04-18-2017, 04:02 PM
[#0000FF]Yeah, just what I need...something else to dangle off my already overloaded tube.
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I do occasionally do some bottom bouncing but I almost never troll. I can run at 2-3 mph with my electric but it sucks the juice pretty fast with all the drag from my legs, fins and fish basket (hopefully).
I generally prefer to move around until I find fish on sonar and then fan cast around...using different lures and retrieves...until I get some votes...or not.
In answer to your question about S turns...yeah, verily. That is one of the good things about making S turns while you troll. The outside rig speeds up on the turn, while the inside one slows down. Once you see a pattern of hitting on one or the other you can adjust your trolling speed to compensate and troll straight. And planer boards will help too.
It has been observed that planer board have their greatest value when running gas motors or kickers. The noise of a gas motor will send some fish out away from the boat and they won't even show up on sonar. But kicking with fins or using a quiet electric at low speed does not seem to spook the fish as much.
I have caught countless fish over the years right below my tube in only a few feet of water...while quietly kicking around with fin power alone. Maybe that's because I use Smelly Jelly on my athletes' foot problem.
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I do occasionally do some bottom bouncing but I almost never troll. I can run at 2-3 mph with my electric but it sucks the juice pretty fast with all the drag from my legs, fins and fish basket (hopefully).
I generally prefer to move around until I find fish on sonar and then fan cast around...using different lures and retrieves...until I get some votes...or not.
In answer to your question about S turns...yeah, verily. That is one of the good things about making S turns while you troll. The outside rig speeds up on the turn, while the inside one slows down. Once you see a pattern of hitting on one or the other you can adjust your trolling speed to compensate and troll straight. And planer boards will help too.
It has been observed that planer board have their greatest value when running gas motors or kickers. The noise of a gas motor will send some fish out away from the boat and they won't even show up on sonar. But kicking with fins or using a quiet electric at low speed does not seem to spook the fish as much.
I have caught countless fish over the years right below my tube in only a few feet of water...while quietly kicking around with fin power alone. Maybe that's because I use Smelly Jelly on my athletes' foot problem.
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