Originally designed as a casting search lure, the 360 GT Swimmer is also ideally suited to trolling applications. Jigs can be long-line trolled directly behind the boat, but these lures are also ideally suited to trolling in combination with in-line boards.
What lures can you troll with?
Each of these has very good results overall, but skirted trolling lures are the most commonly used.
- Eat My Tackle Bullet Head Fishing Lure.
- MagBay High-Speed Wahoo Lures.
- Nomad Design DTX Minnow.
- Rapala X-Rap Magnum Fishing Lures.
- Luhr-Jensen Ford Fender Lake Trolls.
- Hot Spot Apex Salmon Killer.
- Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk.
Can you troll a vertical jig?
Vertical jigging, a reliable technique to be sure, will catch fish, but it’s a slow process to cover structure this way.With these conditions in mind, it begins to make sense that a finesse presentation designed to cover more water would be just the ticket to catching these fish.
Can you troll stick baits?
Senior Member. I have never trolled with stick baits, but have teased and switched marlin onto stick baits, Which is an option if you can get the guys to pay attention to the spread.
What is the best speed for trolling?
So, what is the best trolling speed? The best trolling speed depends on several factors including the type of fish, water conditions and lure choice. In general, trolling speeds between 1.5 and 2.5 mph, as measured by GPS, are a good starting place for most species like walleye, trout and salmon.
What is Backtrolling?
Backtrolling slows you down and lets you slow walk that jig or rig right along the contour. When the depthfinder shows you’re dropping off, turn the motor so you move right back up. If you start going shallower, get right back out.
What can you catch with a bucktail jig?
It can imitate a number of prey items, including baitfish, squid and shrimp. And, it will catch a wide variety of fish. Here in southern New England, I have landed striped bass, bluefish, hickory shad, false albacore, fluke, scup, black sea bass, sea robins and white perch using bucktail jigs.
What are Stickbaits used for?
They are useful in some situations where normal lures fail to produced. Stickbaits are slender torpedo shaped hard or soft plastic baits like the Rapala Original Floating Minnow or Senko worms. Stick baits can float, suspend or dive. When fishing a topwater stick bait, choose a floating or shallow diving lure.
What speed should you troll for kingfish?
In both cases, success hinges on effectively covering areas that are likely to hold kingfish with lures that work attractively at the speed you are travelling, or better still, travelling at a speed that works well on kingfish (4-7 knots, faster at times).
What should I troll for kingfish?
English/blue/slimy mackerel, jack mackerel, trevally, koheru (kohe) and kahawai are all great baits, and everyone has their own favourite. We start every day by catching live-bait. Jack mackerel is our staple bait and seem to get bites consistently.
How far behind the boat should I troll?
Every boat is different and you should make your boat your own study. Proper distance for most boats will be anywhere from 20 feet to 150 feet behind your boat. Whether you have inboard diesel or outboard gas engines, your power dictates the distance you troll your baits and lures.
Should you troll with or against the current?
When in an area with current, troll crosscurrent as opposed to with and/or against the current. Going crosscurrent, you don’t have to worry about how the current is affecting your lure’s or bait’s speed through the water. Plus, fish generally swim into the current.
How much line should I let out for a troll?
Downriggers. Downriggers allow for extra long length between the downrigger ball and the lure. Let out 50 feet of line and clip into the release. If that’s not enough distance to prevent your lake’s wary walleyes from seeing the ball…then let out 150 feet of line!
Can you troll blade baits?
Blade baits are heavy.Depending on where walleyes are holding or feeding in fall, you can cast, jig or troll a blade bait and catch them. Blades look and act like wounded minnows, and so they trigger reaction strikes from walleyes, whether the fish are hungry or not.
What speed do you troll for crappie?
Trolling speed is critical when it comes to crappie, and Duckworth bases his speed on water temperature. Right after the spawn when water temperature is 65 to 70 degrees, he trolls at 1.8 mph. With water temperature between 70 and 75 degrees, trolling speed is 2.5 mph.
Why are trolls in reverse?
So why is back-trolling so effective? “The bow swings too much for precision trolling forward,” Roach says. He also says the flat part of the transom allows an angler much more boat control. “It also allows you to hold yourself better in the current (for river fishing).”
What is a Backtroller boat?
As the name implies, backtrolling is done by moving your boat backwards, with the transom leading the way. To do it, face the back of the boat into the wind and work the motor in and out of reverse.It allows you to cover water at a desired speed and prevents the bow of the boat from being pushed around by the wind.
What is Backtrolling fishing?
Back trolling is the opposite of trolling its putting your trolling motor in reverse instead of going forward. It puts your line in front of the boat instead of behind by the motor. I like doing this when there is a little wind.
Do you use a swivel when vertical jigging?
Solid ring to split ring, jigs darts up in a erratic vertical motion when you jig and not spin. Not necessary for a swivel.
Do you use swivel for jigging?
Yes, I always use a snap swivel with jigging spoons. I use a small swivel at all times with the possible exception of tiny tungstens in shallow water. Haven’t noticed any negative effects.
Which is better fast or slow jigging?
Fast jigging retrieves are more effective for our target species, too slow and we get inundated with smaller reef species such as swallowtail. We work our jigs up to around 10 – 15m off the reef, then we free-spool the jig back to the bottom and start again.
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