Pea, Great job. Those are nice trout. Good to see after the winter kills. I’m like Op, you’re living on a whole different fishing level. You’ve got mail. Thanks, Bob
Dorado, I’m sure you could catch some on a TroutTrick under a float, but I would think a DOA, Gulp Shrimp, or a Z-Man product would work better.
The whole deal with the TroutTrick is the reaction bite when allowed to fall on a 1/8th ounce jighead.
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This lure is presentation and rigging specific. Because of the jerk, jerk presentation also becoming the hookset, I have had kids as young as 3 1/2 casting and catching trout (with Walmart spin/cast combos).
The TroutTrick must be allowed to fall STRAIGHT down on a 1/8th ounce jighead (3/0) to create the reaction bite. With your rod pointed at the lure, reel in the slack and give a couple of jerks, then drop the rod tip to allow bait to fall STRAIGHT down again. In shallow water jerk sideways. The trout will hit it on the fall or pick it up off the bottom, hence your jerk becomes a hookset. We think the ribs create a vibration saltwater trout home in on. It is so strong that when you fish through a school of totally negative fish, they will strike with their mouths closed. Eventually you will foul hook one and realize what is going on. Because of this, I’ve located schools of fish I would have fished through with other baits.
i do a lot of fresh water fishing, and the “trout trick” craze seems like a spin on the former “shakey head” craze in bass fishing – an effective technique. nothing but a 4" plastic on a fixed jig head. am i off base here? anything more to this?
Um, just to clarify. A shakey-head is indeed a worm pinned on a jighead. That’s where the similarities end. That sort of bite is a very finesse, drag bottom type bite. If you are fishing the TroutTrick correctly, you are fishing about 10 times faster than you would fishing a shakey head. Rip, rip, stop, strike. That doesn’t happen often bass fishing with a shakey head.
quote:Originally posted by Poleyard
Agreed nothing more than a shakey head
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If you rip rip stop, then the TT is really shooting around underwater, like at least 1.5 to 2 feet per rip before it falls. That is a heck of alot of movement compared to the little bumps I normally work a zman or other plastic with. Am I understanding the rip-rip-stop technique correctly ?
