Mirrolure in the surf.
Either a Top dawg, She dawg or a 51 or 52 M if the top ain't workin.
Caught some bigguns on a Chug Bug too.

she-dog top-dog super-spook in bone, white/chart, chrome/chart, and a ton of others work for me my personal best was only 5lbs but was caught in the surf on a green/white top-dog

the 4 biggest trout that came into my boat were caught on sparkle beetles.. 8 and 3 between 6-7. Also hooked another 8-9 on a deadly dudely.. lost her at the boat ;(

Super Spook-spring

Floater-winter

right place, right time, and whatever floats in front of their face....i think they will eat anything that is in front of them. now knowing where to be and when to be there is another thing...other than that the before mentioned baits up your chances...thats what i think anyway

I agree with this. In order to consistently catch big trout...you have to think like a big trout. But, there is an enormous amount of luck involved.

Disagree.....It does not take luck to catch big trout.........you just have to know where and when to fish them...AKA Find them....

Floater in winter goes against what you would think. Interesting!

And that's where the luck comes in.

No such thing as luck,just in the right place at the right time. :*****:

Well, ever how ya look at it. :cool: ;)

Drifting a "community" reef and landing an isolated sow is not my idea of "being in the right place at the right time". Well, hell....I guess it is. :confused::smokin:

haha in that scenario you could prolly toss a little luck in that

That was kinda my point. ;)

Just giving you a hard time my friend. Luck does come into play. Some select few that know there area catch big trout on a regular basis.(Not W) You have to do your homework like everything else.

lets say you wade....and the tide is coming in good and you go to a spot that is good on an incoming tide...you get there and bait is everywhere. you get out for a wade thinking i should catch a big trout here and you catch a 6, 7, or 8 pounder...luck? or skill? right place, right time?

Hush it Telich!!!!!!!!!!

LUCK is when a Pilgrim hires a guide and lands a 11.6lb trout.....

Catching big trout is when you put your mind to one area and fish it slow and long then your patience pays off....

Trout fishing is like taking a C hit....

If you give up on it in 10 minutes ... you might not of known what the full result would of been if you sat 35mins longer

Biggest Spec I ever caught was right at 6lbs.....Big Norton Sand EEL.....salt and pepper with chart tail on the North end of Long Point a few years ago...
Also, I did catch a 5lb one towards the end of the summer on the small spook. Bone with the silver side on Long Point.

I'm not saying that consistently (and this is the operative word here) catching big trout is all luck. Jeff Poe, Will Drost, Bruce Baugh and, yes, Michael Stulb are students of the art on Big Lake. Knowing that a certain spot is good on an incoming tide, knowing the angle to cast and being in stealth mode is putting yourself in a position to lessen the odds against you. If the average meat hauler pulls up to that same spot and catches a big sow.....it is luck. There is even a certain amount of luck involved in landing a trophy trout that's on the back end of a 50 yard cast.