05-07-2009, 03:41 PM
[quote TubeDude]"I only have a couple of rods so I am toying with the idea of a 3 rod rack making the front tube angled forward to use as a troller."
[cool][#0000ff]There are quite a few tubers and tooners who have rigged their rod racks with a forward slanting tube on the front to hold rods while trolling, bottom bouncing or soaking bait. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]How do you do this trolling from a float tube? Can you get up to trolling speed and stay there with fins only? Most of the cranks we use down South require at least 1 knot or so before they shake, rattle and roll. Unless you are retrieving line at the same time as propelling yourself to get the action required. Rainbows down here like fast trolls with spinners, spoons and some cranks....[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have mine rigged on both sides and adjusted so that they angle slightly out and at a lower angle over the water...just right for walleye drifting or bait dragging. With both of them thus angled, it keeps the two lines further apart when I am using both.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, if you are only trolling with one at a time, it does not matter, and it is both handy and space thrifty to combine rod rack with trolling tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Be sure to post a picture of your final design.[/#0000ff][/quote]
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[cool][#0000ff]There are quite a few tubers and tooners who have rigged their rod racks with a forward slanting tube on the front to hold rods while trolling, bottom bouncing or soaking bait. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]How do you do this trolling from a float tube? Can you get up to trolling speed and stay there with fins only? Most of the cranks we use down South require at least 1 knot or so before they shake, rattle and roll. Unless you are retrieving line at the same time as propelling yourself to get the action required. Rainbows down here like fast trolls with spinners, spoons and some cranks....[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Thanks,[/#0000ff]
[#0000ff]Pon[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have mine rigged on both sides and adjusted so that they angle slightly out and at a lower angle over the water...just right for walleye drifting or bait dragging. With both of them thus angled, it keeps the two lines further apart when I am using both.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, if you are only trolling with one at a time, it does not matter, and it is both handy and space thrifty to combine rod rack with trolling tube.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Be sure to post a picture of your final design.[/#0000ff][/quote]
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