| Sometimes I can't distinguish the difference between | | | | the best way to fish with it is by still fishing. The scent |
| canned trout bait and play dough, other than by | | | | is then dispersed into the water, the trout smell it, and |
| smelling it of course. Honestly, what kind of fish would | | | | are attracted. So a hook attached to a weight is the |
| try to eat something that resembles something that | | | | normal method. A better method is to employ a set of |
| children play with? Have you ever thought about how | | | | gang hooks, thus enabling you to use twice the bait. |
| weird this really is? That we would want to catch | | | | This can be a big advantage. |
| something that will gladly eat a ball of play dough that | | | | The gang hook rig is set up like this: Grab the end of |
| smells like the business end of a dead cat? I suppose | | | | your line and slip and egg sinker onto your line. Now tie |
| this is part of the reason that I've never had any | | | | on a small barrel swivel. The barrel swivel acts as a |
| respect for stocked fish. | | | | stopper, stopping the egg sinker from slipping beyond it |
| The entire idea of stocked fish is wrong to me. Not so | | | | (if the egg sinker slips over the barrel swivel, simply |
| much "fingerlings" that get released, and then grow up | | | | add a small split shot as a "stopper"). Now simply tie a |
| in the wild, this is fine. I'm referring to the catchable | | | | set of #8 or #10 gang hooks onto the other end of the |
| sized fish (trout usually) that get released into our | | | | barrel swivel. Now add two balls of "anglers play |
| waters to then be caught be us anglers. A great way | | | | dough" to the hooks (just enough to completely cover |
| to catch these fish is through the use of trout bait, or is | | | | each hook). Now cast this rig out and allow it to sink. |
| it just smelly play dough? I suppose that's for you to | | | | Finally, prop you rod up, slowly reel in the slack line until |
| decide, but the facts are that no matter how much I | | | | it's taught, and wait for the rod tip to start bouncing. |
| disapprove of stocked trout eating the stuff, the point | | | | Not that I condone it, but that is how to fish the kinds |
| is that they do. | | | | of trout baits that look like play dough. In all seriousness, |
| Seeing as how fish can be caught using this "anglers | | | | the above rig works, so if you want to catch some |
| play dough", whether I like it or not, what's the most | | | | stocked trout, give it a try. I'm sure you won't be |
| effective way to fish it? This is really quite simple. | | | | disappointed. |
| Because of the smell that emanates from these baits, | | | | |