In message 2009092008451350878-dplacourse@aolcom, David LaCourse
writes
I just reread what Todd and Bill were talking about and noticed
something that I omitted. They are speaking of stocked trout, while my
experience is the same as yours, wild trout (sorry T-bone). I rarely
fish for stockies, but when I do, the more traditional sizes work best.
A number of years ago I showed a bait fisherman how to quickly take his
limit. I gathered a handful of small pepples (pellets) and threw them
in the water.

Very true! Fish that are stocked into a river or pond are conditioned
to having food pellets thrown at them and the respond violently.

To give you three quite separate examples:-

1) while fishing at a stocked reservoir using a worm set up, I
noticed a trout take the worm almost as soon as it hit the water. It
responded to the splash.


2 ) While walking Geraint (my Labrador) along the local river bank, I
noticed newly stocked trout rising quite freely. I tossed a small dog
food pellet at the rise and I got a rise for each pellet I threw in.
Some kids wanted to try tying a pellet sized "fly" . Quite possible with
deer hair!

3 ) On another occasion A fisherman was seen chucking a handful of clay
dust (small particles) into a reservoir - It was noticed that he was the
only one who was catching.

The above deception doesn't work with wild trout, or trout that have
been stocked and have lived for some time in the water.



--
Bill Grey