Sage Advice SaturdayPosted by admin on January 16th, 2010
Stripping Streamers for trout in the Winter
Winter time can be a very productive time to catch trout on streamers if you know where the fish are hanging out. Typically in the winter as water temps are very cold trout slow down, they don’t feed as much, but they have to feed. Trout also conserve more energy in the winter, therefore they are hanging out in the deeper slower runs in the river where there is a good food source. If you are familiar where rivers ice up and the bottom starts to ice as well these are typically not good areas to fish for trout in the winter because if the bottom ices up the food source that usually lives there is not going to thrive . So if you find a run with some depth where the bottom never ices, and has an inside or a “soft elbow” this would be a good place to run a streamer. Now keep in mind trout are not going to chase as fast or as far for your bug, however they are probably going to eat it if it hits them in the nose, so run your streamer deep and slow. Make sure you are hitting the bottom. Use SLOW , but steady strips so you can still feel the take. Keep these things in mind while fishing streamers in the winter and you will have more hook ups on good fish!
Royce Klingler
