my experience is over here in WA when trout are on they will hit anything an eat anything i swear but when there not they just don’t eat nothing or care also weather plays a huge role when the the water is warm they just sit in holes of find the coldest spot on the river a day before a storm or when it’s raining they come out i was told by my grandfather they come out when it’s raining an look for bugs an fish that are struggling or been swept by the current hope this helps mate food luck

If you’re in moving water like a river or stream, you want to be down stream of your targeted area and cast up stream, trout will be facing up stream and you want the lure to come towards/ past them. Be very cautious as trout are very easily spooked. If they hit a lure once and don’t hook up, that’ll be the end of that fish chasing your lure.

I'm no expert but I've caught a few trout before.

Time of day matters, like with all fishing dawn and dusk are prime times.

Target the deeper holes and against undercut banks. Trout are fairly cautious fish so do your best not to spook them.

If you're looking for some good videos Robbiefishing has some ones worth watching.

Worms?

Dusk and dawn are the best times for trout. Mid day is always gonna be tougher, especially if it’s a hot day

They will eat all day if you get a bait in front of them. The first hour of daylight is especially productive. Throughout the day the sun can affect what part of the water column the trout are hanging out in. Typically if it's hot and sunny they will be a little deeper. Watch the birds that like to feed on fish they will find them for you.

Best fishing is before and after your fish. In all seriousness fish before and after suns blasting on the water. 1st hrs of light in am an last in pm. Night fishing can be great too

Around Yakima ponds bites pick up around 10 am

Dawn and dusk

Haha in this thread: every possible time

depends ive gone out at 4am and caught trout and yesterday at 2pm went out and caught 15 trout. if tgey are hungry and what you present them with looks tasty they will eat. unlike bass that get lethargic after a certain time trout usually live in highly oxygenated places like streams and rivers and actively hunt so if its a lake id say same as bass early morning and dusk and if a river or stream all day.

My life revolves around trout fishing in the spring during stocking. I have most of the action at sunrise the day after stocking and the hour leading into sunset day of stocking. They'll bite whenever they're hungry but those are optimal times with heaviest action

Me and my trout fishing buddies refer to virgin water as areas of the stream that have not yet been fished on a given day. I find that I catch the most fish when fishing virgin water, usually early in the morning.

It doesn't matter. They can bite at any time.

Trout have no basis of time. It's not like bass where it's first and last light. Trout feed off and on all day. Too cold, they stop moving much. Too hot, they don't feed. So on cold days wait for the sun to get the water warmed up. On hot go before it warms up too much.

Now in certain areas a hatch may occur at certain times. Then knowing the time of that is important. I fished a lake that came alive at sunset. But that was because the hatch of small gnats at that time got them all frothed up.

Even if it isn't "law", I wouldn't fish for wild trout until at least mid March.

Mid March til end September (some mid Oct) dates vary a week or 2 depending on the lakes ...best look up the dates for a specific lake

There is, but varies from region to region. Earliest opening is 14th February, latest closing 12th October. But typically 17th March to 30th September. It's up to each individual angler to familiarise themselves with seasonal restrictions.

The first hour after sunset has been the most productive in my experience. I use NVGs when I mouse - which is frequent and my preferable method. Most of these people are correct with flies that move water whether it be a true elk hair mouse or even poppers and gurglers. Two things I find most important is bouncing your fly off structure and allowing the trout to actually eat the fly. They have a hard time seeing in the dark just like us (not me I bought my superpower) and rely mostly on their lateral line. Many trout have struck my flies several times in succession either trying to kill their prey or just missing overall. One thing I can advise is only do your strip set when you feel an extra solid bump.

I work in a restaurant so I get off work at 11, and I'm in the river by 12. I usually have the most luck with sex dungeons and any other streamer that pushes water. Stonefly hatches are absolutely insane. All you can feel is huge bugs crawling all over you while there's 20"+ browns and rainbows hitting every third cast. Haven't touched mouse patterns yet but that's for this summer.

I think if you’re fishing a cold tailwater you have about an hour of window after total darkness. That’s where most of my experience is. Maybe during the summer two hours. Total darkness would be like 30-90 minutes after sunset depending on how cloudy it is.

I think you should cast anywhere you have a good cast. And just cover the water. The idea is that the fish are out prowling so they could be anywhere. That’s just something you’ll have to hone on your own water

As for flies, I don’t see the reason to fish anything but a mouse . I’ve caught fish on streamer at night, but it’s not as fun as a mouse and they haven’t been any bigger than mice eaters. Plus with a mouse you get to use more senses like sight and sound. A streamer is just hand feel at night

When I hit the river at night I typically don’t catch anything except for 14 shitty beers and some coyote I shot with a 9

I fish for sea trout at night , the warmer and darker the night the better your chances are . As soon as there is mist coming off the water that’s it I’m done as they usually switch off . Large streamers and surface lures are my choice, you can usually tell they are about as they start to jump in the pools . The blackest of nights with good cloud cover and very warm are the best especially when the river is dropping after a spate and fresh fish are coming upriver. To say this addictive is a gross understatement, it’s mental …. Playing a fully conditioned sea trout lbs for lbs fights a lot harder than a salmon 😎

August and September for me. That’s usually peak heat in my area which brings the biggest and meanest fish inshore from the deep ocean.

I like spring pre-spawn or fall feed bag time. biggest fish during those times.

April and May for that sweet sweet walleye run.

Oct fall run for striped bass in New England

Favorite time of year to fish is springtime April-May before it gets too hot. Variety of species from bull bream,catfish, redfish and trout.

Best time of year, June-July (redfish) & middle November-December (speckled trout)

The fact so many people are saying spring makes sense. Late spring early summer I went out and caught at least 1 fish every time. Now days I struggle to find fish that will bite. I still go out occasionally, but I haven't caught anything in the last 7 times I've been out. I bought a new rod around that time I thought it was cursed. Glad it might just be the season/heat.

I like late spring myself! Just a preference for me though.

Spring for sure

Yes. Next question.

Whenever you can get out and fish! There are ways to catch fish in all 4 seasons. With that being said, I prefer fall. Kids are back in school, less fishing pressure on lakes, the water temps cool off a bit, and fish move back up shallow to fatten up for winter… I like spring too, but I can be fairly busy at work during that time of year…

I also live in Florida and don’t have the luxury of going out during the best fishing times because of work and kids.

I do try to go out before work very early in the morning though like once a week, and I can agree that saltwater bites are better then.

For bass fishing, I can pretty much only go out in the middle of the stupid day lol. So I just really try to get close to that cover where they’re probably hiding and I do OK.

In the summer, fishing in bright hot midday sun is usually pretty miserable, and the fish don't feed as aggressively during the day. (Hiding out in deep water or shade)

In the winter, this can actually reverse, and fish get a bit more active in the warm sun in the middle of the day. Not sure if that hold true for Florida where things don't freeze tho.

Sunrise and sunset. Secondarily, full moons.

First and last light they bite

Where I fish morning and night are the best summer fishing times but not so much about temperature as it’s about avoiding the bright mid day light.