What is the best bait for ice fishing trout?

Im just curious as to what other people use for bait while fishing for trout because from personal experience I find that Velvetta cheese works the best.

shrimp!!!:rollin

Colored maggots.

3. Green
2. Dark blue
1. Red

Just be careful if your eating smarties when your baiting up!

id agree with all those and bearbaits answer, shrimp. All of these baits work

powerbait sparkle tubes!!!been smashin the trout last few days with them!!!:rollin

dynamite. ha ha. i'm just kidding. those electrict shock things are supposed to be effective to

good poll dude!!!
lots of people certainly have lots of conflicting ideas on trout stuff.
a little tip from the peanut gallery;
we always bring a few types of bait. it's wierd. seems they bite good on one thing for an hour or so, then it'll stop. we switch baits and they bite again, repeat every hour or so or as needed. wierd indeed but it works.
my $0.02. gw.

i believe you gotta watch what you use for bait! for example i believe that fish don't digest corn very well and could lead to their demise because of it.just my 2 cents...........mooseburger

I've also heard that bit about corn being fatal to fish. Does anyone know for sure one way or the other?

Don, do you have any info regarding this?

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The only time I ever went ice fishing was for trout, and I used a single red worm on a small salmon egg hook and I caught some nice plump brookies fresh out of mclean pond about 7 years ago. I hear those berkley trout nibbles work super for trout.

I thought ice fishing wasnt aloud on McLean?

I keep calling allen bill pond mclean. Sorry darky, my mind has been going wacky recently. But I'm pretty sure you're allowed to icefish at mclean.

That would be cool although i dont think my dad would go for it cause he's chicken of the cold..lol

I've caught lots of trout on power bait and worms, and for the bigger ones I've used anchovie heads.

werms and small minows 50 / 50

about the trout having problem digesting corn they say if you hook one deep cut the line becuase their stomach acid can digest hooks so what are corn goona do plus ive feed trout in my pond corn and they were fine

Depends,Rainbows will hit all sorts of stuff,brookies are more into natural baits such as maggots,waxworms etc...

Any trout I've caught on corn have died and were eaten.

Just discovered the power of shrimp last weekend - couldn't keep the fish off the hook. Became a problem when all the little one's were fighting over the bait and a biggie swam by...

For those guy that use shrimp what kind do you buy cause i tried the canned ones before(the little baby ones) and they wouldnt stay on the hook. Should i buy a different type of shrimp or is there a trick to keeping them on the hook?

The Shrimp from Shrimp Rings worked great - tear off a small chunk and slap it on a hook

Any shrimp juice and bits left over, add enough flour to make a stiff dough and add your favorite food color, deadly.

mealworms

I just got back from Pyane today and couldnt keep the trout off the hook. I was using a fresh can of Berkly Power Bait int he pink Trout with a blaze orange jig head.

shrimp

I'll say it once and I'll say it again



SHRIMP

Back in the day an elderly gentleman told me to mix a can of Tuna, juice and all with flour until its dough like then pull off a chunk and put it on a hook. tried it years ago worked good, forgot about till now.

Hand tied jigs or flys is the best bait for catching trout.

its the husk around the kernel. even we cant digest it.
you all know what I am talking about. LOL.

[AnglerCraig]

I was thinking of using just gulp wax worms in a pink color, but what kind of shrimp do you mean I don't think you guys use cocktail shrimp, do you?