I first encountered one of these fish while trout fishing in Glacier National Park. There were tons of them right at the mouth of a river feeding into Lake McDonald. I could tell that they were on the bottom and feeding on something. After tossing in my lure a few times with no luck, I had to brainstorm to figure out what they were feeding on. After awhile I figured out that they were feeding on some kind of nymph. However, I did not take my fly rod along on the way, so I had to just keep chugging along. I finally caught one with a lure and I will share my accounts and finds in this article.
The lure that I used while bull trout fishing was a little cleo. I have used this particular lure to catch many fish in rivers near my home, but never tested it this far away. I did eventually catch one, and boy was it a large fish. The bull trout measured about two feet long and I am not totally sure about the weight. Anyways, I finally keyed into the fish using a different trout fishing lure. I began to use a panther martin and they started eating it like candy. It was the traditional yellow panther martin with a red dot on it. This time, I had the best luck using the silver colored blade. After honing in on my skills on bull trout fishing, I finally began to catch some fish. I also started catching other species of fish like rainbow trout. Although I did end up catching a few bull trout, I would recommend that anyone heading that way use a fly rod to catch these fish rather than a spinning rod. These fish are not used to chasing lures; they feed a great deal more on flys. To get the right fly fishing equipment, try checking out a local fly shop.
