Finding The Trout

The most common place to find trout are going to be Points, jetties, sharp drop offs, transitional areas and near islands.

The first are the points. The points are areas most likely recognized as an area protruding from the land or island that extends out further or is an area that you would have to maneuver to get around. These points are great areas for fish to hide on the slack side of the tide or the area that will allow the trout to lie in wait until an unsuspecting meal swims by. Sometimes the best way to fish these are either anchor up a casting distance away for the point up stream and allow your bait to drift or float by the point. Or start up stream and allow your boat to drift or troll along the shoreline. Often these points have overhanging branches that allows for camouflage and shade, and the tide has cut away a trench for the fish to wait in.

The Jetties are manmade obstacles extending from the shore to reduce the stress of erosion. They may be rock, wood, shell, steel, or concrete. Once again the fish will either lie below the jetties, or on the backside waiting for lunch to swim-by. Fish may seem like their lazy but they use the least amount of energy necessary to maintain their metabolism.

Study a chart or watch your depth finder paying attention to turtle grass that has drop offs of at least one to four foot. These are areas that fish will position themselves to remain out of fast moving water and eat meals passing overhead as the transition between areas.

Transitional areas are environments that have visible boundaries. These can be areas of rock to grass, sand to rock, high grass to low grass and turning the corner around islands or points.

The final is the island. I like to fish islands. I find more fish around the island then in open water drifting. It’s almost contradictory but fish are like us. They like to be out of the wind and avoid push of the water. Therefore the calm side may be the area you catch the most. When I said it was contradictory I meant that you will occasionally find bait fish that are being pushed up against the shoreline because of the waves cause by the wind.

The most important thing to remember is that when you find a fish somewhere, stop and fish there. The fish are there for a reason. There must be something that has attracted them either environment or dinning potential. Next time you fish the area try it at the same place. Whatever attracted the first fish will attract another one.

Happy hunting and I know this will give you some extra places to try next time.




Click Here to Find the Bait that Work for Trout