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Originally Posted by th3count
Hey guys, I have never had much luck nailing brook trout. Can anyone share some tips. Lures, Baits, Depths ETC>
Thanks guys.
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Brookies are super aggressive and love stickleback minnows and anything minnow looking. In lakes/ponds they tend to find the spots with current as they are a ravine species and are naturally found in streams. Or at least that's what the majority of what I have read about them has said.
I have had a fair bit of success using a couple different methods when going after brookies on the ice. I usually set up in about 6-10 feet of water and can watch them come and investigate the show.
The first is using a williams gold/silver spoon and hanging a bait from it. I take the hook off and tie on about 6-8 inches of flouro and then put the treble back on and tip it with either minnow heads or worms or gulp trout bait. Or a combo of either whichever works to make them bite. I have a home-built hook setter that is dynamo for that setup. I call it the sniper cause it never misses. Works fantastic for pike with a quick strike/minnow setup as well. Here she is in all her glory:
The second way is jigging the small northland tackle's mimic minnow soft plastic jigs or the small cicada jigs. Bounce them off the bottom a couple times, pull up a foot or so off the bottom and wait 5-10 seconds. If something doesn't come check it out give it a rip up once or twice, let it fall back to just off the bottom and hold again. Works very well for me. I have also used the soft plastic scuds from northland as well with pretty good results. Anything small and bug/minnow looking has worked in the pas as well.
Good luck and I hope this helps