what live bait for trout

[dodge rules]

i was wondering what live bait i should use for under the ice trout

[eyedoktr]

strange question for this topic of "finding and catching perch"  
try the trout section and I'll bet you get more responses.

[grumpymoe]

since this is the perch forum, i would suggest jumbo perch

[Trevor]

Dodge rules,  most of my trout come on giant mealworms...

[wolverine-iceman]

 Rainbow:wigglers , Brown:blues , Lakers:smelt ...

[fishingking]

emeralds for ice   shiners for open water

[TroutFishingBear]

Live suckers always work well. (2-3inches) Hook through the dorsal fin, this will make it swim better and it will increase your hooking percentage.

DONT THROW THE REST OF THE MINNOWS DOWN THE HOLE AT THE END OF THE DAY!!! THIS HAS RUINED SEVERAL LAKES WHERE I COME FROM!!!!

[bandan]

i would use small shinners about 1-3 in

[mooseslayer]

LAKERS USE#1SMELT #2SUCKERS. BROOKIES+BROWNS #1SMELT #2SHINERS.BIGGER BAIT=BIGGER FISH.FISH EM' UNDER THE ICE IN 15FT OR LESS WATER FOR BROOKIES+BROWNS. DEEP WATER FOR LAKERS 5-10FT. OF BOTTOM. GOOD LUCK!

[Maximilian]

Wigglers (Mayflies)

[shmeltz]

rainbows or lakers?

[coldbum]

i have good luck for splake with hunts or smelt, nightcrawlers for rainbows

[Big Dawg]

for trout(rainbows/brookies/brown/lakers) i use about 3in shiners

[grumpymoe]

"lake trout" - if available, native lake shiners, or ciscoes, and of course, live suckers. if you use dead sucker meat, make sure you strip off the scales or skin. dont know exactly why, but they prefer the flesh clean. makes you wonder at times, why this would be so.lol grumpymoe

[love2fishnhuntNH]

rainbows, smallest shiners that you can get on a small salmon egg hook, browns-medium shiners, nothing huge, nothing too small, brookies-worms and small/medium shiners, lakers-small smelt, med. shiners, suckers

[mullen2525]

so for bows fish a few feet under the ice in 15 feet or less of water, let me know if this is correct

[troutinator]

I've caught all species of trout in N.Y on smelt,even brookies in blue mt. lake & lewey lake.Never met a trout that did'nt like a smelt

[hard_waterer]

smelt

[iceintheveins]

Pieces of nightcrawlers seem to produce better than most anything. Live minnows also work very well. Sometimes mealworms, waxworms, and maggots are great baits for turned off trout. For lakers, pieces of cut baitfish or live minnows are king. Fish rainbows, browns, cutts, and brookies in 8 to 25 feet of water, occasionally shallower. Honestly here in Colorado I catch more trout in 20 feet than 10 feet.
Lake trout like 30 to 50 foot depths. I only occasionally fish shallower of deeper.