Wedding Rings for trout

[GeryG]

WEDDING RINGS ROCK!
I will out fish a flat fish or hot shot lure any day, for trout. I live up here in Everett if anyone would like to challenge me. I'm willing to drive to King county to. Bring it on. My wedding rings are not the ones you will find on a shelf, in the store, I make my own, but I do use blades, beads, rings, and

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[fishunt83]

I bought two new wedding ring styles today...they are the typical wedding ring with a rooster tail type fly on the end...anybody tried those?

[gpc]

I bought two new wedding ring styles today...they are the typical wedding ring with a rooster tail type fly on the end...anybody tried those?

Ive used these at fish lake in chelan county. That lake is pretty productive all around but we a had 50 fish day using them

[fishunt83]

I bought two new wedding ring styles today...they are the typical wedding ring with a rooster tail type fly on the end...anybody tried those?

Ive used these at fish lake in chelan county. That lake is pretty productive all around but we a had 50 fish day using them

Yeah I am going to try them out tonight on a lake I know I will have luck with other lures if these dont work for me. That way I dont get to down about it

[gpc]

I bought two new wedding ring styles today...they are the typical wedding ring with a rooster tail type fly on the end...anybody tried those?

Ive used these at fish lake in chelan county. That lake is pretty productive all around but we a had 50 fish day using them

Yeah I am going to try them out tonight on a lake I know I will have luck with other lures if these dont work for me. That way I dont get to down about it

Just tip it with a worm and your in business.

[gpc]

Just wondering does anybody use the line that comes on the wedding ring. I think the lb test is a liitle too much for the trout. I dont really purchace wedding rings in general it is a lot cheaper to make them yourself. Even when I do buy them I cut off the line and tie it back up with 4lb flourocarbon

[fishunt83]

I have used them in the past but I catch myself using something a lot lighter

[A9]

Well I went out to my favorite trout lake and of course I had to use my favorite red F4 Flatfish...
Here's what it caught me: 20 inch rainbow...


I caught a dozen other fish too on it...Ranging from 12-17 inches...Only kept the big one...It's a selective gear lake, so you can only keep 1 fish and its gotta be over 18 inches...

[A9]

I also lost what might have been a 28-30 inch fish too on the same lure. I've never gotten higher then a 25 incher out there, and I usually get 15-16 inch fish, and I've only gotten ONE 25 incher, and the rest have been no more then 21 inches...So it would have been a real trophy fish.....Red seems to be the magic color too....I can only imagine how solid that lure would be on that lake if tipped with a worm......

[fishunt83]

Wow that is incredible!!! Good job on that. Makes me wanna go spend the money on that flat fish!

[Palmer]

I caught a Lake Trout at Bead Lake on a Big Rainbow colored wedding ring (double whammy) behind a Ford Fender. I rigged the wedding ring with a worm. Stick the bottom hook through the mid section of the worm and slide the worm up the hook with the head of the worm towards the top hook. Then stick the top hook (just below the beads and blade) through the very tip or head of the worm. Troll at around 1.2 to 1.5 mph and about 15' off the bottom in 40' to 250' of water depending on what lake you go to.

Priest Lake has been giving up alot of 20+ # fish lately. Also check out Lake Chelan. You may also try Kachess or Cle Elum. Loon and Deer Lake are OK and I don't know much about Bonaparte.

[A9]

You need bigger gear then wedding rings for big Macks at Priest..I do a bit of fishing out there in the summer and a wedding ring/ford fender setup wouldn't hold some of the macks we get....

I hate fishing Ford Fenders...Bulky and no fun to reel in...I do just as well without them then when I put them on...

[Wilkstr]

Okay, since supposedly there is no such thing as a stupid question, here goes. Excuse my ignorance but I mainly fish for bass.
Occasionally I find myself on a lake that has trout as well as bass, and although not a huge trout fan, catching fish is catching fish! In the evening when they seem to be on the surface I have thrown krocodiles and roosters at them with limited success. If a guy wanted to do a little trolling with a wedding ring and or flatfish, how deep does one go? How much weight do you use? How fast do you go? Would the ‘ol electric motor work?
I remember as a kid my grandpa would swear by wedding rings and dodgers and all that trolling gear, but I have no clue whatsoever about it.
A little help? Or would that take up about 12 pages? Just a few pointers please.

[A9]

Yea I'll help you out Wilkstr....

First, the electric trolling motor would be fine..If you got the transom mounted one (not foot control), then putting it in anywhere from speed 1-3 would be good....You gotta adjust your depth to where the fish are...Now, they are moving deeper, so you might need 1/3 or a 1/2 oz or more (depending on speed) and you just troll depending on where the fish are...Watch your fishfinder and set your gear to the depths of where the fish are.

[Wilkstr]

Thanks..... one problem, my fish finder happens to be a pair of polarized Ray Bans.
But I get the idea, thanks.

[fishunt83]

Hey we got the same kind of fish finders...except mine are Columbia's....

[Wilkstr]

I have an old fish finder too….. Smiths….. the Ban's work better.

[Palmer]

I've used wedding Rings and Flatfish and had mixed results. I think it really depends on where you're fishin'.

On Fish Lake in Chelan County I prefer to troll a large double whammy red wedding ring at 20'. I have caught a 5lb 6oz bow. I also have used flatfish and caught perch. A rapala worked well.

When using a wedding ring, I prefer to use it 12 - 18" behind a ford fender. If fishing for kokes, reel in slow and let the koke swim under water. Don't horse them in and let them jump. They'll come unbuttoned.

I've never caught a fish on a wedding ring on Lake Washington. I've only caught them on a worm behind a ford fender, a red flatfish with black spots, a cop colored-jointed rapala, and needlefish.

Wedding Ring works well on Pine Lake. I caught a 22" about 5 years ago.

On Beaver Lake a wedding ring is productive in spring and summer for small fish and mediocre in the winter time. Needlefish or dick nite is far better.

[Bodofish]

I concure! I like your flatfish hotshot collection. I've found to get the right action when using weight is have at least 4 feet of leader and 6 is better. I normally troll then way back and with no weight. That is of course for small lakes. Big lakes take big flashers or big pop gear to bring them in close enough to see your bait. I switch back and forth between wedding rings and the little plugs. I usually catch bigger fish with the wedding rings unless of course you want to spend the time to drag the big flat fish and plugs down deep. Silver purple, glow in the dark. Always get a good coat of smelly jelly on the downrigger balls. You do more cigar smoking and beer drinking but when you do catch one look out! Come to think of it, it's hard to beat cigars beer and a nice lake if your catching fish or not. o:)

[Bodofish]

Palmer,
My fave setup for LK Wash is the Ford fender with 18' to 24" leader and a wedding ring tipped with a crawler. I never catch very many but I always catch one or two. Normaly in the 2-3# range. The tough part is keeping the liitle jacks off your line! Those little buggers will tackle anything swimming that's up to about half their size. Pinch the barbs, it's better to loose a few than hurt the babies. They'll be back....... I'll be waiting. o:)

PS Caught a Walley on the east end of the 520 bridge last summer. I started looking around wondering where I was........