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Location: issaquah
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Does anyone have a go to crank for trolling for trout
i am looking in getting some but dont have a clue in what to get
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Location: Poulsbo
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2-3" crank with a wide-wobble and big down angled bill. Lots of action and slow moving. Bright colors, flashy metallic patterns or combinations of the two.
If I had a choice though, I would just stick with a flatfish. In my book, the greatest trout producing lure, hands down.
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Rank: Commodore
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Location: issaquah
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thanks yeah i have had good luck with flatfish and also trolling rapalas
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Location: Woodinville
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#4 and 5 in chrome for small fish. The bigger you go the bigger the fish.
Give a man a fish and you fill his belly. Teach a man to fish and there goes the yard!
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Joined: 7/13/2008
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Location: PDX, OR
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Depends on what kind of trout we're talking here. For me, it's a flatfish for 'bows...a Rapala or Yo-Zuri crystal minnow for browns.
And on the subject of the Flatfish, I once met a guy on Coldwater Lake who had some older ones in his tackle box, made out of wood. He swore up and down that the old, wooden flats fished much, much better than the newer, plastic ones.
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Joined: 3/1/2008
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Location: Hoquiam, WA
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I've been catching trout on a shallow diving red crawdad crank, also a Bandit 300 in baby bass color works well
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fishnislife wrote:
If I had a choice though, I would just stick with a flatfish. In my book, the greatest trout producing lure, hands down.
+1. Hot Shot's aren't bad either. Any of the standard Rapala's work well for trout, as do any similar type plug/crank. Another issue to think about: You don't need an absolute mess of lures in the tackle box. I use 2, maybe 3 different Flatfish, the rest which haven't produced well for me just kinda sit around. You don't need a TON of lures, you just need to find the ones that work at the bodies of water you fish. Once you do that, you just gotta replace the ones you lose.
Salmon......
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Location: Eastern Washington
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No_Bad_Skunks wrote:Depends on what kind of trout we're talking here. For me, it's a flatfish for 'bows...a Rapala or Yo-Zuri crystal minnow for browns.
And on the subject of the Flatfish, I once met a guy on Coldwater Lake who had some older ones in his tackle box, made out of wood. He swore up and down that the old, wooden flats fished much, much better than the newer, plastic ones. I agree about the wood flatfish, but they were/are fragile. I have pulled hooks from the body in my youth, and they can crack from moisture if they are stored in a damp container. Still, they were lighter, had a better wiggle, and all in all when the trolling gets tough, I still have a couple I keep to take the "chill" off a slow day of fishing.
Too much water, too many fish, too little time.
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Location: Bellevue, WA
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My goto lure as a youth was a rainbow trout pattern mini tadpolly. I used it in rivers, lakes and streams with great success. It seemed to be able to handle a faster troll or heavier current better than a flatfish or hotshot. Now I troll with it to locate spiny rays. Crappie, especially, can't seem to resist it!
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Location: PDX, OR
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This brings up a debate I had with someone earlier today. Do Wedding Rings count as crankbaits? I said no, the other guy said yes.
He also said that Dick Nite spoons are one of his faves for trout.
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No_Bad_Skunks wrote: Do Wedding Rings count as crankbaits? I said no, the other guy said yes.
He also said that Dick Nite spoons are one of his faves for trout.
Wedding runs? Cranks? What was the dude smoking????
Salmon......
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Joined: 6/15/2007
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Location: Edgewood/Black Diamond
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GO to Rufus!
Trolling #5 Sinking Rapalas in Walleye and RB Trout Patterns are killer. So fun to trout fish with very lite line!
K & C Fishing Services check it out?
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Location: Kirkland
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I troll F5 rapalas for LARGER trout.
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Location: Federal Way, WA
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for rainbows i've done well casting the smaller size rapala count down minnows in bronze, and in perch.
check me out http://www.myspace.com/tha_mixologistIF IT AIN'T A SALMON... ITS STILL A FISH, HAVE FUN FISHING FOR THEM... SALMON OR NOT
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Location: Skagit County
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no doubt either a firetiger jointed rapala or rapala countdown. I catch browns, rainbows, and escpecially cutthroats on those things! work great.
You can never catch fish if your line isn't in the water - you don't know if you don't go
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Location: Auburn
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I've always been the triple teaser guy until about 5 years ago....and then I made the switch to hot shots....I own every color!
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Location: Lake Stevens
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It's hard to beat any of the afore mentioned....hot shots, rapalas, and my personal fav....flatfish, the older the better...my best on is around forty years old, cracked/busted lip, and still outfishes them all....I'm gonna hate losin that lure later.....
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