Re: First time trolling
Welcome aboard, Ryan.<br /><br />A stiff rod helps, but you could tie on a light weight lure, or wieghted plastic worms, and move along at a slower clip.<br /><br />You wanna keep one eye on the finder to see where the fish are hanging out... (What's your finder?) and then double back when you locate a clump of fish.<br /><br />Another option would be to drift with live bait along a channel or chunk rock shore. Drifting is a nice way to while away some hours unless the lake is overpopulated with Sea Doo's.<br /><br />I forget the official number of different ways to rig a trolling line...but it's something like infinity plus a few others.<br /><br />My favorite rig is a Rap shad, or fat A tied at the end, with a short plastic worm tied a foot above. Bright day: bright worm. and versa visa.<br />These run about 14' deep, with 100 yards of line out, at 1K rpm.<br /><br />Having any wieght on the line is what's going to stress your rod or reel or both. <br /><br />While trolling you also want to keep an eye peeled for surfacing fish and have a casting rod, rig with a spook or something top water, at the ready. You gotta be quite while sneaking up on them...which in my case means they run off before I can get in casting range.<br /><br />Man, I am all over the place here. How about this?<br />What's your rod "action": light, med, heavy?<br />What kind of fish does flamin goerge have?<br />Your visa number and exp. date?<br />And has it been raining alot lately?<br /><br />Bobber
