Thread: Soft baits or lures on trout?

Hi all.

Seen online people using telescopic rods and a spinning reel on trout with decent success. What isn't clear or maybe its that it's 1am is what they are using to catch the fish.

Not so keen to get into fly fishing.

Cheers.

Small Softbaits are very effective,i know a guy who has good success with them if you want to know more pm me and i can give you his details

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Originally Posted by matto1234

Small Softbaits are very effective,i know a guy who has good success with them if you want to know more pm me and i can give you his details

That'd be awesome!

Originally Posted by kiwijames

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Ah yes. Us aucklanders are a bunch of barbarians when you think about. Always invading the best parts of the country with our uncultured habits!

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

That'd be awesome!



Ah yes. Us aucklanders are a bunch of barbarians when you think about. Always invading the best parts of the country with our uncultured habits!

Barbarians? Hardly.

Closer to Barbers than Barbarians, and when I say barbers, I mean "that organic hand cream would go well with your man-bun" type barber.

Now get back to work or don't apprentices even sweep floors anymore in Auckland.

Originally Posted by berg243

if using softies check that they unscented as i believe that the rule for unflavoured/scented bait is still in effect.

You can use scented softies in Norhland lakes, not sure about other places.

As for lure, if you don't want to get in to fly fishing, it's hard to go past a small Mepps spinner on light gear. I usually change the treble out for a single hook.

Mate both work well, the smaller softbaits look a bit more realistic and have used them on fussy trout when conventional toby's didnt work.

I like a selection of both soft baits and hard lures. But if I was forced to choice just one type it would soft baits. Mostly depends on the water you are fishing of course.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

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I hate to think what that would make me then, as I only ever caught Trout on worms or bread

Mepps Black Fury or Black and gold Toby, if you cant catch a trout on one of those two then you simply cant catch trout.
Get a fly rod, it's not as difficult as it seems once you got the hang of it, and if you get bored you can catch kahawai at river mouths with nearly any streamer fly, and catching a kahawai on a fly rod is like fighting a marlin on a hand line.. awesome fun!

Originally Posted by Pengy

I hate to think what that would make me then, as I only ever caught Trout on worms or bread

Satanic?

I just wanted a feed of fish. Was not interested in flapping around trying to find what fly pattern worked on a sunday in march at 3pm or whatever. I KNEW they liked worms and bread, so that is what I used
It worked everytime

Originally Posted by Pengy

I just wanted a feed of fish. Was not interested in flapping around trying to find what fly pattern worked on a sunday in march at 3pm or whatever. I KNEW they liked worms and bread, so that is what I used
It worked everytime

As long as you got a licence and played by the rules good on ya. I'm just yanking a chain or two.
Mind you, I think a tin of sardines would be better eating.

Kiwijames-policing would be trout fishers since ages ago