I hate to break this to you Jax.........but somebody has to so it might as well be me. There is a percentage, howbeit very small, of trout who are evil. These trout need and deserve to be punished.

So do what I do..........when I'm reeling in that fat laker or marble eye on my trout colored crankbait I just say to myself......."you had it coming bub.........you deserve to have gotten eaten because of what you did to aunt Clara".

That is my advice. Your mind will remain free and clear of any guilt. It is also quite surprising how the size of the fish being caught seem to be in direct proportion to the guilt pangs you may feel of feeding little imitation trouts into the maws of the denizens of the deep. In fact, when I see my trout colored crankbait I get a warm fuzzy feeling all over  ;).