i found a few BIG trout(for here atleast) hiding out....the one i want BAD is a rainbow....looks to be atleast 20 inches....pushin 2 foot i bet....and the girth is bigger then a football......big ole stocker....dont know if it was just dumped in or if its a hold over....think its a fresh one being the stream almost dries up in the summer....and isnt good water....peoples drains seriously run into it.....hes in a hole where the creek bends....floods in the fall dropped a BIG tree down across the stream....about a foot above the water...its a undercut bank with roots and such....when i saw him he was hiding under that tree...hugging the bottom near the far bank....the waters maybe 3 foot deep or so.....all week the water been LOW and clear....no rain for almost 2 weeks....but it stormed a fw times today...quick heavy rains...i think the water will be PERFECT tomarow if its not muddy...if not friday.....i heard night is the best time for a biggun..and a big 3-4 inch shiner would be a good bait....i can fish baits and lures....just dont know what to do....i was thinking a big shiner...under a bobber at night...i hate using bobbers on streams...but the current isnt THAT fast at all....and thats the only way ill know where my bait is at night.......figure i can get parallel or just upstream and let my bobber out up by the bank and let it drift downstream...when it is hit i take him....but anyone have any beter tips for BIG trout...tips...bait...lures...tactics.....ect...i never fished for BIG trout...never caught one over 16inches.....so anything will be helpful......time of day...tips...tactics...lures..baits...ect....thanx guys.......i want this more then anything right now......im loosing sleep thinking of that big guy...saw him monday....i HOPPPPPPPE hes still there!!!!!!not many people fish that hole....a few do..but they limit out on the small ones in a few minutes if htey can fish...and i hope the rain didnt wash him down stream....its so shallow after that hole the little ones couldnt go downstream monday....so i bet hes holding tight if he wasnt caught....any info is much appriciated.....thanx guys