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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | There’s been a lot of good points here by people that really understand trolling. So I will just add a few things from my own experiences.
I’ve been musky fishing for 14 years. The first 12 years I did some trolling off and on, but was never able to catch a musky with this method. It was pretty frustrating so I wasn’t a big fan of trolling. I just couldn’t figure out how to do it effectively.
Well, in the past two years I finally figured out the trolling game…at least during certain times of the year. There are still a few times of year where I can’t buy a fish trolling. But other times, it is THE way to get on fish.
Lazy? Yeah, it was the lazy way for me to fish in my first 12 years. That’s probably why I never caught one. Since I had the light bulb go off I have learned that it’s much more difficult to troll than to cast. It’s also more physically demanding than casting with the way that I go about it. But when the trolling game is on, there’s no better way to catch fish. I’d rather catch a musky casting top water. But there are simply times where trolling is the way to go.
In the last two years I would guess that I’ve been trolling about 30% of my time on the water. 105 out of 134 (78%) of my muskies over the past two years have come while trolling. I would say that multiple fish days are much more likely when trolling. But I would also say that no fish days are equally as likely whether you’re trolling OR casting at certain times of the year. With every day on the water, you just have to figure out what’s going to make them go on that day. Use all the tools you have at your disposal.
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