Been going all over the east coast to catch my first trout been out 15 times over the past 3 years. Finally caught 4 in a row and 1 today in the morning.

Perfect conditions with clouds, drizzzle, and highs in the low 50s. All caught trolling #9 Rapalas and Shad raps.

I only started fishing this year, I’ve been exclusively fishing wild trout in creeks and streams around my area! Caught this guy last night on my walk back to the truck. This is my personal best trout so far and probably the most euphoric moment in my adult life haha.

Saw this guy today while wading the San Juan. Was almost completely white.

This is a small river in the Italian Alps. A few kilometers upstream there is a small reservoir from where the river starts. I tried a few of these pools with different spinners for half a day. No bites, no sightings, nothing. I know there could many reasons for that, I was just wondering if my basic knowledge of good trout spots is part of the problem.

How do you cook your trout?

I bought a 6 foot celilo and loved it. I wanted an upgrade to a nicer and longer rod so I got the TFO trout II. It’s a nice rod but feels super noodly throwing a size 1 aglia and I don’t like how whippy it is. I’m looking at the st croix premier, Shimano Sensilite or just a longer celilo. Anybody have experience with these or have any other recs? I have a whippy side arm cast so I prefer a rod with faster recovery.

I’ve always lived in southern Maine, grew up bass and stripper fishing. Recently I caught my first trout at a stocked pond, but I want the real experience. I have a good overall ultra light spinning setup with a bunch of BFS lures and plenty of spinners/weighted bobbers and flies. Where I can I go within an hour of Portland and have a good chance a catching any sort of trout out of a river/creek? From the bank that is….

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here is my question:

I’ve been eating more fish lately for the health benefits and also because it tastes good, mostly rainbow trout because it is high in omega 3 and vitamin d and low in heavy metals from what I’ve heard. I eat it about 3 times a week and buy fillets of it from the store with the skin on.

My question is, is it safe to eat rainbow trout with the scales? I usually scale them with a knife but I’m wondering if I should even do it since the scales are so small. I heard the scales can contain 5 times more heavy metals than in the muscle so I’m wondering if I should scale them or not even bother.

Started off with a grayling then I got my PB river fish. Not bad for my first time maggot fishing on my own! I was literally shaking when I banked the trout 😭 My dad always took me fishing with maggots when I was a little kid , but since I’ve been going fishing on my own I’ve always been a lure fisherman mainly spinners because I never thought I would have the patience to just sit there and watch the rod.

But this week my dad picked up some maggots from my local tackle shop he showed me a quick little set up that would “guarantee” fish and he wasn’t wrong!!

Anyone rough guessed on weight would be nice appreciated I’m thinking 2lb ish

Mid Missouri stream, rainbow, browns, brook trout all there. Planning on doing some night fishing for the brooks. I use bfs gear usually for smallies what are the best trout lures you bring?

I'll preface this by saying my primary trout rig is a 7' ultralight-fast with a 1000 reel. I love it for small bodies of water like creeks, rivers and small lakes, especially with spinners etc. Here's the rub though - sometimes I want to switch to a 3/8 float, some split shot, and a nightcrawler, and I want something that's going to cast that setup out a hell of a long way from shore. I also intend on doing some bass and walleye fishing on the rare occasion.

I just picked up a Fenwick eagle 7' medium-light extra fast and I'm intending on pairing it with some 10lb braid with 6lb fluoro on a pfleuger supreme 30x. Is this setup going to get the job done, or am I going to run into line breakage etc?

Thanks for the help and I appreciate the time you take in response.

love the color on this guy, looks almost gold plated. absolutely smashed a chubby chernobyl