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horsehunter
Posted 3/20/2012 7:35 PM (#547307)
Subject: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets




Location: Eastern Ontario
Anybody have this?.............Is it worth the coin?
Steve Reinstra
Posted 3/20/2012 7:53 PM (#547317 - in reply to #547307)
Subject: RE: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets




Posts: 255


Location: MadCity Wisconsin
To me its worth double the coin. Takes the guess work out of the picture for bait dive curves, therefore saves time on the water. Gotta love the water proof pages also.
horsehunter
Posted 3/20/2012 8:02 PM (#547322 - in reply to #547307)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets




Location: Eastern Ontario
One thing I remember from the first edition on the believers they never specified which line tie was used, I wonder if that was changed for the second edition.
JKahler
Posted 3/20/2012 11:45 PM (#547374 - in reply to #547322)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets




Posts: 1287


Location: WI
horsehunter - 3/20/2012 8:02 PM

One thing I remember from the first edition on the believers they never specified which line tie was used, I wonder if that was changed for the second edition.


It's not specified in the 2nd edition either. It's a handy book, I use it sometimes.
Muskie Treats
Posted 3/21/2012 12:20 AM (#547377 - in reply to #547307)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets





Posts: 2384


Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot
That would be a cool app IMOP. It'd probably be cheaper then printing and you can update lure by lure. Mike, we've met before and talked about the printing costs,this could be your ticket????


Edited by Muskie Treats 3/21/2012 12:21 AM
horsehunter
Posted 3/21/2012 6:54 AM (#547393 - in reply to #547374)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets




Location: Eastern Ontario
JKahler - 3/21/2012 12:45 AM

horsehunter - 3/20/2012 8:02 PM

One thing I remember from the first edition on the believers they never specified which line tie was used, I wonder if that was changed for the second edition.


It's not specified in the 2nd edition either. It's a handy book, I use it sometimes.


If they didn't go to the trouble to be more exacting on their own lure how accurate can the rest of the book be.
tuffy1
Posted 3/21/2012 8:37 AM (#547421 - in reply to #547393)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets





Posts: 3240


Location: Racine, Wi
Drifter didn't create the dive charts for the book, so they may not even know that there is no mention of which line tie is in there. They bought the rights to the book from the guys that originally created the book. They jumped in the water, ran baits, took notes, and did a very good job to get you in the right zone with depths.
jfreborg
Posted 3/21/2012 9:02 AM (#547426 - in reply to #547421)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets





Posts: 121


Location: Forest Lake, MN & Bemidji, MN
"One thing I remember from the first edition on the believers they never specified which line tie was used, I wonder if that was changed for the second edition."


I don't own the book but couldn't you just figure this out by the maximum running depth that is listed in the book? Drifter gives the max depths casting and trolling for each eye on the package and it's a sizeable difference. I'm sure there's some variance based on speed and numerous other variables but it should be quicker than going back and forth in the shallows making notes of where it hits bottom.
horsehunter
Posted 3/21/2012 5:20 PM (#547561 - in reply to #547307)
Subject: Re: Muskie Mike's Trolling Secrets




Location: Eastern Ontario
In the past for the limited trolling I have done I would hold my rod 1 foot above the surface and note how far back the line entered the water if it was 3 feet I would assume the lure was diving 1 foot for every 3 feet of line. This could be calculated for different dive angles. I figured this got me in the ball park but on long leads there might be a little lift caused by drag. Where I fish I could go through a lot of lures contacting bottom.

Edited by horsehunter 3/21/2012 5:35 PM
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