Although the fish are biting extremely well they are also under a ton of stress!! The water temps have spiked with constant heat waves and releasing anything alive and healthy has been extremely difficult!! After speaking to local conservation/hatchery employees I was advised to toss the fish back "being as careful as possible" and see if they take off healthy. To my suprise they DID JUST THAT! Yes, I agree the release jobs on this video dont look the friendliest BUT its what's working best to keep them alive and swimming...
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hahaha the way you were releasing the fish took me by surprise. I thought at first it was a bit too harsh but thinking about how you hardly physically touched them overall, and you didn't let them fight you for long before taking them into the net looks like a much less stressful way to fish them. Good video, it's great to see a fellow trout magnet user showing the success of the system.
I've tried and tried to show my brother how to fly fish using dry's and even just nymphing ( which doesn't require a lot of overhead or any other type of fly casting) wrist flip and he still hated it. THIS was a big help because he loves to use reels when fishing and this is just like nymphing using a fly rod but using a reel instead!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Great vid man because the places we fish are "Trophy Waters" so we have restrictions like not using bait and catch and release restrictions (which I agree with) but this helped me out alot due to him living out of state and loves to fish when he can come visit.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Today I tried the trout magnet kit for the first time on a nearby tiny creek with crystal clear water. Too shallow to float but I found a little pool sans seaweed to drag the rig through. I landed 10 little bluegills as well as a couple juvenile bass in the space of a couple hours. Nothing to write home about but it was still a lot of fun. And I've heard that clear water actually makes fish more skittish, so I was impressed. I can't wait to try these at a deeper river where I can let it drift properly.
@saeklin Try tossing it wihtout a float into shallow fast flowing current sections of rivers and creeks too.. I have caught some big guys hiding in those areas!
@Pablo Lens-Gallardo He wants him to release the fish by putting the put in the water and letting the trout swim away, instead of tossing it and making it hit the water
Not so in Central California. Our river " the Kings" is extremely challenging and on the lower lower Kings past the damn it's hard fishing and there are no wild trout. If you catch a couple it's a good day. The central valley fly organization has said the same. They are disoriented when stock for several days. Then there is lots of structure for them to hide. If your not in a drift boat they are hard to get to here.
That first fish is a brown trout not a brook trout. This method replicates a Caddis fly larve that are dark green or iridescent in color and they’ll hatch into caddis fly later in the day.
Should’ve let the big brownie go & kept the one pound rainbow. It saddens me knowing that nobody else can enjoy catching & releasing that trophy. If only more people would practice that, others would have a chance at a true giant, and heck you yourself may have the opportunity to experience the thrill more than just once.
That first one was definitely a brown trout not a brook trout. Even if I never was that first one you'll never find rainbows and Brooks in the same creek naturally, brook trout require pristine spring fed water while rainbows can live in the a flooded trash compactor and not bat an eye same with browns they can live in some nasty waterways. Yet in general if you are catching brook trout they say you an drink the water without filtering it (but I wouldn't!! You know beaver fever and all)
Nice fishing...what part of the country are you fishing? You don't have to give up your exact location. Just admiring the awesome fish you are fishing.
“What a beautiful little brook trout” he says about a brown trout! 😎 everyone can misspeak at one tome or another....😉 Nice video! Do you think trout magnets are more effective than other small plastic jigs? If so, why? They are certainly popular, but i wonder if a small tube would work as well?
It’s called the E-Z Trout Float, by the same manufacturer as the Trout Magnets. Walmart has them, or you can buy them together online as a kit: www.amazon.com/Trout-Magnet-Ultimate-Bundle-S/dp/B07CP44ZL4/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=trout+magnet+kit&qid=1620879583&sprefix=trout+magnet&sr=8-5
The area I was fishing in this video is a slow moving mountain stream. The fish mortality rate is very high during the summer months and its commonly recommended during this time to toss the fish in reducing there swim blatter compasity and jumpstarting there system to swim instead of float belly up. I know it seems inhuman but it's very successful. If you watch my more recent videos you will notice I allow them to swim out of the net. That's due to the drop in water temperatures. "I do recomend at least attempting a soft subtle release at first if you notice the fish your releasing are dying or acting strange then toss them".
@@prestonward7533 NRV, stands for new river valley. Great creek fishing lake fishing and river fishing just within an hour. NRV consists of a few towns like christiansburg Blacksburg and I think Roanoke.
@@crazyfish9523Awesome. Thanks for the info. Her in the central part of California fishing is nothing like that. My house is for sale and I'm moving to Idaho. I think fish and game is managed better there than here so I'm looking forward to the move. Im going to have to visit your part of the country sometime. Looks like great fishing.
@@NRVOutdoors Very cool, looked familiar. I'm near Martinsville there is the Smith river in Bassett Va. out Riverbrook rd. there is some monster browns. Its the lower side of Philpott dam. Don't know if you've been there. Sweet river
daneedwards81 it’s the Berkley trout rod. I have the same rod. It’s a 6 ft UL. It says on the rod that it’s designed for the trout dough bait but I don’t see how. It’s a nice rod but it doesn’t have much backbone whatsoever. Seems almost super ultra light.
Yes, they work great for wild browns, the dark yellows and brown ironically work great for brown trout! That first trout he caught was actually a brown not a brookie
I’m a very new fisherman and I fish trout in creeks. I use a spinner and I have not gotten a bite! I don’t even know what a fish bite feels like. Sometimes they are right infront of me and they still won’t get hooked. I need help please
Fluorocarbon line 8lbs or less, trout magnets & float, Berkley pinched crawlers, corn, pautzke salmon eggs. Put away the spinners for now and use the baits listed above. Use every bait listed on the trout magnet hook and be sure to use the float "slide float up and down the line to adjust depth". You'll start catching fish I assure you. Good luck and Tight lines
The lighter the poundage of a line the smaller the diameter. Trout have eye sight similar to a microscope and easily spot your line/knot. Also the thicker the diameter the more drag is caused by the water. For example a 1/16oz lure will sink faster or 2-6lb line and slower using 8-12lb line. That is line "drag". So the theory is the lighter the line the better the presentation and a better chance of the fish only seeing a lure. I can assure you its been tested and proven countless times. If you have smaller fish I recommend 4-6lb. Bigger fish like you see on the channel use 8lb and accommodate your drag accordingly.
A 1/8 - 1/4 oz Panther Martin on 4 lb test. Toss the lure to where the water tumbles into the pool and start reeling right away with the rod tip low. Trout generally face upstream when feeding.
Hi, I live in CA but when we visited friends in New Paltz I drove to High Falls and fished Rondout Creek. Used Panther Martins and caught some nice brown trout right below the falls. Good luck!
Yeah I usually give my trout to other people that gave kids as well. I have my own son but we don’t eat the trout. I like to throw them back for the next guy
No way is it healthier to fling them out of your net than it is to just let them drift out of it. That's just so the people upstream can see the splash and know you caught one. Smh.
Actually, it's fine. When we stock the rivers we just throw them in. Most of time off of highly elevated bridges. You have to limit your contact with the fish. You would be surprised how many fish die within 24 hours after being caught. The last time we partook in testing, the numbers were astronomical.
@@kgloss4054 I know you do and I bet you would be surprised if you came back later and counted floaters. I have seen them thrown off the bridge in grafton and die by the handful. I'm not saying they cant survive that. I am saying they would be more likely to survive if they weren't splatted down like that.
Fun to watch. But saying these fish were trophy?... I don't know. Here, in New Zealand, those would be considered totally undersized. The bare minimum keeper is 35cm. Sort of trophy start at 3kg. In reality, closer to 4kgs at least.
Totally agree my man. The standards are lightyears apart to say the least. A citation/trophy rainbow here is a mear 4 pounds. I do hope to one day fish the beautiful fisheries you've got in New Zealand!!
I do the same thing. That way I can set the hook with my right hand while reeling a spinner or other bait. I cast with my right reel with my left so maybe not.
No, the trout magnet jig head is weighted. To make sure it reaches the desired depth I'll cast up stream above the targeted area and allow the bait to fall on it's way to the fish.
When imitating a live organism its best to attempt the most natural presentation first "no weight". But some lures work best with added weight so I would recommend starting with no weight and adding small bb weights 1 at a time. Experiment with the lure and see what works best. Also if there is a salmon fly hatch going on look and see what stage there in. If there already up on the rocks use no weight to keep your lure high in the water colom, if there still hatching and rising up use weights to keep it down. Hope this helps
Using the fish eggs kills the fish because they swallow it to their stomach, you cannot do C&R with that, in my country catching trout with that is forbidden by law, you can get a ticket for that for like 1000, 2000 dollars.
@Jason Snooks yeah but it gets to their guts because they swallow it whole, and when he pulls the hook out, fishes insides bleed, thats why a fly or a lure is better
Hey man thanks for the fish I watched u how u used the trout magnet with the float I bought me waders and tried it I caught a 5lb 4oz brown in the same place u caught ur brown it was awesome my kids fish the same way it has made me a better trout Fisher thanks bud for everything I hope I see u this. Spring there thanks again it helped me alot
I use the trout magnet for icefishing. It works pretty good On perch and bluegill's. I think you can release the fish better then that. Not throwing them.
