I have a Shakespeare trout rod from Walmart, and I have purchased the powerbait with garlic scent. I still can’t catch trout 😅. Thanks for the info about the hooks. I always get confused.
I catch trout with that quite often, I’ve had the best luck fishing off the bottom with it. I use a Carolina rig and adjust it to sit just above the weeds. I also try to find the deepest part of where I’m fishing because they like colder water and they start biting here about a hour after sunrise. Hook setup is a barbless bait holder size 8 with two of the garlic power bait balls. With the Carolina rig they are gonna swallow the bait and good chance they get gut hooked, barbless makes it easier to try and do a release.
