Best Trout Bait

The first thing that comes to mind for those who love seafood, specifically fish, is yum. Grilled, baked, or fried, fish can be cooked into submission, from stinky rawness to heavenly perfection on a plate. Trout, being one of thousands of fish species, is known for being a number one catch among fishers. Fishing has been around for ages, with techniques being sharpened over the centuries on how to catch them better.

Know Your Trout

Belonging to the salmon family 'Salmonidae', trout has been given this common name associated with many species of freshwater fish. Given the name trout, the name also belongs to a three genera sub-family species, namely - Salmo, Oncorhynchus, Salvelinus.

Genus Salmo	Genus Oncorhynchus	Genus Salvelinus
Brown trout	Cutthroat trout	Brook trout
Marmorata/Soca trout	Golden trout	Aurora trout
Ohrid trout	Rainbow trout	Lake trout
Flathead trout	Gila trout	Bull trout
Adriatic trout	Apache trout	Dolly Varden trout
Sevan trout	-	-

Choicest Bait for Trout Fishing

Choosing the right bait is everything. For regular or amateur fishers alike who don't know which bait is popular among trouts, these suggestions should be of help.

• Minnows: Make sure you carry a bait bucket with you, since minnows (14 inch silvery fish) aren't easy to carry. You can also get packaged, salted minnows that are a good substitute for the real thing, saving you the trouble of keeping them alive.
• Salmon Eggs: Known for giving off a scent that trouts like, salmon eggs make for a very effectual bait.
• Insects: Fly fishing is known to bag trout, specifically rainbow trouts. Fishers use flies, live crickets or even grasshoppers as trout bait.
• Worms: Rainbow trouts are known to love worms, so make sure you dip your fishing line near the river bed, since it is important to attract trouts that swim at the bottom.
• Leeches: Another good bait that needs to be kept alive in order to use to catch trout.
• Lures: The three known lures that are commonly used are spinners, jigs and spoons. Make sure you keep extras on hand since they tend to snag. Keep a collection of different colors and sizes, to lure in trout depending on what attracts them that day.
• Dough Baits: These baits make trouts go into a frenzy, and are ideal for using during fishing.

There isn't a single bait that scores as the best. You'd have to experiment with the different kinds and come to an understanding of what it is that trouts are more prone to get attracted to. The best baits are always the ones that are commonly used today, and if fishers discover new ways of getting hoards of trouts at a go, then there's nothing like it.