Trout sense food and danger in a variety of ways. A trout’s sense of smell is one of its primary means of survival. This is the second installment in the post series: Trout Senses. The first post describes trout vision, discussing subjects such as sight outside of the water and the trout’s night vision. Using...
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You can develop a fishing journal for trout, bass, catfish, or panfish easily and without a lot of past experience. The basic idea behind a fishing journal is to record past fishing experiences in order to develop a pattern. The downfall of this for many fisherman just starting a journal is that they don’t have a...
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The following is an exceprt from the unpublished manuscripts of Professor Salmersontrotenworth – lecturer, writer, angler, and above all else, a lover of trout. It is certainly possible to go trout fishing without knowing a thing about fishing for trout. And, it is possible to catch a trout without knowing a thing about what...
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When people think of Iowa, trout fishing is not likely to be the first thing that comes to mind. Corn? Probably so. However, Northeast Iowa is filled with small cold streams that are regularly stocked with trout. There are also a few streams with naturally reproducing native brook trout. Most of the streams are...
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Trout depend heavily on their vision. They use eyesight to catch prey as well as detect danger. In order to catch trout the angler must be aware of the color and action of the lure they present as well as the effect of their own presence. // Trout can see, to some extent, above...
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Trout fishing basics cannot easily be summed up in one article. Both the fish and the sport are simply too diverse for even the basics of trout fishing to be compiled in a few paragraphs. Therefore, I’ll attempt to provide the bare bones here and add links to further articles with more in depth...
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All the trout fishing literature and advice I’ve come across has always asserted that you should fish for trout by casting upstream and reeling your lure back down keeping it at about the same speed as the current. This advice is for the most part correct being built upon centuries of fishing experience passed...
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