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| was your PB caught trolling or casting??
take into consideration % of time trolling vs casting
i cast 75+% of the time, PB was caught trolling
i have hooked larger fish casting but could not boat them. |
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Posts: 125
Location: Barnesville MN | mine was casting, but I cast 95% of the time |
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Posts: 246
| Trolling and I cast more than I troll. |
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| Casting from shore! |
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Posts: 83
Location: minnesota | casting but I don't troll much (going to change that this season) |
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Posts: 289
Location: Oconomowoc, WI | Casting, which I do 99% of the time. |
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Posts: 283
| Casting, which accounts for 90%+ of my fishing. |
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Posts: 67
| Casting, But that is the only way I fish. |
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Posts: 89
| Casting
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Posts: 2097
| casting, I troll 60% of the time however. |
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Posts: 682
Location: Sycamore, IL | Casting , but I troll about 75% of the time. |
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Posts: 150
Location: Central Minnesota | Casting. Cast 95% |
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Posts: 574
| Longest casting
Heaviest trolling
I pretty much only troll when its soo cold my reels are freezing up.
Edited by Jason Bomber 3/7/2013 8:27 PM
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Posts: 181
Location: St.John, Indiana | Casting , I cast 75% of the time. |
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Posts: 600
| Trolling, I am about 50% casting, 50% trolling. |
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| Position fishing, so partly casting, partly trolling:-) MY PB's for casting and trolling were the same length, the trolling fish was fatter. BR
Edited by BenR 3/7/2013 9:00 PM
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Posts: 2687
Location: Hayward, WI | Casting for me, but I cast 95% of the time. |
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Posts: 252
| Casting. I cast 95 percent of the time. |
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Posts: 2370
Location: Chisholm, MN | My 50.5 ate a slowly crawled sucker. I usually fish suckers from October through November. Not exclusively. I cast and troll spots half the time too. My previous 50 was casting at 3am in the 8.
Edited by Kirby Budrow 3/7/2013 9:40 PM
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Posts: 1220
| I have a boat for sale that has less than one hour on the kicker....what does that tell you? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Personal best caught on water where I could troll, and didn't. I do stop at all Troll booths, though, because if you run one and break the law and they catch you doing that, they mail you a ticket. Imagine that. |
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| Junkman- that tells me you fished a small vilas county lake and raped the lake in under an hour. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Interesting topic actually. My PB was caught trolling but I've caught more 40# + casting. I cast 95% of the time though.
Edited by Will Schultz 3/7/2013 10:08 PM
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Posts: 422
| My PB is from trolling and I cast more than I troll. |
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Posts: 962
| My PB was Trolling- I cast 80% of the time
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI |
Casting. Off my dock. Who needs to troll, let alone a boat !?  |
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Posts: 2058
| Top 10 biggest fish have all been casting, but I cast 95% of the time. I want to see the fish eat he bait. Biggest trolling fish was a fat 48.5" - and as I scoped her in the net all I could think was it sure would have been a lot more fun to catch her casting |
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| PB Casting.. But I'd be just as happy had it came trolling.. |
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Posts: 1405
Location: Detroit River | Caught my PB jigging. |
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Posts: 324
Location: Waukee, IA | Trolling has produced longest and fattest thus far.
Troll = 50%
Cast = 50%
Depends on where I am fishing though! |
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Posts: 294
| Casting for me. I have never trolled for them though. |
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Posts: 1663
Location: Kodiak, AK | I don't troll. My longest have come on casting gear, but my fattest one this past fall came on fly, and it was still 52. |
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Posts: 1086
| Both. I'm tied for PB length fish with both casting and trolling. Weight? I dunno. Using the calculations, both were similar in weight...probably within a mere few of pounds of each other. |
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| Trolling, but I cast more than troll. |
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Posts: 70
| we have miles of productive waters here in canada making trolling a must in the arsenal, that said i still mainly cast, i started this post because i caught my 2 PB's trolling, (length, don't weight fish ), which i found strange . i'm glad to see it's a mixed bag for everyone. looking forward to wetting a few new baits in a few new spots this summer,
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Location: On the O | Trolling
Cast 80% of the time now but used to troll 80%.....hmmmm |
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Posts: 91
Location: Central Wisconsin | Best caught casting but only by 1/2". Mostly cast though. |
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Posts: 151
Location: West of the metro, MN | My PB's have came from casting. But I hardly troll |
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Location: sneaking out to get on the water ;-) | Casting but also cast more than I troll. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | Casting, I cast 78% of the time. |
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Posts: 187
Location: West Metro, MN | Casting...I cast 95% of the time though |
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Posts: 450
Location: Waconia, MN | Casting 99%...... |
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Posts: 619
| Casting.... gas is to expensive to be trolling around |
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Posts: 83
Location: Antioch IL | Longest casting
Heaviest trolling
I cast 99% of the time |
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| casting a 9" pink shallow running gramma |
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Posts: 153
Location: MN | Casting. |
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| wind powered drifting soaking a sucker |
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Posts: 70
| i think Slow Rollin is onto something |
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Posts: 383
Location: SE Wisc and Vilas County | my pb was casting. most of my bigger fish have been from casting. i do troll a little and it seems like we get decent numbers but am yet to get a real good fish while trolling. |
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Posts: 581
| My PB in Wisconsin was caught trolling. I cast and troll about equally in the WI waters I fish.
My overall PB was caught casting in Canada, where I cast 99.9% of the time during the summer...and its about 50/50 in Canada in the fall. |
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Location: 31 | I'm tied with my PB / trolling and casting... it would be an epic event for me if I could break the tie this year because I'm still only at #5 regarding my boats PB |
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Posts: 566
Location: Elgin, IL | My big fat lazy Tourista a&& got my largest in Vilas jigging. Too lazy to cast or troll.  |
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Posts: 5874
| Trolling, 3 of the last 4 PB's for me. |
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Posts: 220
Location: Pittsburgh, PA | trolling...99% troll |
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Posts: 2691
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | Four Wisconsin 50's all trolling. Two canada monsters both trolling. I cast when its the best patterns and troll when they move deep. 30% casting 50% trolling and 20% suckers. Guess that's 70% trolling. |
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Posts: 670
Location: Otsego, MN | Casting.... 99% caster though. |
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Posts: 833
| Caught my PB length twice, once trolling, once on a sucker. Cast about 90% fo the time. Plan to troll more this season, especially when it is the more favorable pattern where I fish.
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Posts: 378
Location: Michigan | Home water, with equal amounts casting/trolling, largest is trolling, but I have lost sevaral that were bigger casting.
On other water - Casting with most of the time casting |
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Posts: 1360
Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | casting double 10s |
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| 6 fish over 50" and five have been caught dragging a sucker and the other was caught trolling after dark in July. I only drag suckers in the months of October and November. I would be interested in hearing if the guides who drag meat in the Fall catch most all of their biggest fish in this manner. |
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Posts: 265
Location: Hudson,WI | I caught my PB casting, but I enjoy trolling too
Casting - 75%
Trolling - 25% |
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Posts: 1416
Location: oconomowoc, wi | casting.. 6" canadian crush phantom. bomb cast and she hit on the third twitch. |
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Posts: 463
Location: Sw Pennsylvania | Trolling has caught my longest and also heaviest. I like to do both just depends on what i feel is going to produce the best action that particular day.
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | muddymusky - 3/7/2013 9:29 PM
Trolling, I am about 50% casting, 50% trolling.
Plus one, Trolling for me and I cast and troll about equal time on the water. |
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Posts: 132
Location: Missouri | Casting |
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Posts: 1760
Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Casting |
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Posts: 667
Location: Wisconsin | Casting but I think I it will be tough for me to get one trolling.
Casting 100%
Trolling 0% |
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| Drifting with a Sucker |
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Posts: 556
| My PB was caught trolling----but I cast 80% of the time. |
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Posts: 1295
Location: WI | My 4 biggest fish were all caught trolling. I do cast a lot, but mostly troll in the fall. |
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| PB was caught last year, trolling for the 1st time. I'm 56, been casting since I was about 20.
same trip last year, good friend also caught PB, trolling for the first time. He's the same age. |
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Posts: 123
| My two PB's are the same length one was casting one was trolling but the trolling one was 1 inch bigger in the belly both were great fun my trolling one holds a better memory as my daughter was 9 at the time and fishing with me that fall morning. |
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Posts: 504
Location: Ludington, MI | Casting. I cast whenever possible. I troll enough for browns and kings and steelhead. |
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| casting because its a lot easier than trolling |
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Posts: 30
| Mines casting, but my son and my outing partner( two different people) both have their PB's on the same lure trolling! No, it's not for sale! |
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PB casting or trolling?