Small Creek Brook Trout Fishing tips

It had stormed violently the night before. Thunder, lighting and heavy rain fell for a good hour. I was now kneeling in the long marsh grass along water works creek. The air was fresh, with only the kind off freshness you can get after thunderstorms pass though an area.This creek was very small. It feed into a much larger river that had a good Brook Trout population in it. If you looked at this creek after a dry spell you would think it could hardly support a minnow. But after a heavy rain this little creek was dynamite for Trout fishing. The erosion caused from the very short lived high water would deposit worms and crawlers into the water for the trout to feed on. Then the trout would come up into the small creek from the river to feed. These weren’t small fish either. It was not uncommon to catch Brook Trout in the 14 to 16 inch range.


I stretched my arm out to elevate the rod over the tall grass and fed my line down with the small split shot and crawler into the water. The current from the high water quickly took the slack out of my line. Then the strike! I had my first Brook Trout of the day on. Making my way quietly along the creek I repeated this process till I had my limit.


Fishing small creeks can be a challenge. You have to take your time and move quietly. You also want to leave some distance between you and the water so they don’t see you. Brook Trout will spook very easily.


Another thing that can be very helpful is to use a spin casting real with a long rod. Many times along these small creeks you will be knelling down and trying to feed your line though tall grass and brush. This will help keep your line from getting tangled.


Many of these small feeder creeks exist. You just have to spend the time and find them.

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