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Location: Sycamore, IL | I am looking for some suggestions for a lure that can be trolled at 5mph but only dives down a couple of feet max on a longer line. Any ideas or favorites that you care to share would be appreciated! Thanks.
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Location: 15 miles east of Lake Kinkaid | SS Shad, small lip bagleys monster shad, shallow raider, and wileys. |
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| you could just short line any crank behind a planer board if you want to run out from the boat. works great i do it all the time. |
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| Shallow invaders, Muskietrain mf shads and Big game surface twitchers are great for trolling shallow.
Good luck
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madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: WI | JeffH - 6/17/2012 11:32 AM
you could just short line any crank behind a planer board if you want to run out from the boat. works great i do it all the time.
This. I do this all the time with large cranks that only come with big diving lips to keep them less than 5ft. |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | Thanks for the suggestions! The lake I've been fishing has a lot of floating weeds. I have done the planer board thing and struggle with having to constantly be resetting boards and lines. I would prefer to be able to put some shallower running lures on my down rods with more line out but the ones I've been using keep getting to deep and fouled up in the standing timber. I guess I am really looking for something that if cast would run just under the surface on the retrieve but would troll well with out blowing out and only dive to about 2ft max. Any other ideas? I haven't tried the Wiley type baits yet, so maybe this could be the answer. I fish solo most of the time or this wouldn't be a big deal.
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Location: WI | Have you tried trolling spinnerbaits? They stay shallow and you can go pretty fast with the weighted ones. |
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Location: beloit | I think the krisko by musky armour might work well for you. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | How about a suick or a sledge Windals muskie snax if you can still find them,Bulldog |
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Location: SE, WI. | Greg Thomas has the GT Bullet crank made by Muskytrain. Caught 5 or 6 on that crank this year!!!  |
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| Storm giant thunder stick |
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Location: Bemidji, Lake Vermilion | Second the Storm Giant Thundersticks. Two versions available, the shallower one will max out at maybe 3 ft down. Baits run great at 5mph! |
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Location: Not far enough north! | Legend Outcast... |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | I wouldn't think to troll jerkbaits...I will have to give that a shot some time!
Thanks for all the tips...
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Location: Apollo, PA | Fishalls 6" stubby slasher jointed. Contact Mike King
or his talonz little claw |
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Location: Apollo, PA | Fred Pearson also makes some nice shallow minnows and a big bait that runs shallow. Pearson Plugs |
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| Blue Water Baits High line bait, for a ten inch bait that only goes down 5 to 10 feet with a hundred feet of line out, very hard to beat. awesome built bait. |
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| Sledge should work nice for you...
Anybody try trolling a waxwing yet? |
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| muskellunch is top notch |
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Location: Detroit River | Smoker SS Shad
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Shallow Trolling crankbait Suggestions