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Location: Cedarburg, Wisconsin | I guess it just depends on how you troll. I get after it pretty good running the boat over the top of shallow rocks and weeds on steep breaks and then gunnng wide open turns when the long lined lures running deep are starting to contact the structure on inside turns. If you just troll casually on the outskirts of the complex structure, then no, there is no need for violent manuevers. Just depends on how well you know the passes and how much effort you are willing to invest in boat control. Depends on the lake too. Some lakes have mostly easy to troll spots others don't.
I already caught my hand once with the Tuffy between the gunnel and the tiller handle when walleye fishing in muddy river water when suddenly there was a stump that steered the motor for me. I had the motor trimmed up high to avoid the stumps as much as possible but not that one. The correct words to say when that happens escape me right now but a simple ouch didn't suffice. I think it was something with multiple syllables. |
