Fishing help please.

[karpiel]

Would anyone happen to know what the closest place to Idaho Springs is that has eatable size fish, somewhere that someone with very limited experience and gear wont get too frustrated. And if anyone could suggest what bait etc. for such a place.

What I have now.

Cheap spinning rod and reel with a couple small mepps aglias and other hardware.
Cheap spin cast rod and a couple float things and weights and some red salmon egg things.

Any help is very appreciated as I have been fishing for about 3 days total.

[MTslackcountry]

If spin fishing for trout get some size 4 Panther martin's. (silver blade, yellow body)

[AsheanMT]

If spin fishing for trout get some size 4 Panther martin's. (silver blade, yellow body)

Meh. My buddy swears by those but all I use is Mepps aglia 0 and 1. Many a trout have made their way into my frying pan with that setup.

[hartzejr]

1. Drive up to Georgetown Lake. 2. Put a sliding 3/4 sinker on your line followed by a swivel. 3. Tie a 1 foot leader onto the other end of the swivel and a hook (or even just attach one of those pre-made leader-hook combos on). 4. Put a chunk of power-bait on the hook and chuck it out as far as you can. 5. Set you rod down with a tight line. 6. Open beer. 7. Catch fish. 8. Eat fish. Easy as 12345678

[lemon boy]

1. Drive up to Georgetown Lake. 2. Put a sliding 3/4 sinker on your line followed by a swivel. 3. Tie a 1 foot leader onto the other end of the swivel and a hook (or even just attach one of those pre-made leader-hook combos on). 4. Put a chunk of power-bait on the hook and chuck it out as far as you can. 5. Set you rod down with a tight line. 6. Open beer. 7. Catch fish. 8. Eat fish. Easy as 12345678

^what he said^

lately we've been stacking them with some blaze orange garlic flavored marshmellows and/or some powerbait.

[MTslackcountry]

Meh. My buddy swears by those but all I use is Mepps aglia 0 and 1. Many a trout have made their way into my frying pan with that setup.

Mepps simply do not have enough weight to get the lure down when the water is running fast. The Pather Martins do this especially well when you are casting into tight spots or along a deep cut bank where the big dogs are

[karpiel]

1. Drive up to Georgetown Lake. 2. Put a sliding 3/4 sinker on your line followed by a swivel. 3. Tie a 1 foot leader onto the other end of the swivel and a hook (or even just attach one of those pre-made leader-hook combos on). 4. Put a chunk of power-bait on the hook and chuck it out as far as you can. 5. Set you rod down with a tight line. 6. Open beer. 7. Catch fish. 8. Eat fish. Easy as 12345678

Thank you, that was amazing and just what I was looking for. One last question, no bobber? If so, where would I attach it?


How far off is this?

[karpiel]

Mepps simply do not have enough weight to get the lure down when the water is running fast. The Pather Martins do this especially well when you are casting into tight spots or along a deep cut bank where the big dogs are

Wouldn't two spinners of the same weight sink the same, or are there more factors involved?

[2FUNKY]

Just replace that single with a treble for powerbait or you can do the dualfecta, get a wormthreader and thread a half worm on that set up, then make a dime size ball of bait with Pwrbait and place it on the line above the worm. Cast, tighten line, open beer, quickly set beer down, do not spill beer, reel in fish, repeat. The only shitty thing about this rig is that you will only get 1 or 2 beers down before you get a limit.

[2FUNKY]

Wouldn't two spinners of the same weight sink the same, or are there more factors involved?

Different profiles and blade designs effect their descent, as well as line size.

[hartzejr]

Rig looks good. No bobber. Adjust the leader length if it isn't producing. The idea with that rig is the sinker will keep it on the bottom and with enough power bait, it will float right in range of where the fish are hanging out. Keeping your line tight is important to see the strikes and keeping the bait low.

Generally, you'll get bigger fish deeper. Action isn't usually fast unless you get a good spot or have good timing. But for trout, thats usually a sure fire method of catching some. You can also get sucker meat at a sporting goods store and rig that up for even bigger fish. Better yet, find a lake with Macks and use the sucker meat.

And whats wrong with having a few beers before you get a limit. Thats not necessarily a bad thing.

[karpiel]

Tried again today, was in such a hurry to get the line setup last night that I forgot I only had about 15 yards of line after a bird nest. Go me. I will get it eventually.

[lemon boy]

Another thing: you can run a couple of hooks on the same line eg:

Weight-swivel-----hook-------------hook

Or

Swivel--hook-------------hook---weight

[karpiel]

well, this time had enough line but I couldn't for the life of me to get the powerbait to float. Yes, it does say it is the floating variety.

[lemon boy]

? dude, you're making this harder than it needs to be, don't worry about the bait floating or not.

weight
hook
bait
cast
drinkbeer
catch fish

for real, it is exactly that easy.

also, run two hooks and buy some blaze orange garlic marshmellows, trout love the stupid things. 1 hook powerbait, 1 hook marshmellow.

[karpiel]

? dude, you're making this harder than it needs to be, don't worry about the bait floating or not.

weight
hook
bait
cast
drinkbeer
catch fish

for real, it is exactly that easy.

also, run two hooks and buy some blaze orange garlic marshmellows, trout love the stupid things. 1 hook powerbait, 1 hook marshmellow.

Yes sir. I promise I will stop making this harder then it needs to be.

[Millsie]

I commend you for your persistance. Isn't there someone out there that can take him out and show him how to do it?

[karpiel]

I commend you for your persistance. Isn't there someone out there that can take him out and show him how to do it?

I almost got it figured out, getting bites now but no hooks yet. Not had lots of time this week.

[lemon boy]

so have you finally caught a fish or what?