North American Fishing Club Trout and Salmon Fishing

First of the Year

ryfish — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:45:28 GMT

Got out today to the canal near Washington's Crossing, and suprisingly got my first trout of the year on a crappie crankbait. I got this one and lost one much bigger then this. I also picked up a small bass. Not to bad for a little over a 1/2 an hour on the water.

What is your favorite method/lure to catch trout?

mboken — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:39:03 GMT

I like to use spoons like the Red Devle and I also really like to use Blue size two Blue Fox Vibrax.

Wisconsin Trout Anglers

ROD TENDER — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:45:27 GMT

Wisconsin DNR wants our imput http://dnr.wi.gov/news/weekly/artic...sp?id=2486

TR Richland County Wisconsin

*spinner* — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:40:11 GMT

13 to hand.

Nothing worthy of photo.

Certain 3 of the trout I caught won't make it.

Isn't mandatory c/r GRAND?

ohio steelhead fishing reports?

Ttrout420 — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:38:02 GMT

anyone here fish the steelhead run in ohio?

Selling Wedding Rings(lure)

salmonking — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:21:38 GMT

Fellow Fishermen and Fisherladies,

With so much spare time out in the Sand Box I have started accuiring items to make the trolling lure identicale to the "Wedding Ring" lure. I am looking at starting to sell them after the holidays this year. If you are interested, contact me at either jeremy.binz@hotmail.com or jeremy.binz@yahoo.com . Price will very.. $2 for standard colors and $3 for combos that contain one or both beads of Chrome, Gold or Glow.
Shipping will be approx $5 - being U.S. Priority, sent from Afghanistan(not the cheapest out here)

Line - 36-48" or Red or Clear Trilene in 6 or 8lbs test

Hooks - Sizes 6 or 8 Vision red hook or Eagle Claw Gold

Choice of blades - (painted blades possible + $0.50)
Willow (nickel or brass) sizes 1-3.5
Indiana - (nickel or brass- hammered or smooth)0-3
Dakota - sizes 1-2

Bead Colors-
Chrome
Gold
Glow
Black
Blue
Pink(solid)
Hot pink
Salmon Red
Chartruse
Yellow
Flo. Green
Orange
Ruby Red
and more..

Salmon Eggs

bcain1 — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 17:30:35 GMT

I live in Pa and fish streams for trout. What are your techniques for using salmon eggs? I have only ever tried them a couple times and caught nothing. I usually use butter worms, meal worms, red worms and spinners. Always hear people catching them on salmon eggs. Also, do they work for other species or just trout?

Fly caught PB rainbow

Troutinator — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:30:25 GMT

I know that not a lot of people fly fish for trout, but in the last few years that I have picked up fly fishing, my catch numbers and sizes have been incredible. I have never caught as many large trout on bait or spinners that I do on my own hand tied flies. Here's just my latest catch.

Wow, what a way to start the new year. My wife and I picked up a friend and his wife and headed to the local river for an afternoon of fly fishing. I have a new 10' 4wt Czech nymphing rod that I was just dying to try out. Everybody rigged up and we stepped down to the river. Air temp was about 55 with sunny skies. Water temp, a lot colder (I don't check the water temps). Anyways, I rigged up with a size 24 zebra midge and a size 16 gold beaded hare's ear nymph (we tie our own flies). My wife's set-up was about identical as these are our go-to rigs for winter fishing these large rainbows. Now, an average catch will be around 14" to 16". Some go smaller and some go up to 20" and even 22". But, imagine my surprise when I hook into this 24" torpedo on my second cast. My wife caught a glimpse of a large rainbow rolling and pointed at it and I told her I was already hooked up to it. I fought it hard and it fought valiantly with my wife standing at the ready with her net. I didn't realize my biddy was standing up on shore (he and his wife took a little longer getting set-up back at the van) video taping the battle on his I-phone (which he later posted to You-Tube). Once it hit the net, the barbless midge easily popped off its gums. We quickly taped it at 24" and took a couple of quick pics before releasing it back to fight another day. This ties the largest trout I ever caught on a fly rod from last Super Bowl Sunday and now it will be a small goal to try and best it throughout the year. Maybe on our Alaska trip in July???

Kwikfish or Flatfish?

Troutinator — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:08:10 GMT

OK, this river fishing for migrating chinook salmon in the Sacramento River is very new to me. I was introduced to it last week by a friend (took my boat, he caught two while jigging) and now my wife and daughter want to go. We're making a weekend out of it on the 28-30 Sept, hopefully during the midst of the salmon run. However, still buying tackle and I'm running into the dilemma of buying Kwikfish or Flatfish. I have never used either, but reports are telling me they're very successful when "back-trolling" or at anchor and when wrapped in sardine fillets. This is all still new to me. So, the question is, have you a specific style, size or color that works well for you? Thanks.

Curing salmon roe

Troutinator — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:41:41 GMT

We fished the Sacramento River a couple of days ago and caught two healthy chinook salmon, 17# and 15#. Both were still very chrome in color. The run is just starting and while most of the fishermen we talked to came up empty handed, we apparently did alright with just two. Anyways, one of the salmon was full of roe (you can guess what the other one had), so we took the roe and put it in a ziplock baggie and put it on ice. We were jigging for these but was wanting to cure the roe for our next trip in a couple of weeks. Does anyone know how to cure roe? I'm sure recipes are all over the internet, but wanted to know if anyone here had a special way of doing it.

has anyone heard of this bait and if so does it work good?

ryfish — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:01:48 GMT

i have these little spoons, one is called a p-chip and the other is a nitti 1. i used them at the tail end of the trout season this year and lost a couple on it but didn't catch any. I was just wondering, should this be one of my top baits to throw next season.

Stream fishing rights??

bigbarn — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:56:19 GMT

Just looking for others thoughts on wading in streams that run behind private property. Here in NY I think the owners own the stream bed as well. Makes it kind of tough to fish if you have to ask permission from maybe several land owners to walk a stretch of stream. And I believe this is the case even if you enter the stream on public property and there are no posted signs....Just curious

June 01

*spinner* — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:37:03 GMT

How have all you trout meisters been doing?

Share some photos please.

Steelhead On Fire Lake Erie

rseltz — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:38:13 GMT

Hi all, we were out 14 miles fishing walleye and just about limited out for three guys, well we hooked into a steelhead and lost it so after we got the last eye I thought man this is early to see the steelhead, we usually dont really start even looking for them until more towards the end of July but I decided to run over to my favorite area and sure enough there were fish everywhere, I switched all the rods over to spoons and dypsie, dropped the riggers down and the games were on. we hooked up with 50+ steelhead in three trips the week of the fourth. I am hoping to get out Friday evening to see if they are still around, odds are they will be in Wheatly or Erieu shortly. Great Fun when you can get into em.

Anybody troll for lake trout/mackinaws?

Troutinator — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:10:13 GMT

I want to take my boat up to Lake Tahoe this summer and troll for lake trout (or mackinaws) and I know you have to set your down riggers to 180' to 200' of water to get down to the schools. However, I'm not sure what type of spoons or plugs to use. Does anybody troll for lake trout and have any suggestions?

First Trout Ever!!!!

skewl — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:11:42 GMT

OK, for about 2 years the biggest fishing chip on my shoulder has been the fact that I have never caught a trout. I did research, asked around these very forums many times, asked around at the pond, still to no avail. Well today with the sun setting on a beautiful (rare) 70 degree day a gorgeous brook trout struck my Rainbow Trout colored Acme Cleo spoon on the last cast of the day. Definitely the greatest catch of my life, it wasn't huge but it was my first trout and I am beyond excited to be able to say that I have now caught one of the most "educated" fish in my home waters.

PS anyone want to give me a quick tip on how to get a picture of the beauty up?

Stocked Rainbow Question?

Bassbum — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:57:59 GMT

Does anyone know what size a lake has to be in order for stocked trout to live year long? I'd imagine depth plays a major role, but besides that, I am clueless. I am pretty new to trout fishing, and have never caught a trout that wasn't stocked.
Lake: 25 acres.
Depth: 40 feet in certain areas.
I'm only asking this question to see if there may be some nice sized fish in a few years, or should I get used to the current stocked size? Any other info on these fish would also be greatly appreciated. Ie: habitat. Thanks in advance.

Was I Behind The Stocking Truck?

*spinner* — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:37:05 GMT

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Crawford county does not stock trout. I have never had this feeling before. In the first half an hour of fishing I caught 20 browns between 12 and 15 inches. All of them were fat and healthy.

The waterway was seriously degraded from cows and farming. I dislike Habitat Improvement as a general rule but this stretch could seriously use it. It is also PUBLIC Fishing Water.

None of the runs were deep and most of them were very silty. If there was any depth at all in a run there was a trout. The bottom was light colored and so were the trout. I literally walked by holes because I knew there would be medium sized trout in them and I am a big trout junky.

This stretch could use some improvement and some harvest of trout. I fished the stretch for 3 hours and my total was 71 browns. All between 12 and 16 inches. I rolled one really large fish at the beginning of my outing at the Kickapoo.

Book Signing Presentation Tomorrow 10am Gays Mills Library

*spinner* — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:38:08 GMT

I will be doing a 50 photo slide show of the wonders of Southwestern Wisconsin tomorrow.
Afterwards there will be a reading from my book by my wife. The story to be read will be
"One More Day"

After the reading I will do a book signing.

Gays Mills, Wisconsin "new" library. 10am.

Speaking At Rock River Fly Caster's April Meeting

*spinner* — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:42:52 GMT

Severson Dells Environmental Center
8786 Montague Road, Rockford, IL
Time: 7:00 pm
April 11th

Presentation will be about an hour long. Trout Angling 101 is the topic.