Last few days I have been enjoying the annual post freeze trout bite. Have been catching 50+ trout on the outgoing using sink tip lines and clousers. Mostly legal fish and many fish 3 lb or better. People fishing live bait and plastics can’t keep up. Fish have been in 12 to 15’ of water. Find a deep hole fish it slow and have fun!
Cool report. Never done any deep winter trout fishing. When you say holes, curious do you mean holes up in a creek… something you would notice on your depthfinder?
Bends in creeks, structure in deep water, edges and drops. look for something different in the geography. Mud bottom transitioning to shell is a good start!