Lafayette fishers, rainbow trout are now available

• Dec 16, 2014

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Gday all. Just thought I'd post here for any fellow Lafayette area fisherman that Girard Park has been stocked with rainbow trout as of today if theres anyone interested. I'll be there in the morning trying to catch (and release) my first freshwater trout for sure! If anyone else is out and sees a funny looking guy that talks funny fishing, that'll be me. Feel free to say hi and good luck!

 

• Dec 17, 2014

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Sounds like the best excuse I've heard in a while to dust off my fly rod.
Good on ya for posting the news.

 

• Dec 17, 2014

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Fresh water trout fishing is the best fishing I've ever done. I used to go up to Sierra Nevada on opening day when I lived in commifornia. Walked for miles in crystal clear streams with snow on the banks seeing no one else but deer and bears.

 

• Dec 18, 2014

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My son and I had no luck. There were lots of other anglers out there and based on talking to some of them, these things are not the easiest to find. A few guys got a couple of bites but nobody landed one in the couple hours we were there.

 

• Dec 18, 2014

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Use salmon roe for bait! If you can't find that; try dark colored "crappie Bites" or in the extreme; get some plastic worms (the kind with the ridges), like these

in orange or red and cut them in the size of an airsoft pellet (you may have to spray some type of fish attracting scent on them). These fish are out of their natural element, but that is the food they will recognize.

Use a very small treble hook (the smallest one you can find), and only bait one hook under the smallest cork that will suspend the setup.

They will congregate in the clearest and coldest water. They are not cloudy water fish; they avoid that at all costs. And don't look for them nearest the bank.

 

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• Dec 18, 2014

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Besides the salmon roe http://www.amazon.com/Balls-Fire-Orange-Deluxe-1-5-Ounce/dp/B003CU53ZW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418931256&sr=8-2&keywords=salmon+eggs

There are techniques for using flies with bobbers on regular casting rods for those without fly rods. Also try tiny shrimp / shrimp larvae flies, tiny crawfish and streamers or small minnows.

Also probably the #1 bait for them, up here in still water anyway, is regular old worms or night crawlers.

 

• Dec 18, 2014

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BigNick73 said:

Besides the salmon roe http://www.amazon.com/Balls-Fire-Orange-Deluxe-1-5-Ounce/dp/B003CU53ZW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418931256&sr=8-2&keywords=salmon+eggs

There are techniques for using flies with bobbers on regular casting rods for those without fly rods. Also try tiny shrimp / shrimp larvae flies, tiny crawfish and streamers or small minnows.

Also probably the #1 bait for them, up here in still water anyway, is regular old worms or night crawlers.

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The problem with this^ is they are not alone! I'm assuming they were tossed into a regular pond full of pre-existing inhabitants like bream, bass, & catfish. No regular worm or night crawler is going to make it past them.

 

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• Dec 18, 2014

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I used to fish the Colorado river a lot. When we ran out of salmon roe we used little balls of Velveeta cheese. Actually worked better than the real stuff.

 

• Dec 18, 2014

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Try corn kernels or a small gold spoon type lure.

 

• Jan 11, 2015

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Been out a few times and managed to get some each time. These things fight so much better than bass! Tried nightcrawlers to start with the first time, and couldn't get past the damn bream. Didn't have any luck til I put on a beetle spin, and that's the only thing both myself and my better half had any luck with. As expected though, my first trip out there were people everywhere keeping everything they caught, even with a 5 fish per person per day limit. There is supposed to be another release both this month and next, so still plenty of time for everyone to get in on the fun.
Average size of the one's we've managed to get. All were released safely

 

• Jan 12, 2015

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I'm curious as to why you decided to release them. This is a put and take one time fishing opportunity. These fish will not survive after winter is over. Please understand that I am not being judgmental or anything like that.

 

• Jan 12, 2015

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tbone said:

I'm curious as to why you decided to release them. This is a put and take one time fishing opportunity. These fish will not survive after winter is over. Please understand that I am not being judgmental or anything like that.

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Hey, if he doesn't want them, that is fine. What I think he is lamenting is the greed of the others. Of course, that part NEVER surprises me anymore.

 

• Jan 16, 2015

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I understand your view there. To be honest, the first time I wasn't sure if I'd even catch any so didn't take an ice chest so had nothing to keep them in. And after seeing the greed of everyone out there I wasn't sure if there'd be any left the next time I went. Will keep a couple for sure when they stock it again this month as I haven't tried trout yet.

 

• Jan 16, 2015

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Aussiecajun said:

I understand your view there. To be honest, the first time I wasn't sure if I'd even catch any so didn't take an ice chest so had nothing to keep them in. And after seeing the greed of everyone out there I wasn't sure if there'd be any left the next time I went. Will keep a couple for sure when they stock it again this month as I haven't tried trout yet.

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Keep what you think you and yours can eat without having to waste or freeze them; and regardless of the limit. If it's 5 fish, and you can only eat 3; keep only 3! If you are good at catching more than you can eat, look for someone in the crowd who's not, and who doesn't appear to be a greedy sack of s**t, and offer them to them.