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| I fish a few electric motor only lakes that I think would be great to troll however my electric only pushes me at about 2.5-2.8 mph. Is it even worth doing that slow? If so, are there certain baits that work better than others? |
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| I think it would work but not ideal. Hold your bait over the edge and see what it looks like when you have your motor wide open. Going with the wind will speed you up. Your battery/batteries wont last too long going wide open. What bait will depend on where you are. |
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| One night we caught three muskies trolling with just a small electric on my little 14'. 12" Grandmas. We were probably moving around 1.8 - 2.2 MPH. |
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| Choose a lure that will do what it is supposed to do at that speed. Since you'll be going slow anyway, you could hold the rod and give whatever lure you're using some rips and pauses. If you get the right cadence and trolling speed you could troll a jerk bait or glide bait, giving it the right action just as if you were casting and reeling it in. |
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Location: oswego, il | Or get a bigger trolling motor. Night time u want to go slower so an electric plays into that. |
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Location: Minnetonka | Depends on the conditions. If it's a clear sky, slow trolling/jigging a bulldawg outside the weed line can be effective. Make sure you have your knipex handy though. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Get a Quebec Train tremendous action at slow speed We use them late in the year when we slow way down but no reason for them not to work in warm water you just won't cover as much water as I like in the summer time. |
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| I most usually troll at those speeds. Usually works pretty well. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Slow down a bit and bounce a Bondy or Fuzzy Duzzit off the bottom.
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| 2 mph is just fine !! ,,,, use a jointed DepthRaider/whatever ,,,, the jointed lure gives an illusion of more speed ,, plus it makes a clicking sound ----<*)}}}}}}}}}}}}><{{ |
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Location: Lake County Illinois | Like jimjimjim mentioned above, jointed lures work well ,and I really like the jointed Believer or Super Believer for slow trolling. |
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| I love the salmo skinner 8 inch for slow speed. Give it a try. |
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Location: Mayville, WI | Don't get stuck in the have-to-go-fast rut for trolling in summer. When row trolling, speed is usually 1.6-1.8 mph (because it's easiest to row at that speed for prolonged periods of time) and I get fish all summer long. Sometimes even going only just fast enough to get the baits to work is the ticket as well.
Baits that work well at those speeds include depth raiders (straight & jointed), grandmas (prefer M9s), cisco kids, tuff shad, talon, slammers, triple d, etc and probably many others.
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Location: Palatine, IL | How fast do you think Tom Gelb can row? |
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Location: Richland Center, WI. | Weevil - 7/16/2015 10:19 PM
How fast do you think Tom Gelb can row?
Probably faster than you think! |
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Location: Smith Creek | Gelb can pull water skiers.
On dry land. |
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Location: Forest Lake, Mn. | Actually that's a great speed for mid to late fall trolling in the upper Mid West and Ontario. Try trolling a 10 inch Believer, jointed or solid version along the breaklines and see what happens. It would be nice to be able to kick it up a little, but your 2 to 3 mph works at times. Hit the right speed and those Believers just shimmy, shake, and wobble. You can really feel your rodtip bounce and the fish eat them.
Edited by fishpoop 8/21/2015 10:20 AM
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| A jake or slammer will have a wider glide at low speeds and tighten up as you increase speed. |
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Location: oswego, il | Don't forget slow moving topwaters.
Tom Gelb row tows barges and freighters across lake Michigan. His row troller has a running pad like a bass boat.
Edited by ToddM 8/21/2015 10:57 AM
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| Add Spinnerbaits to the list. 1oz, 2oz Nutbusters,Grinders,Rad Dogs,plenty of others etc.
Is there a more friendly yet effective , catch and release lure than a pinched barb, non trailer hook, spinnerbait ? > I think not |
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