Patuxent Trout

[chex]

Not kayak, but... There is this place just off a road I travel almost everyday where the patuxent can be accessed for Put & Take trout fishing. I stop by there periodically to try and catch some trout. I caught 2 last year in maybe 8 tries. So far this year, I had stopped by 3 times and caught nothing but creek chub.

I tried a new tactic today, based on a tip from Ictalurus, and caught 2 pretty nice ones, 14" and 12" . Happy happy....

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[nay_sayer]

Nice Mike!

[Shady]

Nice work, my favorite bait for trout has become the Berkley trout worms in pink or orange. Work like a charm and they usually last through several fish before having to change.

[chex]

I tried berkeley trout worms in chartreuse and yellow, as well as powerbait trout dough, with no luck. It's probably because I don't really know how to fish them.

BTW, my secret lure is not really secret... it's just a Mepps spinner in a secret style.

[Meadeo]

Let me guess it is the Mepps Aglia #0 in gold... Has been my go to put trout in the bag lure from about 1994 on.

Meadeo

[J.A. Veil]

Nice trout. I bought my first ever trout stamp this year and have not caught any to show for it.

[chex]

Meadeo, actually, the lure you describe is close to what my go-to spinner was like last year and the 3 times I got trout-skunked this year: a small #0-like golden spinner with a fly on the end... but I didn't catch anything with it this year. Now granted, the lure you are suggesting is not a fly... and I may have one liek yours, so next time I'm there I will try it. Thanks for the tip. The one I had luck with yesterday was a #1 silver insect wing blade with red tail spinner. I caught the 2 trout in 3 casts... it was either luck, the lure or the time of day... or all 3 or none of the three... I love fishing

John, have you tried?

[chex]

Fished another area with Shady this morning. We were both using Berkely trout worms in pink , chartreuse or yellow.

I caught 4, including a nice 15" rainbow.

Shady limited out and got a big golden trout! The goldens are notoriously hard to catch.

[Shady]

Nice fishing with you again Mike. Glad we both took some nice fish home.

The goldy wasn't a monster, but its the biggest I've caught at just a bit over 14"

And i dont mind sharing that we were fishing the gunpowder.

[Reelaxin10]

Good work guys! Like John, I bought my first trout stamp this year but haven't tried for them. I'll try some of the baits you've mentioned here and see what happens. I'm in Laurel a lot so I might try savage mills.

[Shady]

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[ictalurus]

Nice work, gents, and congrats on finding a good lure, Mike. I tried spinners a Gilbert Run earlier this year with only dink bass to show for it.

[Shady]

We wacked em again this morning on the patapsco. Most of the streams are void of trout fisherman this time of the year, go get em' They're hungry!