Early Summer Trout Fishing

As the month of June begins many trout fishermen tend to tun their attention to other fish species, but this can be a big mistake. As a person who fishes for rainbow, brook, and cutthroat trout year round, I can tell you from experience that the early summer is not a time of the year to neglect our friends' the trout. Fishing for trout in the early summer months can be quite productive, especially if you don't live in heavily mountainous regions where run-off becomes a problem at this time of the year, rendering many rivers and streams "un-fishable".

Below I will outline a few tips and tricks that you can put into action when trout fishing during the early summer months of June and July so that you experience more success when you head out onto the water. The first challenge that we have to deal with when fishing for trout early in the summer is that water conditions in both lakes and rivers will be higher than the are during the other seasons, and many times the water clarity will be stained to downright muddy. This is due to the fact that it often rains more during the early summer than it does during other months and that snow from higher elevations melts and runs into the rivers and lakes where we fish for trout. The water conditions that we experience during the early summer mean that we have to adjust our trout fishing approach.

The first adjustment that needs to be made is in the length of fishing rod that we employ. Many of us use a five to five and a half foot ultra light rod when fishing for trout, but during the early summer months a ultra light rod that is from six to seven and a half feet should be substituted for our normal five footer. When fishing in heavier currents in rivers having a longer rod will enable you to "feel" what is happening at the end of your line much better and will also make fighting trout in heavy current much easier. When fishing in lakes that are higher than normal the longer rod length makes setting the hook and fighting trout much more efficient and effective.

The next adjustment that needs to be made at this time of year has to do with the colors and scents that you on or as your bait. When water conditions are high and/or muddy as they usually are early in the summer you want to do whatever you can to make your offering "stand out" to the trout that you are attempting to catch. This is true even if you are trout fishing with live bait. Berkley's Powerbait trout attractant is a good example of a product to use when trout fishing in the types of water conditions that I have described. You simply add a few drops to your live bait or trout lure to add an extra level of attractant to your offering which can often make the difference in catching and not catching trout.

And this is the time of the year to use bright and or fluorescent colors when it comes to your trout lures so that they stand out in stained to muddy water conditions. Using spinners or spoons that have wider blades than "normal" can also add the added attractant that is needed to entice hungry trout in these types of water conditions. Add these simple tips and tricks to your early summer trout fishing arsenal sooner rather than later and you will be catching rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout when other anglers are beginning to concentrate on other species of fish.

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