| As the new year approaches and the weather | | | | The same principle goes for any live bait that you |
| continues to get colder, I figured it was time to write an | | | | might be using. Cold weather is a great time of year to |
| article on cold weather trout fishing tips. I'm not | | | | use maggots and meal worms as trout bait, and if you |
| necessarily referring to ice fishing, yet some of these | | | | like to use night crawlers, simply use smaller pieces. |
| tips can be used for ice fishermen as well. These tips | | | | For example, a whole night crawler can be pinched |
| are for those of us who still enjoy getting out on our | | | | into thirds or even quarters in cold weather trout fishing |
| favorite river or stream to do a little trout fishing, even | | | | situations. |
| when the weather is quite cold. | | | | When the weather and water temperature are cold, |
| The first thing to keep in mind (if you didn't already | | | | fishing when the trout are the most active is very |
| know), is that cold weather trout fishing offers some | | | | important. There are certain times of the day and |
| unique challenges, not the least of which is the fact | | | | month when fish are more active than others , and |
| that the cold weather can be quite uncomfortable. | | | | knowing this information is highly useful when the |
| Besides being uncomfortable, cold weather trout fishing | | | | weather is cold and the trout aren't as active anyway. |
| means the fishing will normally be much tougher. When | | | | These times of the day and month correlate with the |
| the temperature drops, so does the water | | | | weather and phases of the moon. Planning your fishing |
| temperature, and as the water temperature drops, so | | | | trips around the weather and moon is a great idea, |
| does the trout's body temperature. As trout become | | | | especially in cold weather. |
| colder and colder, their metabolism slows down, which | | | | The final tip for cold weather trout fishing is the fact |
| means they feed less. | | | | that we need to keep our hands as warm as possible |
| Obviously when trout are feeding less, they are more | | | | while fishing. Not only do our hands need to be warm, |
| difficult to catch. In colder weather and water | | | | but if you're like me you still need the use of you |
| temperatures, a great tip is to use bait that's as small | | | | fingers to fish properly. This is where a quality and |
| as you can. If you ice fish, you know all about using tiny | | | | comfortable pair of fingerless gloves come into play. I |
| baits, well the same goes for trout fishing in river and | | | | can tell you from experience that being on the river |
| stream situations. Use hooks, baits, and lures that are | | | | and feeling like your hand is going to fall off, because |
| as small as you can get away with in cold weather | | | | that hand got wet releasing a freezing cold trout, is no |
| trout fishing situations. This tip will help you get more | | | | fun at all I promise you. |
| bites. | | | | |