Swim baits are great for covering large areas, and for getting the biggest trout to bite. Worms are great anywhere—under a bobber or on the bottom, in moving water or lakes and ponds.

Big Bear Lake: Trout fishing remains fair to good but there is ... The trout bite has been excellent with many anglers getting second passes ... meal worms, or other small baits have been the ...

Go with plastic worms or swim baits 5 to 20 feet deep later in the day. ... Pautzke pink worms are a good bait. Lots of 13- to 14-inch rainbow trout are being caught, ... Big Elk Floats, ...

When I fish for brook trout in creeks, I like a slim, 3-inch garden worm on a size 8 hook with one small split shot a foot above the bait. For big brown trout in rivers, I use a whole nightcrawler ...

A key bait for Davis was this 1/4-ounce Davis Bait Co. Beast Swim Jig, with a Big Bite Baits ... And Will Davis Jr. opted for a more finesse-y 3/16-ounce Davie Bait Co. Little Will Shaky Worm jig ...

The trout here like natural baits more than the prepared dough baits such as Powerbait. Instead, worms, salmon eggs, or cocktail shrimp are what the trout want.

BIG PINE — There’s a wiggling industry that pops up annually in a pleasant speed bump of a town on the Highway 395 doorstep to the Eastern Sierra.The Friday before the trout o… ...