Question From Erick:    I have tried what you have suggested driving around backroads and fishing culverts.
 

I have found some very nice spots that have awesome pools and are overall great trout habitat (shaded, deep pools in spots and lots of cover).
 

I fish these spots using a worm, a BB splitshot, 4lb mono and a 7 foot flexible rod, and a smaller hook. This setup works fine and everything is awesome.
 

BUT I only seen to get bites from chubs and other minnows. I have yet to see a trout either in any of these streams. even though I keep hidden in long grass.
 

I have looked into many spots but many are too shallow and even when I try even the shallow ones drifting the worm into the culvert a small school of minnows attacks my bait.
 

I am looking at places south of where I live do I need to look furthur north to find better trout spots with less chub?

 

June 15/09

ANSWER: Hey Erik

Its great to see you out and about looking for streams. There are always minnows in most trout streams. Which means you will have to catch a few minnows before you get a trout.

That being said here's a couple things you could try.

If there is a lot of minnows at the mouth of the culvert you can always get a piece of bark or wood, something that floats, put your bait on it, then let it drift back into the middle of the culvert then pull the bait off the wood and into the water. You may catch a few minnows back in the culvert but that's usually where the trout will be in the daytime.

Also if the minnows are getting to pesky I have a trick and old trapper friend of mine taught me. He has passed on now but he taught me many things.

You catch one of the minnows, cut the tail off and use that as bait, you usually don't get minnows eating that. I have caught a lot of nice trout using this method.

If you look at that map from the mnr check out all the little streams in that watershed, not just the main streams. Even if the culvert is only 3 feet wide. Its unbelievable how small streams are that actually have trout living in them.

Hope this helps you out. But there's no teacher like failure. The more streams you try and fail to find something the smarter you get. Well only if you don't quit trying.

Rolland

 

 

June 17/09

Hey Erick:

I was thinking it is getting warmer out now so maybe a good idea would be to get a small thermometer and see what the water temp is. If it's higher then 60f then start moving yourself upstream because the brook trout will be moving to the cooler water in the summer time. You may have to go up several miles to get near the source of the stream. By taking the temperature you will save yourself a lot of time fishing for the brook trout that are not there because they have already moved to cooler waters.

Rolland

 

 

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