08-06-2008, 10:49 PM
Generic statement for any setup of trolling apparatus that uses a series of a rudder, blades, and colored beads to mimic a school of fish traveling through the water. Intent is to reflect sun in many directions and much noise as an attraction for fish in the area.
The "trolls" vary in size, and colors. The trolls are tied to a heavier monofiliment line and let out along ways behind the boat with the theory the longer out and slower you travel the farther it goes down. People will also add weights such as "banana" weights to get the line down deeper in a shorter distance.
Also they are commonly set up behind lead-line that changes colors every 10 yards so that you can easily return to the number of colors out you were catching them at.
Also they are sometimes put in line behind the downrigger for the attraction at even deeper depths.
In all cases they are trailed by varying lengths of mono line typically 12 to 36" with whatever lure, spoon, spinner, hook and bait combo you want to use for hooking the fish.
We have used them a lot in these varying ways and have caught wipers at willard on a silver trol trailed by a variety of crankbaits and spoons.
My most productive trolls have been the "medium cowbells" in polished brass and silver for trout followed by a hook with a gulp shaky shad stuck on it or simply a worm with or without the gulp pink or green worm.
My wife prefers using the 18lb lead core line with the troll over the downrigger and she catches as many and sometimes bigger fish than I typically do on the downrigger. But keep in mind that I just got the downriggers this year and am just gaining proficiency with them.
Here is an image of a typical troll (pop gear) from cabelas website:
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The "trolls" vary in size, and colors. The trolls are tied to a heavier monofiliment line and let out along ways behind the boat with the theory the longer out and slower you travel the farther it goes down. People will also add weights such as "banana" weights to get the line down deeper in a shorter distance.
Also they are commonly set up behind lead-line that changes colors every 10 yards so that you can easily return to the number of colors out you were catching them at.
Also they are sometimes put in line behind the downrigger for the attraction at even deeper depths.
In all cases they are trailed by varying lengths of mono line typically 12 to 36" with whatever lure, spoon, spinner, hook and bait combo you want to use for hooking the fish.
We have used them a lot in these varying ways and have caught wipers at willard on a silver trol trailed by a variety of crankbaits and spoons.
My most productive trolls have been the "medium cowbells" in polished brass and silver for trout followed by a hook with a gulp shaky shad stuck on it or simply a worm with or without the gulp pink or green worm.
My wife prefers using the 18lb lead core line with the troll over the downrigger and she catches as many and sometimes bigger fish than I typically do on the downrigger. But keep in mind that I just got the downriggers this year and am just gaining proficiency with them.
Here is an image of a typical troll (pop gear) from cabelas website:
[url "http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20301_TGP&rid=&indexId=cat20301&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=1&parentType=index&parentId=cat20301&id=0011729"]http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20301_TGP&rid=&indexId=cat20301&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=1&parentType=index&parentId=cat20301&id=0011729[/url]
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