Kernel Corn on a hook if you are trying to catch hatchery fish.
‘Kernel Corn on a hook...’
The Summer season I was driver for our Battalion Commander, we did a LOT of fishing after hours. (That’s not ‘code’ for anything!) He had a special spot called ‘Big Sandy’ and we’d use corn kernels on bare hooks and always caught a mess of Rainbow Trout.
The best part? Sitting at the Commander’s Table at breakfast. He and I are eating Trout (that the Mess Sergeant fried up for us) while the rest of the plebes have to walk past us to the Mess Line, LOL!
Rank Hath Its Privileges! ;)
Berkley Power Bait!! :-)
But, the longer the hatchery fish have been “in”, the better corn or even garden worms work. Usually. But, sometimes artificial flies work well too.
There are always “surprises”. My Dad caught a 26 lb. channel cat in a small farm pond, fly fishing for bluegill. He said the only reason he was able to land it was that the pond was so small he could run around it, not letting the fish run out the line!