Brook Trout – Best Bait & Lures

Looking for the best bait for Brook Trout in Call of the Wild: The Angler? Below you find every bait and lure that Brook Trout bites on, grouped by rig, plus the right hook size, habitats and traits for each reserve where it lives: Golden Ridge Reserve, Kamuibetsu National Park.

Brook Trout in Golden Ridge Reserve

Hook size: B#8, B#7, S#6, G#5, G#4, D#3

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Deep Pond, Lake Shore, Shallow Lake, Upriver, Middle River, River Mouth

Traits: Easily Spooked, Hard Fighter, Jumper, Sun Lover

Baits and lures that catch Brook Trout in Golden Ridge Reserve

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)
• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)
• Spinnerbait (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)
• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Eggs (hook 10-6)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Bloodworm (hook 10-7)
• Cheese (hook 8-4/0)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Artificial Corn - Yellow
• Corn (throwable)

Groundbait / other

• Pro Performance (throwable)

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Other fish in Golden Ridge Reserve: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Freshwater Drum, Golden Trout, Green Sunfish, Kokanee Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ohrid Trout, Rainbow Trout, River Carpsucker, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Signal Crayfish, Smallmouth Bass, Tiger Muskie, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch

Brook Trout in Kamuibetsu National Park

Hook size: B#8, S#7, S#6, G#5, D#4

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Deep Pond, Lake Shore

Traits: Hard Fighter, Jumper

Baits and lures that catch Brook Trout in Kamuibetsu National Park

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)
• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)
• Spinnerbait (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)
• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Bloodworm (hook 10-7)
• Eggs (hook 10-6)
• Cheese (hook 8-4/0)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Artificial Corn - Yellow
• Corn (throwable)

Groundbait / other

• Pro Performance (throwable)

▶ Want to avoid other species? Open the interactive bait selector for Brook Trout in Kamuibetsu National Park

Other fish in Kamuibetsu National Park: Amur Catfish, Ayu Sweetfish, Cherry Salmon, Chum Salmon, Dolly Varden Trout, Feral Koi, Japanese Dace, Japanese Eel, Japanese Freshwater Crab, Japanese Smelt, Magoi, Mozambique Tilapia, Northern Snakehead, Pond Loach, Rainbow Trout, Sakhalin Taimen, Sockeye Salmon, White Spotted Char