Combat Fishing for Stocked Rainbow Trout at Fain Lake, Arizona

On Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 we hit Fain Lake in Prescott Valley, Arizona. See the YouTube video at https://youtu.be/m8Kj9Uk7lwE. We fished from 3:00 until dark. We fished where Lynx Creek flows into the lake on the west end. We caught and released (mostly... we gave a couple away) over 20 Rainbow Trout. They were small, but feisty and fun to catch. We caught fish on Gulp Worms, orange and chartreuse Power Bait eggs, and 3" Berkley Natural Trout Worms. We saw other people catching trout on flies and small minnow lures. The trout would hit just about anything. One key to trout fishing the clear water in our Arizona lakes is light line. We were using 5 and 6 pound fluorocarbon line. We saw several people not catching fish... and you could see their line from 40 yards away. Also, keep your rigging simple. We were using one single split shot about 18" up from a size 8 or 10 hook. Swivels (unnecessary), snelled hooks, multiple split shot, huge bobbers, etc. can make line shy fish not bite.