Tackle for calcasieu lake

[keakar]

basicly some minnow shaped swim baits with tail action is the general "go to" bait used by everyone, then some top water baits and suspending baits.

your bass baits will work (especially the spinner baits) but everything will rust fast so you need salt water hooks on your tackle.

you will also want to use some corks at times and there are many opinions on which cork is best but whatever you choose make sure you have some. when the bite is slow sometimes a bait suspended and dancing around under a cork while not moving out of the area is just the ticket to get bit. also trout feed looking straight ahead or up mostly and rarely if ever look down unless already going after something so a cork ensures the bait is in the area the fish has the best chance to see it.

think of it as bass fishing in salt water

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by keakar

also trout feed looking straight ahead or up mostly and rarely if ever look down unless already going after something so a cork ensures the bait is in the area the fish has the best chance to see it.

Interesting.


I've caught many many trout dragging slow on bottom, not sure how they found it now.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Interesting.


I've caught many many trout dragging slow on bottom, not sure how they found it now.

thats cause they were sitting on beds waiting for croakers to come along... so they were already on the bottom

[keakar]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Interesting.


I've caught many many trout dragging slow on bottom, not sure how they found it now.

so have I, because they were on the bottom and saw it moving in front of them looking straight ahead but trout don't swim around looking down under them, they feed on whats in front of them or above them.

its all relative to water depth, in 3 to 4 feet of water just about everything is straight ahead in their sight of vision so there really is no up or down other then surface lures for top water but in deeper water like 5 feet or more then they start picking zones they stay at to forage for food weather that be middle, bottom, or along the surface.

when you catch trout on the bottom it isn't because they are looking down and went down there to get the bait, its because they were already on the bottom weather to stay warm in cold weather or just because that's how they were feeding that day but they were still looking straight in front of them not looking down to feed. a trouts mouth isn't shaped right for sucking up baits off the bottom that's why reds and drums have down turned mouths, because they need to suck up baits feeding off of the bottom.

if you want to argue evolution of fish and how they evolved to use the feeding habits and patterns they follow you will have to do that with mathgeek not me, he can get you all the technical data you might need to be convinced.

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by keakar

so have I, because they were on the bottom and saw it moving in front of them looking straight ahead but trout don't swim around looking down under them, they feed on whats in front of them or above them.

its all relative to water depth, in 3 to 4 feet of water just about everything is straight ahead in their sight of vision so there really is no up or down other then surface lures for top water but in deeper water like 5 feet or more then they start picking zones they stay at to forage for food weather that be middle, bottom, or along the surface.

when you catch trout on the bottom it isn't because they are looking down and went down there to get the bait, its because they were already on the bottom weather to stay warm in cold weather or just because that's how they were feeding that day but they were still looking straight in front of them not looking down to feed. a trouts mouth isn't shaped right for sucking up baits off the bottom that's why reds and drums have down turned mouths, because they need to suck up baits feeding off of the bottom.

if you want to argue evolution of fish and how they evolved to use the feeding habits and patterns they follow you will have to do that with mathgeek not me, he can get you all the technical data you might need to be convinced.

Whatever you say, good thing they don't have any predators - not looking down could be tricky for survival.