04-29-2011, 12:22 AM
I will also say the only way to troll is backwards. Look at it this way. If you go forward you will be looking back to see your rods and lines. If you going backwards you glance over your shoulder ones and a while to maintain where you want to be. I troll in very shallow water and I set my fish finder to tell me when I am at 3 foot. I set my motor so the FF will tell me if I am too shallow for the motor. I can also tell it to tell me if I am too deep.
Motor vs Oars. Oars can be fast but,,,, I could never be able to row for 5 to 7 hours in a day. That is just not going to happen. Also I want to maintain .9 to 1.1 MPH when I am trolling SFCR for walleyes. I could do that with fins if I kicked hard and had no wind to buck. I could do that with oars. I could NOT do that like i said for 7 hours.
Another thing. I have not had good luck on high gear. My Minn Kota has 5 speeds and if I put it in 5th gear steering is tough. Now if I hook my toon up to my son's toon I can hit 5th gear and it pulls great. The extra length helps keep it straight. If I am pulling another toon I do have to steer with the motor. That is a pain but when I am over at Brownlee and I want to get in the Oregon side and fish the Idaho side that is a good 1/2 mile one way trip. I can smoke us both across in a few minutes. Oars take for ever.I am thinking about getting a swivel for my seat just for when I hook tow toons together. I would turn sideways and steer much easier.
Ron
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Motor vs Oars. Oars can be fast but,,,, I could never be able to row for 5 to 7 hours in a day. That is just not going to happen. Also I want to maintain .9 to 1.1 MPH when I am trolling SFCR for walleyes. I could do that with fins if I kicked hard and had no wind to buck. I could do that with oars. I could NOT do that like i said for 7 hours.
Another thing. I have not had good luck on high gear. My Minn Kota has 5 speeds and if I put it in 5th gear steering is tough. Now if I hook my toon up to my son's toon I can hit 5th gear and it pulls great. The extra length helps keep it straight. If I am pulling another toon I do have to steer with the motor. That is a pain but when I am over at Brownlee and I want to get in the Oregon side and fish the Idaho side that is a good 1/2 mile one way trip. I can smoke us both across in a few minutes. Oars take for ever.I am thinking about getting a swivel for my seat just for when I hook tow toons together. I would turn sideways and steer much easier.
Ron
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