04-27-2004, 02:04 PM
Don't cast your lures out when you're trolling them, too much chance of the line getting wrapped up in the hooks, then your lure will just be rolling in circles behind you and twisting up your line. Allways make sure the lure is tracking true by running it along side the boat for a few seconds especially just after releasing a large fish. If the lure is running to one side or the other you can bend the eyelet (where your line attaches to it) slightly to one side or the other and get it tracking straight again. That works for rapala's at least, I have never fished with producers so I'm not sure about them.
As for speed, 2.5 - 3 mph is not to fast at all, in fact when water temps warm up and the fishes metabolism speed up, I troll even faster than that.
Unless the lake is real crowded and you're dodging boats, I would let out about twice as much line as you are now, you want to keep it quite aways from the boat. Steer the boat in an S pattern instead of a straight line, that will keep your lures from running directly behind your boats wake and will also make the lure on the outside of the turn run faster while slowing down the lure on the inside of the turn, you can then determine which lure is getting hit more often and adjust your speed accordingly.
Good luck with the Wipers.
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As for speed, 2.5 - 3 mph is not to fast at all, in fact when water temps warm up and the fishes metabolism speed up, I troll even faster than that.
Unless the lake is real crowded and you're dodging boats, I would let out about twice as much line as you are now, you want to keep it quite aways from the boat. Steer the boat in an S pattern instead of a straight line, that will keep your lures from running directly behind your boats wake and will also make the lure on the outside of the turn run faster while slowing down the lure on the inside of the turn, you can then determine which lure is getting hit more often and adjust your speed accordingly.
Good luck with the Wipers.
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