Stream Fishing for Lunker Trout

When stream fishing for trout, observation is the foremost thing to keep in mind. Look for rising trout, or that slight bulge under an overhanging limb. Look for fishable water and the insect life that drifts by you.

When entering a deep pool, if possible, try to approach from below it and begin wading the fast waters at the tail, silently and cautiously moving into the pool itself. By working in this manner, the entire pool can be advantageously covered. Wading into a pool from either side can spook fish.

Trout that survive through the early season know full well the ways of most anglers, have peered at every lure and fly in the book, and consequently are not easy to take.

Trout Stream Fishing Tips

Surface disturbances of any sort will spook even the most stupid fish, so remember to move carefully. Trout always head upstream, or into the current. When wading downstream try to cast from behind a shield of rock or against a background of trees, to avoid trout sighting you. A trout's angle of vision increases with the water depth.

An extremely common fault is casting over a feeding fish and having the line swirl over it. Nothing will startle a trout quicker. Look for possible feeding stations when you begin to 'read' new waters and endeavor to cast to the sides of these pockets so as not to let your line pass over the fish. By using a careful approach and proper casting you will be amazed at just how close you can get to a feeding fish.

We mentioned the various locations for finding fish in other articles at different times of the year and unless forced to vacate by extreme circumstances, a trout will remain in a certain area throughout its lifetime. Veteran trout anglers who fish a certain stream day in and day out soon learn the location or possible location of every fish in the area. No wonder they catch fish. They are not spending time casting over barren waters.

You already know that nothing bothers a trout more than unnatural disturbances, and this thought should also be kept in mind when fishing from the bank of your favorite section of stream. Approach the stream bank as silently as possible, avoiding undue exposure to the water. If possible, cast from a few feet back from the stream bank.

When fishing from a streambank try to keep some form of cover between you and the fish if it's not possible to cast from some distance back.

You may witness situations when trout are actively surface feeding on insects and excited anglers race right over the fish in their over-enthusiastic effort to catch them. The results....they quickly drive the fish off the feed and into deeper water if it's available.

Follow these few simple 'stealth' tactics and you'll tie into a lunker trout the next time you visit your favorite stream.