Panfish Panfish (like bass, crappie and bluegill) will readily hit a Rooster Tail cast when retrieved at the depth they’re holding. If you’re targeting crappie and bluegill on small water bodies a 1/16 or 1/8 ounce spinner is likely the right choice. Colors that match the natural forage, like black, brown, white, green, and yellow are the ones that will likely work best. If the water is stained due to recent rains or light low, brighter colors like fire tiger, chartreuse, bright pink, orange, yellow and those offered with an ultraviolet UV overcoat | Bass While bass will respond to a variety of lures and bait they love the flash and vibration produced by spinners. Bass will respond to almost any color combination and will often focus on colors that match the natural forage available, like black, brown, white, green, and yellow; or those mimicking minnows, like silver, white, gray, yellow, blue, fire tiger, rainbow or brown trout. Bass will most often be found near shore when the light is low, off points of land extending into the lake, tight to underwater structure or found suspended under overhanging trees, brush or docks. While they will at times only respond to lures matching the size forage they’re feeding on you will likely find the best success using 1/6 and ¼ ounce spinner sizes. | Brown Trout Brown trout come in all sizes and because they feed on a variety of forage, from worms and crayfish to minnows, the colors that often work best include those matching the natural forage like black, brown, white, green, and yellow. If they are feeding on minnows colors like silver, white, gray, yellow, blue, fire tiger, rainbow or brown trout colors might produce best, especially when seeking larger size browns. Brown trout are the most prevalent in larger lakes and reservoirs where casting distance will allow you to cover more water, so 1/6 or ¼ ounce spinner sizes are the most popular. Brown trout tend to be the most active early or late in the day, when it’s raining and water rough. | Trout Rainbow are the trout specie you are most likely to encounter on your fishing adventures, however cutthroat are prevalent on some water bodies and like rainbows can get big. Brook trout generally don’t get as large as the other trout specie but can be very numerous and offer great table fair due to their sweet taste. All respond to the flash, color and vibration produced by spinners. For small stream trout a size 1/16 or 1/8 ounce spinner is likely the right choice, while 1/6 or ¼ ounce lure will likely produce best on medium to large size rivers or lakes where casting distance will allow you to cover more and get deep in the water column if need. |
