Q on trout behavior

[MattMigues]

Originally Posted by ahlangle

Still learning so please bear with me.
When lake gets really fresh all of a sudden like recently, fishing gets tougher but the trout don't just pack up and leave the estuary do they?
Does the fresh water influx just spread them out to deep pockets of saltier water? Or do they all head offshore??

Also, when I catch just one trout in a spot and nothing else after an hour, what's going on (in general)? I understand they move in groups, so maybe it wa as lucky cast but this has happened to me many times lately and I'm sitting there like "man there's gotta be more than just one trout here"
Any insight appreciated.

I think salinity has a lot to do with spawning, I have a friend that works for WLF and they sample year round in certain areas, he said fresh or salt theres always mule trout in same places. I think it may affect there feeding or shock them with the big change but fish are there. When you figure out how to make them bite let me know!