USING POWER BAIT FOR TROUT

[klymons]

[cool]Powerbait does work great for trout. The problem is that during a day's fishing, the fish get finicky regarding color, and sometimes, even brands of doughbait. If you want to get serious about trout fishing, you'll need at least three brands of bait--Berkeley, Crave, and Sierra Gold. As for colors, just think about all the colors in the rainbow and all colors combined and mixed. And you'll need a brand new tackle box or bag to carry all the jars you'll wind up buying. Be sure to use proper lifting techniques when you pick up all those jars, or better yet, buy yourself a forklift to load them in your pick-up. There will also be financial repercussions. After spending all your available cash and maxing out your credit cards, you'll have to give up such luxuries as food, electricity and a place to live. Just make sure you keep a few bucks to fill up the gas tank to drive to your favorite trout lake. And you will definitely be prepared--you'll have every kind of trout doughbait under the sun, all colors and flavors--everything from lemon/lime sparkle swirl to pina colada/Jack Daniels combination blender surprise. The trout don't have a chance--you are ready to rock! All day long you try everything in your pallet-sized tote bag--even mixing and matching different brands and colors. But you don't even get a nibble. Then, at the end of the day, some guy walks past with a huge stringer of rainbow trout, the kind with shoulders like NFL linebackers! "Hey," you call out,"what kind of Powerbait did you use to catch those fish?" The guy just laughs. "Powerbait? I don't need no stinkin' Powerbait!" And then he starts to walk away. You call out to him: "Please! Tell me what you were using for bait!" The guy turns around and says: "I caught 'em all on nightcrawlers." Nightcrawlers? Now you are really . "Nightcrawlers? How much do they cost?" The guy just smirks."Cost? Didn't cost me anything! Just went to the local golf course last night and grabbed a bunch." At this point, you totally lose it, and start howling like a loon. You have spent a fortune on bait that has been a bust, all your money is gone, and you have no place to live. The moral of the story? Stick to stripers, StriperKing--you'll live longer!
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