08-07-2006, 12:16 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I have watched trout on underwater cameras, just like the videos provided by Z. They can be just as "delicate" in taking and rejecting a bait or lure as bass. However, bass are more "ambush" predators, whereas trout usually cruise when feeding and are more likely to whack a bait from the side or going away. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That being said, last winter I watched some video of trout under the ice, here in Utah. The big cutthroats in Strawberry are notorious for being "delicate" on some days. In the video I watched, guys were jigging with lures tipped with minnow. The cutts would sometimes "strike up"...taking the jigged lures from below. The angler above would feel nothing as the fish sometimes swam around in a big circle before spitting the fake food.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Of course, on other days, the fish would slam the jigs and almost pull the happy fishermen down through the hole. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I grew up fishing for trout in my native Idaho. One fly-fishing uncle used to tell me to count to 2 or 3 before setting the hook when a fish took the fly. That was to give them a chance to turn around and swim away and to get a more positive hookset. Of course, that is for visual and usually top water presentations. When they hit a sunken fly it can often be difficult to detect the take without an indicator. I have known fly flingers who would go fishless if they did not have their "foo foo bobbers".[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That being said, last winter I watched some video of trout under the ice, here in Utah. The big cutthroats in Strawberry are notorious for being "delicate" on some days. In the video I watched, guys were jigging with lures tipped with minnow. The cutts would sometimes "strike up"...taking the jigged lures from below. The angler above would feel nothing as the fish sometimes swam around in a big circle before spitting the fake food.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Of course, on other days, the fish would slam the jigs and almost pull the happy fishermen down through the hole. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I grew up fishing for trout in my native Idaho. One fly-fishing uncle used to tell me to count to 2 or 3 before setting the hook when a fish took the fly. That was to give them a chance to turn around and swim away and to get a more positive hookset. Of course, that is for visual and usually top water presentations. When they hit a sunken fly it can often be difficult to detect the take without an indicator. I have known fly flingers who would go fishless if they did not have their "foo foo bobbers".[/#0000ff]
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