bbvd, when i fish riffe, i usually go with night crawler, and if a sucker is caught, go with cut bait, its the best by far, and the lil chunks of meat stay on really good, i usually fish with a sliding bobber and go say 12 feet, but if they arent hitting that deep i will go to say 5-6, ive heard there are some huge trout out really deep, but you gotta be in a boat..my friend has caught some in the 6-7 pound range..he says they were steelies thrown in there??