bigred1cav wrote:
Looking for insider tips to fishing Bit Timber, Mt area. Trout by wadding or shore, no guides.
Do you mean Big Timber, Montana?
Unless local regulations prohibit live bait, I would use a leach behind an appropriate sized woolley bugger or a yellow jig (clip hair or feathers short when using bait.) I also fish minnows under a quill float; or crickets on the same rig if big bluegills are present. Big gills are open water fish..... fish 6 feet deep 20 yards past the weed line.
small fish hug the drop off, big fish are further out. do not waste bait on 5 inch fish