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Location: Burton, Ohio | What is the shortest lead that you have ran that you have caught a fish on? A fella told me that he had a lead so short that the fish hit the prop after grabbing the bait. Could that happen? |
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Location: SE, WI. | Couple years back, took a 47 er with 5FT. line out with a 4ft. leader. Rod holders are 4ft. in front of transom. Weeds were down 5ft. Cranks ran about 4ft. down right in prop wash. Still got that beat. Had a musky explode on my trolled rod tip because the cadence of the lure made the rod tap the surface. Scared the sh@#% out of me!!! |
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| Does a figure 8 with a 12" leader and 3" of line count for a 15" lead? 
If so, 15". |
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Location: The desert | I know I had a fish roll over a super TR that I carefully placed directly behind the motor of a pontoon full of drunk people. The fish rolled over the bait within a few feet of the boat. I think the fish actually like the noise of the prop. If you go underwater and listen to what a running motor sounds like it gives a very sharp, fast vibration sound. Similar to what a rattle trap sounds like. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | This past 2006 Opener in May I had a muskie grab a sucker that was only 3ft down. Still can't believe 3 muskie in the boat in minutes.
We were casting and dragging suckers when I scored a muskie and my boy had one on at the same time. I had just boated a muskie and my boy was fighting his muskie to the boat. I grabbed the net and the rod under the net started to click. I pinned the spool with my thumb, lifted the rod and muskie up, scooped the 35-incher and my boys 40-incher at the same time.
Shortest lead and fastest net job.
( 3ft and 15 seconds )
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Location: East Troy, WI | last year on eagle... dipping a bulldawg into the holes in the cabbage... and about 2 feet from the boat there was a 3x3 hole so i dropped the bulldawg in... pulled up and a 42" hammered it on the way up... scared the crap out of me and my gf who was doing a figure 8 at boat side at the same time... |
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Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | With about 12-15" from my hand to the hook, I had a upper 30's, low 40"s basically try and take a sucker out of my hand as I was setting the bobber. He missed, splashed me, whacked the outboard and dispeared.
josh |
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| 2 years ago me and buddy were trolling monter shads and caught a dink with 8 foot of line out |
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| what exactly does this mean? shortest lead? I dont understand |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | amount of line out while trolling. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Last year on Eagle, got a 45"er on a F-8 and I had the leader to the tiptop. So that was about 12" |
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Location: Warroad, Mn | About 5'-6' with a 8" believer in the shallow eye. Cold water period (<50 degrees) over old weed beds. Could see the fish roll up and take the lure. 3.5+ MPH, petty interesting.
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Location: Racine, Wi | I get fish every year with less than 5' of line out running shallow raiders and SSRs running fairly quick. I so this when the fish are scattered in the weeds to cover water and find what they are concentrating on. We've taken fish up to 48"s on lines as short as 4-5'. |
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Posts: 209
| One day they were hitting so well we decided to see how short we could go. Caught a 35" on a lil ernie with 1" of line out and a 3' leader running straight down off the side of the boat. I put an inch out so the ball bearing swivel wouldn't wear the rod tip guide. About 3' of the rod tip was under water.
We have tried it a few times since with no more strikes.
That day, was one of those days we are all looking for..................................... everything worked!
Edited by Trollindad 1/9/2007 11:17 PM
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| Thanks Mike. Not much of a troller thats probably why I didnt have a clue! |
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | Caught one trolling over 50ft. of water on Tippecanoe a couple years ago. I could have reached over the corner of the boat and grabbed the 10" jake in the water. I probably had 2 ft. of line out. |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | My first "trolling fish" was a nice 48 incher a couple years ago. I had two rods down... with about 6 inches of line out. The lures were running right along side the boat so I could see them. I saw the fish following the lure first.... and when I hit the throttle and turned the boat to head out into the basin (thinking I could pick up the rod and try to trigger a strike)... the fish ate the bait. Way cool. Pure pandamonium. Never turned the reel handle. Just grabbed the rod, then grabbed the net, and scooped her up.
So... 6 inches of line + 10" leader = 16" lead? |
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| wash rod 5ft leader. man you gotta have a loose drag. seen an okuma detonate to pieces at 5mph.. st clair fish can do funny things |
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Posts: 209
| I forgot one........ We caught one last year with no line out, only a 3' leader.
While trolling, I noticed an MF Shad was blowing out so I turned the boat out to deep water (so I wouldn't hit anything) and began to tune the lure. You know, troll it along side the boat on just the leader then rip it forward and see which way it blows out. Bring it in the boat, bend the eye the opposite direction.... repeat until it digs straight down.
On my 2nd or 3rd attempt, my rip forward turned into a hook-set as a 36"er ate it!
We were over 56' of water and had 5 other lures in the water.
Jeff |
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| 3' leader rod out of the water and I've probally caught 20 or so this way on tuff shads, lil erines... Caught 3 fish twice on 2 rods at st. clair. once it was a 42 and 2 mid 35's second time 42, 40 and 35. 3 fish in the boat/net is a mess. |
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Location: Wausau | Last fall on the WI river I was resetting a sucker and had my other rod resting on the gunnel with the line up to to leader and about 1/2 of a bulldawg in the water when a fish nailed the dawg. If not for the tie down, I think I would have lost that rod. Instead landed a 42". |
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| 45 incher w/3ft of line out on a shallowraider |
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| I've caught 2 by jigging a t.tube with only the length of the leader out for line. Also had a forty inch class this year that ate a manta as it was about a foot above the water. I was on a muddy lake and the thing caught me completely off guard. The fight was short as I just hung on while this thing was thrashing all over above the water then came off, I never laughed so hard after losing a fish in my entire life.
Even better though, I had my mother out with me on the same muddy water lake and she brought back a suick that had weeds on it. She slapped it on the water to free the weeds and that instant about a 45 incher creemed the bait. Unlike me she wasn't laughing at all after that one came off. |
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| I've caught many fish with just the leader out, with a Shallow Raider or a 8" Jake attached to the business end, on the down rods. I love it when those fish hit right next to the kicker! |
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