TROUT on spinners in Toccoa River (First Brown Trout)
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- Caught several rainbow trout and my first brown trout. I lost a giant fish and had to return to see what i could get. The fish were really hitting but after the water rose it was hard to get anything. Such a great time and beautiful fish. Hpe to go back soon for more, and maybe a giant.
Location- Toccoa River, North Georgia
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Congrats on the brown trout. Thanks for the video!
It's so much fun to hear someone so excited about catching trout on spinners. It's a great way to catch them, and up your chances for a bigger fish ( as you obviously saw in the beginning of the video! ). Loved watching you fish the Toccoa. Thanks so much for posting up this video. I've been meaning to go trout fishing again for about three years now, and this video has inspired me to get off my butt and go. :) Thanks!
Loved that underwater release from the net 👍👍
Looks like an awesome day of trout fishing, to bad the big un' got off. Keep up the great video's.
Man, you caught good trout, wish I could go there. Beautiful spot, tight lines 🎣🤙
Beautiful river bro. Keep them going man ..🤙✌👊👊
That's some beautiful rainbows. Great video 🤙
Real pity you lost the big one!!! Great video and I like the under water releases, specially when it's clear it's nice and clear. Thank you for sharing!!!!
Very good. Your for sure a good fisherman. You remind me of my brother. He would catch trout left and right. We used to fish the truckee river in Nevada. Brown and native trout.
Fond memories.
Good stuff man! One of the most fun types of fishing. Keep it up!
thanks man, im going back there for sure
That is a really nice trout river. 😊
As I was watching I noticed a few things that I would do different first it's always better to set the hook downstream if possible and don't set the hook to hard cause trout have very soft mouths. And one of my fav ways to catch them is a berkley powerbait worm (pink, chartreuse and natural a are the best colors) drifting under a bobber works very well! I like to use tiny hooks to size 10 or 12
Great video! Absolutely love creek fishing, to bad season is closed here in CA......
Went from perch slayer to trout slayer really like the different species videos you are still the king of the creek
its been a little different fishing in the winter
You're becoming the trout master. I wish you landed that big boy.
Lotta fun son! I use 6 lb test and medium rod for all of my trout fishing and never lost but one fish (and I have caught some monster trout in my years) and that was probably a steelhead plus I didn't have much access to the bank so no way to play him.. just a small area that I could chuck a lure in the water at. So, your setup is right and I am gonna go down to the outdoor store after thanksgiving and get a couple of good trout lures that we use up here and send them to ya.. Those German browns can be a real good fighting fish.. don't forget they have a bit softer mouth so you can't give them any slack or they will get off. I use a lot of barbless hooks when I fish so just a moment of slack will lose a fish.. thanks John.. have a blessed day tomorrow and every day my friend.
thats good info, thanks
Nice!! Beautiful trout!
Those fish are beautiful and the area also is beautiful..Love your videos. 😁
Congrats on your first brown trout! I've only ever caught 3 rainbow trout here in Ohio. You don't know how happy I am to see that green pole back in your hands lol.
Congrats on your first brown!
"That's the 3rd fish I've lost today".... story of my life!
I’m about to go to Blueridge and booked a full day wade fishing in the Toccooa river fly fishing. I was looking for videos to find potential spots to go to. I was watching your video and thought it looked familiar. It turns out it’s the exact spot I was fishing Christmas week 2022!
I caught a bunch of small rainbow and 1 brown at the boat ramp, a few fish here and there walking twords the entrance. 1 rainbow where you caught by the culvert. But nothing in the creek on the other side of the culvert. I’m excited I’ll be back there in a week!
Congrats on your first brown trout. I’ve passed through McCaysville and Copperhill a thousand times, but I’ve never fished there. I did fish horseshoe bend park one time over 3 years ago, but I didn’t really know what I was doing and I didn’t catch anything.
im definitely going back a few times this winter
Maybe we can fish together again if I’m up there this winter
Great looking spot man. Awesome underwater release too. Fishing in northern Illinois is so slow right now. We're living thru your vids! Thanks for sharing!
PISCIFUN got a really nice reels. U got 6# line . i would have put a little more mussel on it. On that one u lost. I use 4# & 2#. Love the battle. FISH ON BROTHER
I need to grab me one of those spinners.....you were on a roll! Love hearing that drag singing....you'll get that big one in the net next time. Great video.
To answer your question, I'd stay with your setup. I normally use a 4lb with a light/medium action. Drag set pretty loose to really wear those big ones down before trying to land them since it quickly turns into a finesse game. With the lower water levels in the beginning, Trout Magnet will really shine but not as much action as using a spinner. I'm guessing that was a dandy brown that got off. Next time!
Oh man nice job I didn't notice the brown till now. 👍
I watch all of your videos and love them all. I see you are really starting to enjoy catching trout. I live in Southwest Virginia near Cedar Spring trout stream near Royal Retreat Va. You should really look that place up and consider going to make a video there. You will not be disappointed. The trout are huge. They have rainbow,brook,brown and gold trout. All of the fish there are monsters. Look that facility up and enjoy.
awesome , i will definitely look into it
Nice video! Glad you fish for more than just bass/ panfish. I like them but you aren’t missing out on what’s out there. Your verse from Psalms ties into Thanksgiving nicely, whether intended or not!
great video , two states fishing ... cool idea!
Probably a monster brown the way it was fighting ....and don't change a thing you're videos are awesome keep them coming ....
thanks
Have a blessed Thanksgiving brother.
That was awesome how the fish took out your camera in the intro.
Hey John thanks for sharing Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Nice. Love these trout videos.
Stay with what you are using. Perfect out fit for trout.
A nice day fishing, what ever it was it was big, if I had to guess a rainbow, they stock almost all the rivers and large creeks around here
ok thanks
I lost three out of five rainbows I hooked yesterday. Crap happens but I was just happy to be there. 😁 You caught some nice ones!
Stinks when a whopper gets away . Beautiful river though and looks like you where having a blast
I'm from Indonesia watching your fishing action
Thanks
Grats on the first Brown! That first fish was peeling drag. Those are the ones that hurt to the core when they come off.
ah man, it was strong
Too bad about losing that big one but that's fishing. The river seems like a great place to fish for trout.
Typical for Trout. It seems that they can just spit the hook out at will. 😂
Awesome day, I wish I had water like that near me.
we have got some really nice places nearby
Man, that first fish crushed it. Very exciting!
i was so surprised when it hammered it like that
Looks like I'll have to visit that river sometime. Losing a big fish is always disheartening.....just like missing a shot at a big deer, but this is what it's all about. The best thing we can do as sportsmen is to learn from our losses. Maybe next time we will be more successful. Good video John, those rainbows are some chunky specimens, and the big one at the beginning was probably a big "Brownie". I would try that location again, maybe next time you hook that one, you'll actually land it. Happy Thanksgiving!
i keep thinking about it, im definitely going to try a few times
Video is good. Love your channel. Just not a trout fishing fan. I like most other species. I just don’t care for trout or salmon fishing. I’ll check back when you aren’t trout fishing. Keep the videos coming as long as trout aren’t involved.😊
Very nice! I still need to catch a trout. Our closest trout stream is 2 hours east.
At least you caught fish after you lost it. I lost mine at the bank and no more. You didn't cough today. Glad.
every time i get a cough it lingers for weeks
@@CreekFishingAdventures yeah that lingering always suck.
Great video.
Hate to see you lose that one, maybe next time who knows. Still caught some nice fish. Great video
Awesome video. I'm moving to the Atlanta area in March and I can't wait to get there to start filming and fishing again back in the south. Nice job!👍
Congratulations
@1:25 he got you on the shake! It has happened to all of us!
Great video brother! Happy Thanksgiving!!
I want to see you working that fly rod you have tucked away some where on rivers such as this one! Nothing like a big brown on a fly!
AMEN! Losing a nice one is just part of fishing! Want to wish you a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
What a beautiful place to fish... those were some nice trout you caught on a spinner! 🎣 Love your underwater releases! 👍 Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! 🦃
After hook up, keep your rod tip up high. I fish the Letort and the browns are aggressive, during a hatch, and if you want to net them you have to have your rod tip up.
Thanks for the videos and have a happy Thanksgiving!
Learning to catch trout as well this year. You seem to be having better luck.
Great to visit your site today! Caught up on some videos I have not seen! You are doing great work. Glad to see that you are growing this hobby! Happy Thanksgiving.
thanks hope you had a good one also
Trout master
That fish you lost was a biggun. Happy Thanksgiving too you and everybody.
Down around my stomping grounds now. A bit closer anyway. 😉
I'd like to see you try Cumberland River at Cumberland Dam. Wolf Creek Fish Hatchery. Fish that River all the way down to Burkesville Kentucky.
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
My trout rod is normally a light or ultralight rod with 4-6lbs. test. I've never hooked a giant but my PB Rainbow was 22" long and my PB Brown was 21" long. Both caught on Roostertail spinners. That looks like an amazing stretch of river. You've done good with small cranks in other areas, I wouldn't be afraid to go back with that or an even slightly bigger stick style crank or jerk bait to tempt bigger fish. As you know trout can be very aggressive if you find that trigger.
thanks, my biggest is in an upcoming video, about a 16" rainbow
Awesome. Look forward to seeing that one! We’re looking at some mid-state winter stockings and might try to get a couple this winter. It’s about the only shot we get unless we drive 6 hours.
That small rainbow and brown were wild fish! The rest were stockers. Just so you know! :-)
Good to know!
Also braid line with luers that use treble hours is a no no.that braid will help ripping and you will have more fish spit the hook.mono for top water and floro for sinking lures
I Love Taccoa! Used to kayak down from Blue Ridge.
it takes all day and the locals wont let you get out to strech your legs! I have seen some Big Trout caught there. 5-6 pounders! Heard tell that there were some twice that size...6lb test??
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My family has a place up there close by. I always have to be mindful of the generation times at the dam. The water is harder to fish when it's high and swift like that.
Another awesome video. Man, that big one you lost looked like a nice one judging by the way he was peeling your drag... I don't know of anything you could have done differently besides maybe tightening your drag a little bit, but running small line I can understand why you keep it a little loose. Anyways, trout can be very line shy at times so small line is always better in my opinion. Tight lines and God bless you and all that you do
I love North Ga and Tennessee, beautiful. Great fishing. Name another place where trophy largemouth and smallmouth along with trout can be caught in the same 20 mile stretch?
I live about an hour and a half from McCaysville and just posted a video of fly fishing fightingtown creek up there off of Indian trail and caught my Pb rainbow trout too
Good deal!
I highly recommend Cherokee, NC. You need a tribal permit, but it is stocked constantly. Two times a week at least.
Happy Thanksgiving, brother.
thanks
Happy thanksgiving to you and yours. Just wondering if youre fishing today. God bless you. Fish on
no fishing today, been going over families houses and eating alot
Amen :: Sad you lost that big one ,but you did caught some nice trout ,alot of fun ,How come the water level came up quick is the water controlled or was it just rain some where.
theres a dam upsteam
@@CreekFishingAdventures That explains it ,Many thanks.
Try the lightest spinner you can get away with and a high quality tiny bearing swivel up the line and it'll be harder for em to shake the hook, flourocarbon line. From north Georgia.
Use to work at the acid plant in Copperhill. Fished the River there a lot. You need to try Jacks River for some good native trout
ok i will try that
I fish Toccoa a lot and never go without 10lb fluorocarbon line on a medium action rod. A lot of big trout in that river. It’s even better on a float trip.
im definitely going to explore and fish it some more
How big do you think that fish was that got away? cool video brother
im thinking 20 inches
Great video! As hard as that first one hit I would guess that first one was a brown, they seem more agreesive. Also, double check but during delayed harvest (which TN and GA are under right now) most streams laws are single hook and they mean single, not a single treble. :)
yah i thought about that afterwards, i will check into it
Nice thats really close to me ive fished the toccoa a coupke Times
A friend of mine, someone I worked with, caught a 25 pound Rainbow. He taught me the technique. I've caught Rainbows there, but nothing that big. You need to go to a place called Lee's Ferry in Arizona. It's just below Glenn Canyon Dam and it's all cold bottom water. The fish are super healthy and you never know when you might get super lucky. I should make a video.
Do you use 1/16 or 1/8 spinners for trout? I have both, but I was curious if the 1/8 is too big for trout.
both should work
Try the panther martins inline spinners you'll catch a lot of brown trout my favorite is the black with yellow dots with a gold blade that's what we use in new Mexico
i just bought one today, thanks
Cool
I’ve fished this place several times. Try out coopers creek next time you’re in north ga.
hmm, i will now
Ditto on Coopers creek. Beautiful place to fish. Good fishing too.
Hey brother, what brand of chest waders do you recommend? I've never bought waders have always just fished in ball shorts and tennis shoes. I love you Chanel and have been a subscriber for a long time now.
I only have some Piscifun ones. There fine and non insulated. I usually just where shorts also
Thank you for the reply brother. It means a lot. We should do some fishin one day. I live in Elizabethton and I watched you video from when you went trout fishin on watauga so I know where I'm at. Thanks again brother...
I would sharpen my hooks! You can't depend on factory sharpening!
Maybe loosen the break a little more and take your time, if you have a big one. Trouts mouth is quite soft and if you force them too much, the hole of the hook gets bigger and then you loose the fish. 2nd thing is your net, I have a similar one, but its only good for wading (I use it for seatrout in the baltic sea). Better get a foldable net, with a little longer and telescopic grip. Especially when you fish from bridges, that may come in handy. Greets
good help, thanks
@@CreekFishingAdventures If you were british youd probably say I am rude. My experience with americans is, that its ok for them to talk straight. I hope you take it the same way. ;o)
Always wanted to fish there , losing that big one stinks.
yah it was
@@CreekFishingAdventures Everytime I go through there I'm going to or from and never have time. I'm gonna schedule time for a trip just to fish.
First time I was this early, I didnt drink enough to slip and fall into the water! HAHA
There some big trout in that river
im going back soon, i want to get a giant
Try a bigger spinner for the bigger fish ! I caught a 20 plus pound steelhead on a fire tiger no# 5 once , silvers on no# 3,4 blue fox or lure of your choice !
Great videofrom a spot about a mile from my house!! What brand and model was the net you were using?
EGO
Also hold your rod at waist high level, by holding high you are causing the fish to short strike only getting one or two trebles instead of all three ., when you hold it waist high or lower the lure swims straight and level
Next time try throwing more upstream,the trout are facing towards the current so it's more natural for the lure to come down ,alot of time it scares the crap out of them when it comes from behind and passes them up,
Where exactly is this I can’t seem to find the bridge 🤨