Fishing For

Rainbow trout

4.0

(1704)

30.5K Catches

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Average Length

2.0 ft

Maximum Length

4.0 ft

Maximum Weight

56.0 lbs

Depth Range

0.0 - 656.2 ft

Temperature Range

50.0 - 75.2 ºF

Top Fishing Spots To Catch Rainbow trout

5.0

(1)

Cain Lake

48.649699, -122.329307

Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia

399 Catches

4.0

(7)

Sparks Marina Park Lake

Park County, Colorado

Nevada County, California

Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Pueblo County, Colorado

106 Catches

Top Baits For Catching Rainbow trout

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Night Crawlers

4.0

(1134)

1.4K Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Earthworms

4.0

(1213)

1K Catches

Natural Baits by Worms Fresh Water Red Worms

4.0

(312)

278 Catches

Natural Baits by Eggs Fresh Water Salmon Eggs

4.0

(31)

267 Catches

Flies by Generic Flies Nymph Generic Nymph Flies

4.0

(15)

217 Catches

Flies by Generic Flies Dry Fly Generic Dry Flie

4.0

(12)

184 Catches

Lures by Berkley PowerBait Natural Scent Glitter Trout Bait Chartreuse

4.0

(14)

143 Catches

Lures by Berkley PowerBait Berkley PowerBait Natural Scent Aniseed Glitter Trout Bait 1.75 oz. - Sunshine Yellow

4.0

(21)

135 Catches

Recently Caught Rainbow trout

Lennon Gibbinson

18 hours ago

•

Northumberland, England

17 fish today 1 rainbow 2 browns and the 14 roach that was keeping me busy when the trout weren’t biting👍🏼

Species Rainbow trout

4 likes

Aiden Fulton

11 hours ago

•

Cariboo, British Columbia

Beautiful Horsefly strain stocked ‘Bow of about 2 lbs. Smacked my wooly bugger not long after it hit the water. Lost another, presumably bigger, that broke me off. This one was probably right around the 20 inch mark in length, which is what I start to consider a “trophy” fish. That’s my standards at least for Rainbow trout. What do you guys think qualifies as a trophy?

Species Rainbow trout

Gear 3

4 likes

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Juan A

12 hours ago

•

Pima County, Arizona

Only one today

Species Rainbow trout

Weight 8 oz

Gear 2

7 likes

Aiden Fulton

10 hours ago

•

Cariboo, British Columbia

Handful of little wild ‘Bows, majority taken on the dry fly. Was hunting for something bigger but couldn’t get anything over a pound. Fast action though, and lots of surface eats.

Species Rainbow trout

Gear 3

3 likes

Malcom Garcia

1 day ago

•

Utah County, Utah

Species Rainbow trout

Weight 1 lb

Gear 1

6 likes

Mac Geldard

1 day ago

•

Wiltshire, England

Lovely rainbow on my small local river

Species Rainbow trout

6 likes

Fish Haymaker

19 hours ago

•

Comox-Strathcona, British Columbia

Species Rainbow trout

7 likes

Landon Cappello

1 day ago

•

Summit County, Colorado

PB Rainbow trout, He was 21 inch’s and 6 pounds what a monster!! He put up a crazy fight. It was a fun day fish!!🎣🔥

Species Rainbow trout

Weight 6 lb

Gear 1

16 likes • 5 comments

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