At random over the last couple years I've been to the priest tailwater 3 times, Springfield sulphur creek twice, marrowbone once, and today cedar hill park in Madison. I've tried corn, powerbait, nightcrawlrr, rooster tail, and trout magnets. In these 7 trips I've seen one guy at cedar hill today catch one amongst a dozen people trying and I've seen a lady and husband Springfield with a stringer of 4 amongst at least a dozen people trying. Now I'm convinced that they brought those fish with them. They're not real. It's all a hoax
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Stocked trout aren’t real
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5% catch 95% of the fish.
Sincerely,
2%
Setterman might be number 1!
Ha!
Sincerely,
2%
Setterman might be number 1!
Ha!
Even if you caught "stocked" trout, they're still not "real" trout. Just sayin! 
This is like saying if you were to catch a unicorn it wouldn't count, because it really does exist, if only in your imagination…Even if you caught "stocked" trout, they're still not "real" trout. Just sayin!
Red-Team-98
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I have a Lake in front of my house that the State of Alaska stock with Rainbow Trout several times each summer. So I catch them freeze them in water in milk jugs to eat during the cold long winter of North Pole. Simple Night crawler does the job well !
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Switch to fluorocarbon line.
Lincoln Co Archer
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And no more than 4lb test
Red-Team-98
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Yes Flourcarbon from Berkley 4 pound test !
Very good line !
That line just disappears in the water !
Very good line !
That line just disappears in the water !
I'll try anything at this point… but I'm currently using 2 pound mono.
You're welcome in advance.
Athens Regional Park was stocked this past week with them. Same story. Nobody was catching fish. I had my limit in 8 casts. Would have been 7 casts but one came off. 4# Red label SeaGuar fluorocarbon, pink Berkley trout worm rigged whacky style and a BB split shot about a foot above the hook. One year I went every morning after work for the month of January and would have my limit in less than 10 minutes each time when everybody else there wasn't catching anything.
Crappieaddict
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If they have been recently stocked, they usually aren't very difficult to catch. If they're holdovers, it gets a bit trickier.
I never did think recent stockers tasted the same.... nor did the meat have the same texture. That is my memory of them anyway from many years ago.
Red-Team-98
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The longer they stay in the lake the better they taste. But yes recently stocked trout taste plain the result of hatchery fish feed. It takes awhile to get that out of their system. Lemon Pepper helps also ! The old saying "you are what you eat" comes to mind !
It's kinda like a Butter Ball Turkey and a Wild Turkey .
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I'm just being my wild trout purists smart@ss self, lol. If stocked fish were my only local option though, I'd definitely take advantage of the opportunity. Hopefully you'll get them figured out.
I agree. I'm not sure who said it but it's true. "Trout only live in beautiful places"
The same can't be said for stockers but I still enjoy fishing for them when given the opportunity.
Red-Team-98
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I have caught rainbow trout from coast to coast in the small Wilson creek under NC Grandfather mountain sneaking up on a hole for brown trout and fishing the stream of CO Frying Pan Creek for huge Rainbows to WA Mineral Lake when a big Rainbow drugged us around the lake in a small boat while we waved at everyone to Alaska and the numerous lakes and Kenai River famous trout. I am blessed to have a stocked lake full of trout 20 yards in front of my house. God has taken care of me and Blessed me and my family.
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ImThere
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I knew birds aren't real now fish? 
Even if you caught "stocked" trout, they're still not "real" trout. Just sayin!
I remember fly fishing the Eagle River in Colorado many years back. I caught and released probably 20 stocked browns. Then I tied into a real fish. Finally landed him and it was a wild rainbow maybe 15 inches (in other words, not huge). It fought like a stocked fish 3 times its size. I guess I'm not saying anything y'all don't already know.
Speedwell-Hunter
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Sounds like you need to fly fish, good luck
