Summer can be a fun time of year to catch Trout and Panfish. When looking for Bluegill and other panfish in Lakes and Ponds, we look in the shallows around blow downs, grass, and docks. We catch them with small curly tail jigs, small hair jigs, small crankbaits, and spinners. Use a Ultra Light Rod and Reel and 6 to 8 pound test. We catch a lot of Panfish using these baits and techniques. For Trout, we like to fish early in the morning or late in the evening. We throw Small Crankbaits such as Rapala Original Floaters and Countdowns in the small sizes, Spinners , and Salmon eggs. We put all these baits on Light or Medium Light rod's and reels and use 6 to 8 pound test and it all depends on the size of the fish and of the creek or river you are fishing. For Fly Fishing, are favorite fly's this time of year are Wooly Buggers, Grasshopper or Cricket imitators, or a worm imitator. We like to throw them under trees overhanging the bank and in shady places. Try these baits and techniques and you will be sure to catch Trout and Panfish during the Summer.
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Spring is a great time of year to catch big trout. The Creeks and Rivers water temperatures warm up and trout start biting. In Spring, we always like to throw small jerkbaits such as a Rapala Countdown in the small sizes or spinners. We throw them around slow moving water close to the current and under trees that are overhanging. We also like to throw small trout worms and bread on a trout hook with a split shot sinker. We use these baits on Ultra Light Spinning Gear for creeks and small streams and for big rivers we use Medium Spinning gear. We use 6-8 pound test for these techniques. For Fly Fishing, we like Wooly Boogers or Beadhead Nymphs in the Spring. These baits and tecniques are proven to catch big trout in the Spring. Winter can be a very hard time of year to catch trout and panfish. They are very sluggish and are very hard to get to bite. In the winter in order to get them to bite, we downsize our baits. We also use ultra light tackle and 4 to 6lb test line. Our favorite hardbaits for trout in the winter are Rapala Countdowns in the small sizes, Mini Fat Raps, and Ultra light shads. We also catch a lot of trout on bread in the creeks, and we also love to throw small trout worms. Small spinners are also a great choice. If you are fly fishing, try bead head nyphs and Wooly Buggers. For panfish in the lakes such as Bluegill, Crappie, and Yellow Perch, we like to fish depths from 10 to 20 feet deep around rocks and brush. We like to throw Rapala Countdowns in the small sizes and use the countdown method to get them at the depth the panfish are. Rapala Jigging Raps in the small sizes are also great choices. Another one of our favorite winter panfishing baits is small panfishing jigs. We like to use single tail 2 inch grubs and fish it around brush and rocks. We either slow roll it or hop it on the bottom. Use these baits and techniques and you will catch trout and panfish in the winter. Trout season is winding down in North Georgia and they are still biting. The creeks are cooler and the bigger trout are starting to bite more. We have many favorite fall trout baits that we do great on. If you are going to throw a small hardbait for trout, throw a Rapala Countdown in size one or three. We fish it with jerks and pause's or we just reel it in, depending how the fish want it. Spinners are good fall baits as well, we throw a Mepps XD spinner in the small sizes or a Joe's Fly Spinner. Bread and small trout worms work great this time of year as well. If you are fly fishing, try a small nymph or a Wooly Bugger. Try these baits and techniques and you will catch fall trout. Panfishing can be very fun in the Summertime. But the only thing that makes panfishing tough is the hot weather. It is best to go early of the morning or late of the evening. We like to fish depths from 3 to 9 feet for panfish in the summertime. We like to through micro sized crankbaits for them such as the Rapala Ultra Light Shad, Original Floater, or a Countdown. We use sizes 1 to 3 in the Countdown and Original Floater. We also catch big panfish on small jigs. We like to use small curly tail grubs or soft plastics that look like small minnows. You can also catch them on redworms good in the summertime. We like to put them on a small jighead. We use Ultra light Spinning tackle for these techniques and we use 6 to 8lb line. We catch them in brush in shallow water and we sometimes catch them around rocks and boulders deeper in the water. Try these techniques the next time you go Summertime Panfishing. Trout fishing in the Summertime in North Georgia can be tough. We like to go early in the morning and late in the evening. Always fish deeper spots in the trout streams and also fish in shady spots under limbs and branches. Trout will get under them because they will have shade and bugs can fall out of the trees. We catch alot of them on Dry Fly's but our favorite fly for this time of year is the floating cricket. For spin fishing the Rapala Original Floater will catch alot of trout especially when you let the Original Floater sit on the surface and jerk the rod tip to make it pop. That triggers alot of strikes in the summer. Soft plastic trout worms will work but bread is our favorite to fish with in Deep spots in streams. Try these baits when you go Summertime Trout Fishing. The Crappie are starting to spawn and they are biting! But there are certain techniques that you can catch more Crappie with. Adam and Steven will go crappie fishing of the evening and with the techniques we are using we catch sometimes up to 50 crappie and sometimes over. We get back into wind blown pockets with brush in it and the wind blows the bait back there and the crappie will be with them. We catch them on either Berkley Powerbait Power Grubs or Berkley Gulp! Minnows below a bobber. The bobber needs to be at least 10 to 18 inches above the jig depending on the depth the crappie are. We hop them under the bobber and stop it and when it stops the crappie usually get it. We also reel it under the bobber and sometimes stop it and that produces crappie as well. Crappie also like Rapala Original Floaters and Countdowns in the small sizes, they also like the Rapala Ultra lite shad or Ultra lite minnow, or a Rapala Mini Fat Rap. Use these techniques the next time you go Spring Crappie Fishing.
It's warming up and the trout are starting to bite. When it starts warming up the Creek Chubs and Silverside's start to pull up to bite as well as the trout. On year-round trout streams Adam and Steven knows when the fish start to pull up to bite. Around the end of February and the beginning of March is when the fish start to pull up and bite. Especially when it is around 60 degree temperatures. But the fish are a little finicky and they want to bite certain things. When the Trout start to bite Adam and Steven fish with certain things. They fish with a Rapala X-Rap Jerkbait in the small sizes, a Countdown, or a Ultra lite Minnow. They will also throw Berkley Powerbait wigglers or Powerbait trout worms and Berkley Gulp! Earthworms. Bread or corn will work as well. Adam and Steven uses these baits on Berkley Trilene 6lb or 8lb test line. To the right is a great new Rapala jerkbait called the Clackin' Minnow. Try these baits the next time you go Spring Trout Fishing.
We can't wait until we get to Trout fish and Panfish this year. We are very excited about all of the new baits coming out for Trout fishing and panfishing. Berkley has came out with the Powerbait Atomic mites and Atomic fry and it will be very good for trout and panfish. Berkley Gulp! has came out with 1" inch leechs for panfish and trout and also 1" minnows. Also Gulp! Alive has came out with many new Trout and Panfish baits as well. Rapala has came out with the Ultra Lite Minnow for trout and panfish and they also came out with the Ultra Lite Shad that is for trout and panfish. This Summer we will have Trout and Panfishing videos on You Tube featuring some of these prouducts. Adam is tying some great flys for Trout and Panfish and they will be on our videos on You Tube as well.
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