[cool] Do you use Power Bait? How many colors do you normally cary with you?
Do the fish in your area change thier color preference from time to time?
I use power bait once in awhile. I carry roughly 18 colors in a kit mostly because in some areas, the trout will change color preference about every 20 minutes. What is your experience with Power Bait?
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I carry about 15 jars of powerbait with me, makes tackle box heavy.[
] Ive never really had the fish change preference on me every 20 minutes,but sometimes it differs day to day. Have you every tried lime twist? Thats a killer on rainbows.
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[cool]It seems like most of the new twist colors are pretty hot, especially with the sparkles. When I fish the Owens River in Bishop, that is where the trout like to change from color to color without warning. I also found that the anise scented PB works well in many areas without having to switch colors.
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Do you mean the bishop that is close to mammoth? The fishing is awesome in the creeks up there with the miny tube jigs.
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[cool] yup. That be the one. Many good ponds up there also. Lots of cats, blue gills, smallies, and LMB.
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I envy you, I live in the orange county where the smog is thick.[
] At least Im somewhat close to the ocean, it only takes me about twenty to thirty minutes to get to a half day boat. But thats nothing compared to the beautiful scenery you get to look at every day. Do you stop realizing the beauty after you see it every day for a long time?
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[cool] Unfortunately I live in the San Fernando Valley. I only get to see the beauty of Bishop and surroundings a few times a year. It is about 4 hrs drive for me to get up there. I do have my share of smog here as well. Maybe some day we can plan to go up there and I can show you a few of the hot spots that I have learned over the years. My son and I really love that area.
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sounds like a good idea to me. I love the area up there even if Im not fishing. Hiking, mountainbiking, and fourwheeling are fun things to do too.
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Send me a PM with your # and we can swap info.
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[size 1]Love the stuff. I usually carry four to five colors.
Found a great trick if you are fishing deep water with lots of surface strikes.
I cut a small piece of split shot and either connect it right to the hook or to the line at the knot. I will use a piece large enough to sink a piece of power bait a little smaller than a marble but larger than a pea. I then connect a slip float and set the slip to allow four to six feet between the bait and the float.
I have used this method at Dixon, Wolford, Eldorado(only two feet), in Arizona Saguaro, Canyon, Bartlet, Pleasant, Willow Springs, Long Lake, Lake Mary, Blue Ridge Res, Chevelon Canyon/Creek and many more.
This method also worked without the float free line in streams and rivers casting out and letting the bait drift and bounce on the bottom.
Have you tried the power trout worms?
They Are awesome.
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[cool] Hey there OneWhoFishes, I am just getting started on the trout worms. I have been able to get some bluegills and tilapia on the brown color but not on the yellow or orange. Thanks for your input. I really appreciate it.
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What kind of Power Bait are you talking about? The stuff you mold yourself or the pre-molded?
I haven't had much luck up here with the mold-it-yourself stuff. I've caught plenty of carp on the Power Bait Natural's Earthworms. When nobody else was catching anything, that was working for me!
How do you normally fish the Power Bait? Let it sit on the bottom? Dangle it below a bobber? Jigging style?
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what color power trout worms do you like? do they stay on the hook? do you use a treble hook? thanks!
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I have been using the red and the orange power worms.
I use them with my ultra light gear and four pound test.
No treble hooks I use a small hook fed through the worm so it come out half way down the body. I the place a 1/8 - 1/4 once split between 12 and 24 inchs away. Cast and let it slowly sink. Usually get a hit before it hits the bottom.
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I haven't tried it that way. Thanks! Maybe I'll do that in the near future (soon as I find time before the sun sets). Hopefully it won't be raining this coming weekend so that I can get out there and try it!
Haven't had any luck with the Power Natural's on trout.
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Hey there DDR, yeah I'm referring to the mold it yourself or trout worms. I use a plunger for the mold it yourself type of stuff. it keeps it from getting embedded into your finger nails.
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Hey there southernman, On the power worms for trout, I use more of the natural color. But either color stays well on the hook. They are easy to break off into smaller pieces or use a 3" piece on a treble and wrap it around like a natural crawler.
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Hey there Davetclown, Those look like they would well on a drop shot rig. I'm sure that they would be awesome. Can I win some of those or do you think that you might have a package around thats just burning a hole in your tackle box?? ha ha.
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Before Power Bait, it was salmon eggs and worms. I have a separate tackle box just for those little, expensive bottles. Then I have one for all my lures, then my main one for all the logistical support (terminal tackle).
If I go to Red Feather Lakes, for example, I always take my Power Bait box simple because the trout change their minds faster than a woman shopping at a sale. If I don't get a bite within 15 minutes, then I change to a different color. I've found that the corn colored bait works the best most of the time for me. That glitzy pink stuff is only for the female trout, the males want the manly colors.
On another note, the Colorado DOW planted about 2,000,000 greenback trout fingerlings in the higher elevation lakes over the past two months. It'll take a year or two for those surviving the winters to grow to catchable size. Now that's something to look forward to.
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