stiff.You can get them any night it rains
or go to a livebait shop.You don't have to use a worm hook.
KEV
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| 1163.2 | trout love REAL worms | SALEM::JUNG | Thu Jun 15 1989 20:02 | 9 | |
Can't say that I ever heard of catching trout on an augertail. These
rubbers are used for bass. I have seen real small rubber worms,
approx. 1/8 inch in diameter and maybe 2-3 inches in length. If
you are really all fired-up for catching trout, try REAL worms!
Go down and get some #8 or #10 hooks (available anywhere). Tie
the hook on the line, (2,4,6, pound test) and put a bobber about
2 or 3 feet up from the hook, or if you want to fish on the
bottom, scratch the bobber and add a couple of split shot. This
is about as basic a set up as you can get for trout.
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| 1163.3 | Trout can't digest/pass rubber worms | RAINBO::BEAUDREAU | Fri Jun 16 1989 13:37 | 36 | |
Dito previous reply for trout. I also have real good luck (oops
did I say luck) with live grubs fished eith on the top or bottom.
I usually start with two rods, one set up with a bobber and the
other w/ slit shot for bottom. to find the right combo for
the monement. Trout are the most finicky fish in the book
and their feeding habit turn on and off worst that our weather.
Also use a quirt of Berlkley's trout scent on you live bait.
On opening day in RI me and a friend eack pulled in our
limit in one hour (11 - 12) while about 50 other fishing
the same pond were getting skunked or spotty hits. When
we both had five, my friend gave the guy next to us (who
was skunked and getting pretty pissed at our luck) a squirt
on his worm and he pulled in a nice rainbow on the first
cast.
Regarding your rubber worm theory... while fishing at
Wallum Lake a few weeks back w/ Don Mac, Phil Wells, and
a local buddy ( yes, four guys on ther Bass Buggy with
plenty of room to spare) I pulled in the only trout of
the Day. I noticed to looped end of a pretty heavy nylon
leader in its mouth and commented that it was probably
a leader off one of those cheap barbed hook setups used
by "meat" fisherpersons and that they used a poor Knot
that slipped. I gave the trout to my dad and a few days
later he handed me a cheap pre-hooked purple rubber worm
that he took out of the trout's gut.
So you never know 'bout them rubber worms.
The Harbormaster... back in the USA
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| 1163.4 | I'd like mustard on my crawler please! | WLDWST::GARRISON | Mon Jun 19 1989 17:00 | 10 | |
When I lived back east in Connecticut I never had a problem getting
nightcrawlers even when nobody had them for sale.
Get some dry mustard and put some (say 2 teaspoons) into a cleaned
dishwashing liquid container (or something similar) fill it with
water and mix it up. Go into your backyard and look for nightcrawler
holes (they'll be little mounds of dirt covering the holes). Remove
the dirt and squirt some of the liquid down the hole.In about ten
seconds or so a nightcrawler will come out of his hole. Your not
going to get a gallon full like looking for them at night when its
raining but with a little effort you can get a couple dozen.
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