fairweatherfisherman
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Do you guys know of any bait shops, anywhere along I-24, that sell trout for bait?
Bait shops with trout
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popper 690
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Have you tried choo choo fly and tackle on cherokee blvd. im not sure if they do?
Choo choo dosent sell trout , they sell stuff to catch trout , I can sell you some trout fillets emoGoofy emoCrazy emoEek emoBigsmile .. Ive never seen any thing for sale at a bait shop other than shiners, tuffies, or shad... there are some private hatcheries that sell trout , but you had better have a receipt and have it written on the receipt how many purchased, when you hit the water or the game TWRA will be writing you a big fat ticket, and take all your stuff boat, truck etc ..emoEek
Circle C Hatchery in Riceville, TN has trout 423-506-1779, not on I-24 but only 40 or so miles north of Chattanooga, on I-75, thats about the only hatchery close to Chattanooga I could find, but if you call them they may be able to refer you to a hatchery near your fishing location.
OH OH OH .. just thought of Bass Pro Shops in Nashville .. the have a really big bait tank .. with trout in it
emoLaugh emoPoke
Circle C Hatchery in Riceville, TN has trout 423-506-1779, not on I-24 but only 40 or so miles north of Chattanooga, on I-75, thats about the only hatchery close to Chattanooga I could find, but if you call them they may be able to refer you to a hatchery near your fishing location.
OH OH OH .. just thought of Bass Pro Shops in Nashville .. the have a really big bait tank .. with trout in it
emoLaugh emoPoke
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Besides the one listed above:
Nut Cave Trout farm between Manchester and Shelbyville has trout. Not too far off I-24. http://nutcavetroutfarm.tripod.com/
Also there use to be some pay to fish trout operation west of Nashville near Bucksnort (I-40) and also the Cross-eyed Cricket near Knoxville also on I-40, both of which you can see from the interstate.
Nut Cave Trout farm between Manchester and Shelbyville has trout. Not too far off I-24. http://nutcavetroutfarm.tripod.com/
Also there use to be some pay to fish trout operation west of Nashville near Bucksnort (I-40) and also the Cross-eyed Cricket near Knoxville also on I-40, both of which you can see from the interstate.
fairweatherfisherman
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Many thanks guys. That helps a lot.
rsimms
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There are bait shops on Lake Lanier that sell trout for striper bait... $1.00 apiece. That's the only place I've seen that.
Bart's Bait & Tackle that caters to the Carter's Lake fishery generally has trout. It a much shorter drive than the Lake Lanier bait shop's. How many are you looking for and when do you need them? I usually keep some around the house through the winter.
SpurHunter
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DO they hold up pretty well keeping them around the house? I would have thought they were hard to keep alive with the way your supposed to handle them for release.
fairweatherfisherman
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I got some at Barts last week and they did fine. I was wanting to pick up three or four dozen in Tennessee on my way up toward Nashville. Plans aren't solid yet, but I may be heading that way as early as Wednesday.
Several things required to keep trout for extended periods of time.
#1 The water should never be allowed to get over 68 F. It's not difficult to keep it below that during the winter months. I use a 55 gal plastic barrel that I keep in an unheated garage. I picked up the barrel for $10. A bait tank is even better.
#2 An aerator is imperitive. I pick them up pretty cheap at the WALMART in the aqarium section. While you're there pick up some Aqua-Safe. It will immediately remove chlorine from tap water. With the Aqua-Safe I routinely go from the tap to the tank. Aqua-Safe doesn't dis-color the water or leave any bad smells for the trout to absorb like other water conditioners.
#3 I just covered rule 3. Keep the chlorine out of the water.
I used to do partial water changes about every 3-4 days. I added an aqarium filter to my tank and now I can go a week or two between water changes.
Figure at least a gallon of water for each trout. For the bigger 8-12" trout figure 1 1/2 to 2 gallons of water per fish.
I always feed the trout any left over crappie minnows. I like to give each trout as much rest between fishing trips as possible. I've fished them all day, put them back in the barrel for a few weeks of rest and they're ready to go again.
#1 The water should never be allowed to get over 68 F. It's not difficult to keep it below that during the winter months. I use a 55 gal plastic barrel that I keep in an unheated garage. I picked up the barrel for $10. A bait tank is even better.
#2 An aerator is imperitive. I pick them up pretty cheap at the WALMART in the aqarium section. While you're there pick up some Aqua-Safe. It will immediately remove chlorine from tap water. With the Aqua-Safe I routinely go from the tap to the tank. Aqua-Safe doesn't dis-color the water or leave any bad smells for the trout to absorb like other water conditioners.
#3 I just covered rule 3. Keep the chlorine out of the water.
I used to do partial water changes about every 3-4 days. I added an aqarium filter to my tank and now I can go a week or two between water changes.
Figure at least a gallon of water for each trout. For the bigger 8-12" trout figure 1 1/2 to 2 gallons of water per fish.
I always feed the trout any left over crappie minnows. I like to give each trout as much rest between fishing trips as possible. I've fished them all day, put them back in the barrel for a few weeks of rest and they're ready to go again.
SpurHunter
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Wow, I never wold have guessed it on the trout. What a great tool we have here in the CFF!
I usually keep bream using the same methods during the warmer months. The son-in-law, one of his friends, and I fished out of Wolftever last Friday. They immediately started throwing spinners and plugs and ribbing me about catching fish before I could even get the live baits out. I had scooped out several nets full of baits in near dark conditions earlier that morning in the garage while loading the bait tank for the day.
I started loading up the live bait rods and to my dis-belief there's a small (3") bream left over from the summer. That bream must have been in my bait barrel for at least 6 months. It caught the first fish of the day - a 3# LM. By the end of the day, I think the count was about 20 fish (various species) on live bait - artificials 0.
Don't get me wrong, I do like throwing artificials, but there's just some days when they'll take nothing but something live.
I started loading up the live bait rods and to my dis-belief there's a small (3") bream left over from the summer. That bream must have been in my bait barrel for at least 6 months. It caught the first fish of the day - a 3# LM. By the end of the day, I think the count was about 20 fish (various species) on live bait - artificials 0.
Don't get me wrong, I do like throwing artificials, but there's just some days when they'll take nothing but something live.
