How To Catch Trout At Collins Lake

Collins Lake Trout Fishing Secrets
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[@ozman6685]

Hope to see you out there again cal 👍🎣

[@michaels2569]

Great and informative video! Have any luck using mini jigs or floats with flies? Thanks !

[@FHSTackle]

Yes!

[@PaleHorseFishing]

I will be a volunteer captains for the Rec4Vets day in March 16. I have never been to or fished Collins. I want my vets to catch fish and could use your help getting them hooked up.

[@FHSTackle]

Trout Trix worms are the best trolling bait on the lake

[@Archgr8]

Is the best flavor of ice cream at Collins Lake Birthday cake? The garlic power eggs def work when everyone is trolling and is catching nothing.

[@FHSTackle]

All the ice cream is good. The people pulling my trot trix worms killed fish to 9 pounds this weekend….If you know you know…. If you went out this weekend and pulled a Speedy Shiner… We’ll not so much….

[@larrywhitmore654]

What size action disc do you usually pair with the trout worms, the size one or the two?

[@FHSTackle]

Size 1

[@bwright6390]

What about trolling shad in a bait head at Collins, does that work? Or trolling with kast masters?

[@FHSTackle]

Both work at times!!!

[@miles9048]

Hi

[@Memo-nd6fj]

Was there on Friday with friends at 0630 and stayed till about 1:30. Not a single bite all day for all of us fishing from shore. Supposedly this lake was planted on Thursday and we thought we would kill them on Friday. Not only did we not catch anything, everyone else along the bank were not catching anything either. Lot of people left and we did also. Not sure why fish were not biting? Maybe they were not hungry? In shock from the planting? Maybe they did not plant? If you went on Friday, did you catch anything?

[@FHSTackle]

Yes we got fish…. They planted. People in the trout derby this weekend had fish up 8.5 pounds…. Sometimes they just don’t bite….

[@Memo-nd6fj]

@@FHSTackle you caught fish on Friday? If u did, was everyone else catching fish?

[@FHSTackle]

Yes we had fish Friday and the fellow I fished with on Thursday who ended up winning the weekend tournament had fish on Friday. I suspect the bite was tough for most. It was a finesse bite this week. Soft plastics and flies were the best offerings combined with lots of patience. My buddy was out there yesterday. He went 5 hours without a bite, but ended the day on hot action with three rainbows to 7 plus pounds.....Contrary to what a lot of people say, hatchery trout can be very challenging to catch because they are not dialed in to any known food source. My plastic worms have been hands down, No. 1 bait at the lake for the past 2 years. For big fish nothing has come close to trolling flies.....

[@Memo-nd6fj]

@@FHSTackle I did use fly's on a clear bubble and I also used several colored plastic worms as well.

[@Heartwing37]

Where’s a good place to shore fish there? Like to take my grandfather for a day of fishing…. Thanks

[@FHSTackle]

It’s a little late in the season for bank fishing

[@charlierahner2141]

i don't pull my presentations out of anywhere... but my GI doctor did pull a few out for me during my last colonoscopy

[@FHSTackle]

Wow!

[@christham9729]

How fast do you troll the trout tricks worms

[@FHSTackle]

1 mph to 2.5… 1.8 is standard

[@hamborghiniii]

There is still open water where we are, but the water is close to freezing, around 35 degrees. Will this method work or would trolling overall no longer be effective? Thanks!

[@FHSTackle]

It's always worth a try, but I think bait is best in water that cold....

[@richardcummings7079]

Are you or Wes here this week?

[@slkrick3319]

No doubt Cal you know collins well, but it seems your choice for lure selection is bias to your own brand of tackle. I get obviously.

[@FHSTackle]

So first and foremost is my method…. Start fast and aggressively and then downsize as I slow down…. That’s the framework. I’ve developed tackle to plug into my method and I never deny other lures don’t work. Things like my turbo flashers, metal head flies and soft plastic are very unique….. day in day out my trout trix worm is one of the best lures I’ve ever used bar none…… As a final thought if you are in the tackle business you need to be supremely confident in your products… confidence, bias, whatever you want to call it, I’m 1000% confident in my method, lures and rods….

[@FHSTackle]

I’m decent on Collins but my method allows me to fish with confidence anywhere… take me to a lake in Germany or Australia and I’ll catch trout no problem…..

[@anthonycella8897]

try to catch a native rainbow on the great lakes lol

[@FHSTackle]

Catch lots of wild trout here in Ca and big kings in the ocean when they allow us to fish. One of my goals is to come back and fish the Great Lake. Have a great day!