04-06-2010, 03:28 AM
Your finder may cut out because it comes out of the water when the boat shifts. I had that problem last year when i was by myself on one side of the boat it would lift the transducer out of the water. Sometimes when i would go faster the transducer was so close the the motor on that little boat that the bubbles from the prop would cause interference and cause my finder to do the same thing.
You'll want a good deep cycle battery and keep it fully charged those trolling motors really suck juice.
I've had really good success early before the water warms up fishing shallow with small pop gear and a rapalla. Flatfish have been my favorite though for slow trolling on trout, the action on those things drive trout mad in Idaho, but you have to keep it pretty slow in my experience. you can add an inline trolling weight to get it down a bit deeper. I've also run small pop gear with a nightcrawler for early trout. I'm not by any means a great trout trolling fisherman, but that's just a couple things i've learned.
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You'll want a good deep cycle battery and keep it fully charged those trolling motors really suck juice.
I've had really good success early before the water warms up fishing shallow with small pop gear and a rapalla. Flatfish have been my favorite though for slow trolling on trout, the action on those things drive trout mad in Idaho, but you have to keep it pretty slow in my experience. you can add an inline trolling weight to get it down a bit deeper. I've also run small pop gear with a nightcrawler for early trout. I'm not by any means a great trout trolling fisherman, but that's just a couple things i've learned.
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