How to cook trout

There are many ways to enjoy the most delicious fish of the freshwaters.

But first, you can’t enjoy eating a trout that is not, in the first place, available at hand. How and where do you catch one?

Trout are very common along cold mountain streams. To catch one, you must move quietly toward a stream. Trout are easily agitated by movement and sounds. That’s the reason why you must be careful in avoiding your shadow cover the water. Actually, most trout are not much bothered by shadow, but still try not to show it as it stirs them.

Trout also love hiding in remote and brushy spots. They also prefer huge spaces in between rocks. Meanwhile, bigger trout are frequently located in tails of pools.

Once you are there, try to settle in a good spot. Eddies in a stream are ideal trout-locating spots. Trout enjoy positioning behind rocks as the water’s current delivers food effortlessly to them. If it is fast moving water, throw your bait more upstream.

It is better to stay down, best to kneel, in scanning the water for trout. The lower you are in the bank or in the water, the less chance trout has of sensing you. If it is possible, position yourself in front of a row of bushes or a high bank so that your body’s outline could “blend in” and trick fish.

An acceptable outfit for trout fishing includes a very light, quick-spinning rod between 4 and 5 feet long, a light-duty spinning or spin casting reel connected to a four- to six-pound test line. Regular shank bronze hooks between the sizes 10 to 14 and some small split shot should be available if ever you need to put your bait down in quick water. Finally, a canvas creel and a small knife complete the trout fishing outfit.

Be alert in watching the water for signs of fish. A quick flow of water or a flash of fin must not be ignored. Using sufficient weight on your line, bump the stream’s ground and let it float along.

With properly selected bait, catching this kind of fish is not a tedious task. Trout are easily lured by flies, salmon eggs, and mealworms.

Keep in mind that the cast-and-retrieve method works best in catching trout. Put a little weight on around the length of a fingertip to elbow-length up the line. Then, allow the bait to be carried downstream by the current. A trout will bite soon, so be ready to set the hook at once before reeling it to the shore.

Also, try using new fluorescent lines in catching trout. This is a good idea, as trout cannot see it, while you can.