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[newfielander]

Hi everyone, newbie here. I have a question for only the pro's, I've fished for brookies here in NL all my life,but there seems to be something that I'm missing when it comes to 1 pond(as we call it) that I fish in. I know that there are brookies in this body of water that are huge, but they seem to be very hard to catch. Spin casting from the shore line is the normal and seems to be the best style of fishing here. I've used all types of lures/spinners and neither seems to stand out above the other. Is there a style like fly fishing/ trolling/ using jiggs/ at night, evening/ morning that have proven to be a better way?  I seem to thnk a southwest wind is the better wind, but late evening with no wind is the best, (really only because you can see when a fish surfaces and gives you that extra encouragement to cast again) There must be a way that I can solve these giant trout, I have caught 2 in my life in this pond, 1 was 19 inchs 3 and half lbs, the other 16 inchs, 3 lbs. I have seen other trout surface that looked to be huge! Thanks for your tips  

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[Knuguy]

 I think you should take me with you to help solve the puzzle!! 

[newfielander]

Knuguy, if I knew we would figure this place out,I would! Just after the ice is gone out of the pond, I will try again. But don't seem like anyone has any tips.

[fenwickfisher]

hey newfielander ive fished a few of the ponds out your way( my dad lives in lewisporte)......anyways ive brought some of those pink worms with me when i came dont know if you have used them but i havent seen too many people in newfoundland use them and i had brookies jumping out if the water for em...gotta give em a try if u havent already just tip them on a spinner or wacky rig it on a small octopus hook and a split shot or two and your golden

[newfielander]

Thanks for the tip, i have never used a pink worm, 

[Alfiegee]

Hey. Welcome.
I have a Newfie bro and have fished a few "ponds."
My best advice would also be spinners with a worm. If they are really big, 3 lbs plus and surfacing mouse pattern flies can be very effective.
I have caught the biggest Brookies of my life in NL on mouse flies.

Alfie.

[newfielander]

Hey thanks there Alfie, I was really considering that, so maybe kinda drag the mouse well back behind a boat your saying?

[Knuguy]

Around dusk near shoreline in the summer with worms seems to work for the bigger ones. I grew up in Nfld fishing for brook trout but have never caught 1 as big as yours. what part of the province are you in?

[troutddicted]

Wow dude I wish I had your problems not catching those lunkers while hitting 3lbers!  Never tried it myself however night fishing during a full moon period ( from what I've read ) brings out real lunkers - a topwater frog/mouse/muskrat can yield big fish.

 

Can we see more pictures of big brookies?  Pretty please

[troutddicted]

Does the pond have an inflow stream?  Those are great for iceout

[newfielander]

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I hope this link works for you guys,but this is the kinda trout I'm talkin about. I believe there are bigger trout there than what I got pictures of.  The pond as a very small stream that runs into it, nothing that I can use to my advantage I don't believe. At night is something I think will work,I have heard of guys doing this,but never tried it myself.
  KNUGUY, that is the normal method I use,but a spin cast with a 1 3/4 inch red devil lure , without any bait as proven to me to be as good or better, because when you put a worm on your hook it causes the lure to not dance so well in the water, and besides I've seen so many big trout from time to time grabbing at the lure instead of the big juicy worm which proves to me they are not going by smell but by sight.

[moonriver]

This is the fish just looking at me. Hopefully you can see it just above the top of the weeds.

[Knuguy]

My experience is from about a 1/2 century ago catching much smaller trout than you are targeting. As kids we began by using a bamboo pole with black nylon line, a hook and a worm. Later, in our teens as we got a little bit of money we switched to fly rods but we still used worms early in the season-----with a fly rod, fly line and leader.! I know it sounds a bit odd but it works like a charm. There was a rapid transition in spring once the mayflies came out. After that for quite a while using worms would be a complete waste of time. The ONLY thing that worked was a fly! Most of the water I fished was too shallow to use anything heavier than a small bait spinner. A little later in the year---maybe July or Aug----there would be no trout around the shore during full daylight hours. But in some ponds they would come very close to the shore around dusk and could  be caught by dropping a worm a few feet offshore. These were generally a bigger run of trout.(nothing near the size you talk about though) 

[Alfiegee]

Another thing I have found useful when native trout seem reluctant to bite is to turn over a few rocks and catch whatever critters are living under them. I have had days where even worms weren't working, but then caught a few hellgramites and it was trout galore.
Brookies also love grasshoppers. They dont stay on a hook long but while hooked they cause some commotion in the water.

Alfie.