Tag Archives: Fire Bait

Learn to Use a Fire Worm: Catch More Trout

By: Isaac Zettle I’ve fished for trout almost daily this year. Some days catching is easy. However, there’s other times when trout won’t grab salmon eggs, lures or dough bait. When trout get lockjaw it’s important to change your presentation. I do this by molding Fire Bait into what we call a Fire Worm. The […]

VA’s Big Tumbling Creek Getting Huge Trout Plants

By: Samuel Davidson We’ve been catching lots of trout since the opening day, but never have had the opportunity to catch trout this big this season. This is the biggest fishing week all year at Big Tumbling Creek. The creek is loaded with brooks and rainbows right now and the Virginia Department of Game & […]

Northern California’s Baum Lake Sporting Hot Trout Bite

By: Chris Shaffer Trout are being stocked in most Northern California reservoirs and lakes. Meanwhile, it’s going to be a chore to find a better bite than what Baum Lake is sporting. Baum’s trout bite was epic last week. Limits were coming in five casts. In fact, we caught and released dozens of trout in […]

South Carolina’s Little Eastatoe Creek Restocked with Trout

By: Chris Shaffer We’d never been to the South Carolina’s Little Eastatoe Creek. Meanwhile, a few days prior to Memorial Weekend an angler suggested we try our luck here after catching and releasing a few dozen trout on the South Saluda. We parked at Long Shoals Roadside Park (along with a few other anglers), walked […]

West Fork Chattooga Stocked with Georgia Trout

By: Chris Shaffer North Georgia is littered with quality trout streams that are heavily stocked by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Meanwhile, some of them see a tremendous amount of fishing pressure. The Chattahoochee River near Helen, Rock and Cooper Creek, Wildcat Creek and the Tallulah River are extremely popular with anglers, but can […]

PA’s Bald Eagle Creek Still Loaded with Trout

By: Isaac Zettle For nearly a month it rained almost daily in Central Pennsylvania. The month was wet and made trout fishing challenging due to high water. In fact, we lost many days because creeks and rivers were too high and muddy. Fortunately, the waters have receded and are fishable again. The good news is […]

More than 70,000 Trout Stocked in Georgia This Week

By: Chris Shaffer The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been busy this week. They’ve been driving thousands of miles to stock rainbow trout in the Peach State’s best trout streams, rivers and lakes to prepare for holiday crowds. In fact, more than 70,000 trout will be stocked before the holiday weekend begins. We’ve spent […]

South Carolina’s Chauga Stuffed with Trout

By: Chris Shaffer As with all Southeast states South Carolina has been aggressively stocking mountain rivers and streams ahead of the holiday weekend. As expected, the Chauga River has remained a priority. The upper and lower sections of the river were stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout this week – and lots of them. […]

Washington Lakes Loaded with Trout for Holiday Weekend

By: Mike Ainsworth There’s no shortage of trout fishing opportunities to enjoy this Memorial Weekend in Washington. The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife loaded our lakes with trout for the opener roughly a month ago and is busy restocking more of these waters this week. Most of our state’s waters are being restocked specifically […]

Virginia’s Crooked Creek Stuffed with Trout

By: Chris Shaffer Tis the season when massive trout plants are taking place in Southwest Virginia. Near the top of that list is Crooked Creek, a place that is stocked several times a week by the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries. The creek is in excellent shape this spring and pushing out easy […]