Fishing San Francisco - California Fishing

tchli · 10-17-2004, 05:56 PM

I usually fish saltwater but recently ive been getting into fresh. I have a couple of noob questions for trout or other species.

1. Whats the maximum lure size a trout would take? How many cm or in usually

2. is there another place in SF other than lake merced that gets stocked for trout or anyother fish and is pretty good?

cst · 10-17-2004, 06:06 PM

when fishing for trout, the average bait is from a querter of an inch to 3 inches but big swmbaits and plugs up to 9 inches catch trout.

http://msslammer.com/gallery/trout

DementedFish · 10-17-2004, 06:40 PM

9in is a little big. I wouldnt use a lure longer than 4in. It all depends on what kind of lure you are talking about though.

tchli · 10-17-2004, 09:33 PM

Heres a pic of the lures im asking about

tchli · 10-17-2004, 09:34 PM

ooops srry for the big pic, put a dollar in there to show how rich i am. lol actually put in to show size of lures

cst · 10-17-2004, 09:50 PM

those might be a little to girthy for trout but they all look great for largemouth bass. the one on the top left looks like it can work for trout. for trouts, try powerbait, salmon eggs, worms, trout worms, mini jigs, small spoons, small spinners and rapalas. the trout worms are three inches long while everything else is smaller. there are always exceptions and trout, specially big ones will be caught on huge lures, for instance the MS Slammers and the Castaic Soft Baits

tunakid · 10-17-2004, 10:35 PM

Ive never heard of any trout being caught on MS slammers or Castaic soft baits. Im pretty sure trout canables so i dont think they are gunna want eat any MS slammers or Castaic soft baits.

-Austin

jstcrzyengh · 10-18-2004, 04:13 PM

Trout are canables. In fact my favorite Rapala's are the rainbow trout and brown trout patterns, though in CD3 and CD5...

cst · 10-18-2004, 04:20 PM

let me end the future arguement right now and right here. Trout on Big Swimbaits

cst · 10-18-2004, 04:32 PM

btw trout arent very canable though sardines and tuna fit perfectly in cans

jstcrzyengh · 10-18-2004, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cst

btw trout arent very canable though sardines and tuna fit perfectly in cans

Im glad someone got it

DementedFish · 10-18-2004, 04:51 PM

Hmmm lets see. You got some minnows, and some poppers there. Normally, these would be for largemouth bass, but since I can see these are so small, these would work for trout,

Cuban_Fish · 10-18-2004, 06:28 PM

One of my favorite lures for trout are roostertails and I have caught bass on them too. I have only used trout worms once and I caught more bass then trout on them, but i am willing to give them another try. Like jstcrzyengh said those little rapalas are good I like fishing them a little better then bait, but doesnt always mean they are better.