Bob Sanders guided in the saltwater portion of the Combahee River until a stroke last winter pushed him off the water, but he still loves to talk fishing and is quick to help other anglers with any fishing details. He has valuable advice for anglers, especially when fishing for speckled trout.
As the inventor of the Trout Trick, a soft-plastic lure, Sanders advises anglers on how to properly fish this lure. Sanders said some anglers don’t understand that the lure is made to spur a reaction strike from specks, which is one reason it seems to work when trout aren’t biting anything else.
“The Trout Trick must be allowed to fall straight down on a 1/8-ounce jighead to create the reaction bite. With your rod pointed at the lure, reel in the slack and give a couple of jerks, then drop the rod tip to allow bait to fall straight down again. In shallow water, jerk sideways,” said Sanders. “The trout will hit it on the fall or pick it up off the bottom, hence your jerk becomes a hookset. We think the ribs create a vibration saltwater trout home in on. It is so strong that when you fish through a school of totally negative fish, they will strike with their mouths closed. Eventually you will foul hook one and realize what is going on. Because of this, I’ve located schools of fish I would have fished through with other baits.”
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