Three "different" ways that I have caught them'
Using a "Power Line", which is a hoot to use!
As a kid we would put bread on the water and bait fish would come in a feed and we would scoop them up with a hand net, we got a number of nice pout.
Shining a bright light in the water along the shore, spot a pout and drop a bare hook in with only some glow in the dark tape on it. When the glow in the dark hook disappeared, you set the hook and haul them out...