Late season Rainbow, Looking for tips

[Backroadsfishing]

Greetings from the North Bay area.

My friend and I are heading out Monday (weather permitting) for a lake stocked with rainbow trout. I haven't fished for them before and figured I asked for some tips.

I'm going to try sparky302s tip: single gold hoke with a worm for still fishing or trolling it with a mepps comet #3 red and white blade. I'm going to change the treble hook to a single gold hook. Other then that, any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Disco]

I know friends of mine who fish rainbows through the ice with small cocktail shrimp on a hook.
I do well with spawn bags myself.

[Backroadsfishing]

Cocktail shrimp! WOW. Wouldn't have thought of that 😂.

[sparky302]

I second the shrimp also along with roe bags

[Backroadsfishing]

[mykola]

They like pink.

[Longshank]

And get the big platter of shrimp.....if they don't want them at least you got something to chow down on

[Backroadsfishing]

Absolutely!!!

[jip]

Wet fly with a tiny piece of worm on it, let out a bunch of line and quietly drift.

[Backroadsfishing]

Any specific fly? This are my weapons of choice...hope they work.

[jignhookz]

I use shrimp or a wet fly in the winter. Shrimp typically close to bottom and a wet fly would be 2 ft or so from bottom of the ice. Good luck!

[Backroadsfishing]

Thanks folks for you tips. Heading out tomorrow morning around 8am. I'll let you know how I make out. I also talked to the biologist who looks after the area I'm going and he said he never gets any feedback on the lakes they stock so, I call him too.

Cheers.

[Backroadsfishing]

Well, spent four hours today checking out a lake I have never been on. Apparently it's was stocked with 1500 rainbow trout last fall. So, after trolling, still fishing, drifting casting and trying all the tips I received from everyone, all we came up with was two bass. Marked a number of fish at different depths, 7 through to 30'. Deepest part was 39'. I guess I will have to give it a go during the hard water season.

[Backroadsfishing]

Second and last bass. They also had black spots in their mouths and on their tails.

[Knuguy]

The black spots are a parasite. Unsightly when they are so many but quite harmless when cooked properly, as all freshwater fish should be.