Whats your best bait for browns and rainbow

[ford62783]

I've had my best luck with rosie reds for both fish Whats everyone else use

[eyeflyer]

Velveeta cheese, corn, gulp worms and tadpoles (hard to find) maggots and and small plastic tube jigs.

[TT]

Meal worms on the JawJacker. Live smelt on tip up or dead stick. Shiners will work if no smelt.

[ford62783]

I was told bight crawlers hammer trout on tip up has anyone else seen or heard this new to me

[dave b.]

Night crawlers work well for Rainbows. I fish them just under the ice.

[ford62783]

I've never tried night crawlers but I think I will this weekend

[kasilofchrisn]

Cured skein eggs from summer salmon work great.
Raw shrimp is another good one on rainbows.
I'll often add scent oils to the shrimp.

[river_scum]

crawlers have been a secret bait of mine for couple decades.  can you imagine a fish coming across a favorite food item it hasn't had in couple months!  one time in the late 80 early 90s, I went to a local lake.  i didn't have any shiners but I still had some crawlers in the fridge from fall.  so I was going to bait my flags with them till I caught tiny gills to use.  never needed the gills. lol  I even put a chunk on my hair jig I was using and was stroking them with that too!  a resident came walking out.  he must have been watching me kill the bass.  he had 3 flags out in front of his shoreline.  he got about 50 ft from me and asked the question.  yup,  what you using for bait?  I said crawlers(I was young n stupid).  he stopped and paused.  then he said aw bullspit and turned around and walked away. lol  he thought I was telling him a story.    all fish love crawlers period!

[pugman]

Fat heads on a Tip down

[Stickhick86]

A chunk of beaver tail flesh on a pink jig head. Works well for brookies too

[ford62783]

When using night crawlers is a treble hook good to use

[Uppervalley Kid]

Mealworms and salmon eggs

[Trophyman1]

I find the nightcrawlers are a little large I like to use a nice red worm on the jaw Jacker

[troutncrappie]

Small to medium minnows in shallow near rocks for browns and over sandy bottoms for rainbows. Also if you have a bodies of water with smelt and its legal use smelt.

[slipperybob]

All I've ever really do is soft plastics.  It's either a swimbait or worm.

[DowneastPescador]

When using night crawlers is a treble hook good to use

Use a small #8-#12 single hook, thread a piece of worm on like you would a soft plastic on a jig head. Cover the hook with the worm, then cut the worm leaving almost no extra. This little piece of worm is all you need.