Euro-Style PowerBait Tricks for Trout, part 1 (fishing for trout) 

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yes lots of people think barbless will lose you fish if you keep a tight line there is no difference and i think barbless hooks penetrate the fish's mouth much easier

I agree, but even barbless hooks kill every trout that is deep hooked. This technique, barbed or otherwise, prevents that.

That what I said! Make it slightly denser and pre-form the shapes...folks would like that I think.

I fish light power Fenwick Elite rods for this technique, paired ith size 20 Abu Garcia Revos. My favorite set-up for this is 7'.

A Fenwick Elite, light power and Pflueger President

Straight shank aberdeen style hook works well, and a sizes 6-10 will cover whatever size of dough shape you'd likely want.

Were you using weight?

@@nehemiahpalazzo we tried with and without...best success was with a small split shot...just enough to aid in casting.

@@FishfulThinker thank you sir. I went and tried the other day and used two split shots which was too heavy.

For this type of fishing, I use 7' Fenwick Elite Finesse rods in light power coupled with 6# braided line, in this case X9 braid. The combination allows for much longer casts than what you are currently using, and also allows me to lob the bait gently as needed. It also allows for longer range hook-setting, line control and makes for a long shock absorber while fighting fish.

Surprisingly, no if you mold it well

It hardens a bit in the water. Dip it before the first cast and you’ll lose less often on the cast

You can start by looking up part 2 of this video.

From the sounds of your successful baits, I'd guess you may need to form smaller pieces of the doughbait.

I would start with leader length. 12 to 24 inches and make sure the powerbait floats before casting.

Leader length is crucial use a weight you can easily adjust the length some times adding a foot makes all the difference start at one foot after 15 mins add another

That's odd to hear; in our personal experience and as well as the experience of a bunch of other folks we've talked with that have tried it, deep hooking is almost completely eliminated when the Powerbait is continuously retrieved.

We tried it with great success fishing slow, deep plunge pools in a local river...so I'd say yes. We cast it up and across, then reeled just fast enough to keep it moving and line tight as the current moved it along.

A long and very soft Fenwick.

somehting aorund a #6 or #8 is good.

Yeah what the hell, am I high or what. Every single power bait I have used floats

Oh nvm, I see the splitshot now

Bellaire Lake

Both casting distance snd retrieve speed are infinitely variable based on the weight added; all I have to do is add more weight if I wanna cast it further, or retrieve it faster. Also, the lake this was filmed on is an absolute zoo most of the time which is why we chose it to film. They were people fishing all around us, but the opposite side of the lake from us is closed so there’s nobody over there in the video. Based on our experience and heavily pressured urban Colorado trout waters, the technique works exceedingly well. I don’t care what with or how you’re fishing, if dudes are walking around in the water in front of you I have to a think fishing is going to be tough.

I live in Ca so RIGHT@ and it doesn't stay on well, looking into a ompound that will make it stay together and making my own mold - CA style we always come up with somerthing

...but that is completely irrelevant if the fish is deep hooked. No barbless hook or pliers will save them. When using the techniques in the video, no fish are deep hooked.

doubt it

Possibly...but we'd bet both of them will have swallowed your hook. This technique is MUCH easier on fish and in our experience, also yields a faster catch rate than the sit-and-wait approach.

Nice!!!