brookie fishing

[BrownTroutBoy]

Any of you guys ever fish for brookies with worms... If so how do you do it and will it work?

[Bowdoin Boy]

Yes worms work very well for Brookies and Browns..fish from 1-4 fow close to shore or and inlet of a stream.Brookieslayer caught a 18 1/2 brookie on Embden lake last year..

[BrownTroutBoy]

I was using worms last weeks for rainbows but the yellows found em first... thanks i'll give it a go this weekend.

[Bowdoin Boy]

I have never caught a Rainbow yet..I hear that they realy like fish eggs..try some of them sometime??

[BrownTroutBoy]

We get them on small shiners or smelts... Try a worm and power bait all on one hook... they flip for it.  Some days the hit and others you can't buy one... their pretty touch and go. I'll be sure to try some then thanks for the tip.

[Scott Wright]

I have never caught a Rainbow yet..I hear that they realy like fish eggs..try some of them sometime??

I caught these two, this morning - both on salmon eggs. one jigging and one on a trap.

[BrownTroutBoy]

Very nice fish... the bottom one kinda looks like a big brookie or splake... because of the spots. could be wrong

[brookiebomber477]

I fish half-nightcrawlers mostly, on size 8 hooks. Because worms don't have as much natural action as a smelt or shiner, i always jig them very gently, sometimes i'll add a piece of fluorescent power bait too. works for me.

[BrownTroutBoy]

I was using the dillies last weekend... they work well for perch.. too well not on the hook long enought for a trout to come by.

[FlagChaser]

Try using a red bead just above the hook, then a worm. I have ad good luck with that in the past.

[Scott Wright]

Very nice fish... the bottom one kinda looks like a big brookie or splake... because of the spots. could be wrong

No, you're absolutely correct. the bottom fish is a brook trout. I should have said I caught these two "fish" , this morning.

[BrownTroutBoy]

Either way still nice fish... with one did you jig up... and do you have a flasher?

[BrownTroutBoy]

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[Webbicefisher]

Ya i use worms with an orange powerbait ball on top of the hook.  But shiners are just as good if there lively. 

[BrownTroutBoy]

They don't seem to like the big ones though.  I use a size 6 hook and a small shiner for brookies... Whats everyone else using?