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| I've been a caster the whole time I've musky fished and I would like to get into trolling more to broaden the way I fish. Is there any good books, videos, ect I can buy or watch that gives insight on the basics and more into trolling? | |
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| Musky Strategy by Tom Gelb will get you started. | |
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Location: Lincoln, NE | Also read every article you can google up by Spence Petros. Lots of good info. | |
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Location: On the Niagara River in Buffalo, NY | Go out with a guide who is a good troller from the area you fish, take notes and cut your learning curve of where & how! | |
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Location: Northern IL | toothycritter88 - 11/29/2013 7:51 AM
I've been a caster the whole time I've musky fished and I would like to get into trolling more to broaden the way I fish. Is there any good books, videos, ect I can buy or watch that gives insight on the basics and more into trolling?
TC88,
Below is the site where you can obtain all the necessary information you will ever need in becoming a better troller/ fisherman.
https://buckperry.com/shop/educational-materials/spoonplugging-your-...
I'll also include a small excerpt of what Mr. Perry thinks about trolling and the importance it plays in successfully fishing. Best of luck!
Buck Sez:
......Another thing which might be mentioned is the problem encountered after you reach the 15 foot depth. The amount of line used, the type of line used, or the lure types used to reach depths below this 15 feet will separate the men from the boys. It becomes increasingly more difficult to have control beyond this depth. The “feel” starts to disappear, inter- pretation becomes harder—fishing in general just becomes more difficult and tiring. To cap all this, as depth increases, the fisherman has to become more exact. Fish react to depth in such a way that they are more difficult to catch and more exact presentation must be made in order to make them take. BUT, you must not pass up this deep water trolling just because it is difficult. Working this water or trying to place your lures correctly in this water, is the finest teacher around. It may take some time for you to become exact, but it will be well worth your effort.
If I appear to have put a lot of emphasis on trolling, you are right. In my opinion it takes far more skill to become a good troller that it does to become a good caster. For generations fishermen have been instructed in the proper procedure for casting, but never on trolling. There is a definite purpose for every trolling maneuver. And in the final analysis, it is trolling that will tell you where, when, why, and how to cast. I can’t say the same for casting.
Trolling will be a constant reminder of DEPTH and SPEED control—casting will not. If you limit yourself to casting, or overdo it, pretty soon you will be putting faith in the size, color, and action of your lures, rather than in Depth and Speed control. You can put this in your pipe and smoke it, because it will happen.
Trolling will also: more quickly eliminate unproductive water, greatly facilitates and shortens the time of mapping and interpretation, allows a greater area to be covered to find fish, produces more ‘straggler’ (Remember theses fish are important on those days which produce little or no movement), allows more varied and better speed and depth control. Competes with modern day traffic, makes fishing a family sport, no casting skill is needed, allows the use of lure weights and sizes which may not be usable with the available casting rig—plus many more.
While Spoonpluggers are taught the importance of trolling, this does not rule out casting by any means. If you want to become a good fisherman you must be in a position to do BOTH in a sane and intelligent manner. | |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | Buck Perry's Green book and the Tom Gelb book are both interesting reads that will give you a lot to think about this winter.
FYI- Greg Thomas has some trolling footage and instruction in his early spring video that's worth checking out.
There is also a ton of info on this web site about trolling if you are patient with the 'search' function...Good luck!
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| just come up to st clair. meet a few local trollers . your learnin curve will be fast | |
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Location: Northern IL | A good bet Tom has read Buck's books....  | |
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trolling for next year