06-29-2004, 09:32 PM
Its nice to see a friendly forum on the web...and good to see alot of intrest in Mac fishing too, I can share a few tactics that I picked up from Great Lakes trolling that have been very effective at the reservoirs you guys have been discussing lately.
spoons-use your web prowess and order flutter spoons from pro king or mauler, these can be trolled up to 3mph+ before they spin out, cant get them in town anywhere, they work everywhere
-3 way rigs, using fireline or spiderwire so you can feel bottom, with about 6' dropper and 10'leader of 14# test, about 6-8oz weight. I like a flippin stick and make sure to pump the rod every so often to trigger. If its calm, we will move slow with electric motor only and pump the rig like spoon jigging
dodgers and fly-use a red plastic rudder like on gang trolls and clip 6-8oz weight from the bottom hole, snubber off the back, and 14#-17# test 4' long or so, and fly behind that, 1.5 times the length of the dodger, this is really good on reservoirs without alot of drop offs or structure like at Twin Lakes, run fireline too and get it within a foot from the bottom, also try any white tube instead of tinsel fly
dipsy divers-are very underused for trout, and alot easier than downriggers, turn the weight and send them out to the sides also, I use the smallest ones for trout and salmon on 8# mono
planer boards work really well, look for church tackle smallest red boards, no problem with 6-8# mono and taz devils, medium rods, yellow birds are a bit too much
down riggers, work well to send down gang trolls or dodger/fly but I have a smaller boat and it is a pain to keep boat control especially when its windy so I dont mess with them too much
Jigging, fireline again, medium spinning, small swivel and 8' leader, cant ever go wrong with white tubes
don't forget Dr. Juice on everything, save the suckers[
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spoons-use your web prowess and order flutter spoons from pro king or mauler, these can be trolled up to 3mph+ before they spin out, cant get them in town anywhere, they work everywhere
-3 way rigs, using fireline or spiderwire so you can feel bottom, with about 6' dropper and 10'leader of 14# test, about 6-8oz weight. I like a flippin stick and make sure to pump the rod every so often to trigger. If its calm, we will move slow with electric motor only and pump the rig like spoon jigging
dodgers and fly-use a red plastic rudder like on gang trolls and clip 6-8oz weight from the bottom hole, snubber off the back, and 14#-17# test 4' long or so, and fly behind that, 1.5 times the length of the dodger, this is really good on reservoirs without alot of drop offs or structure like at Twin Lakes, run fireline too and get it within a foot from the bottom, also try any white tube instead of tinsel fly
dipsy divers-are very underused for trout, and alot easier than downriggers, turn the weight and send them out to the sides also, I use the smallest ones for trout and salmon on 8# mono
planer boards work really well, look for church tackle smallest red boards, no problem with 6-8# mono and taz devils, medium rods, yellow birds are a bit too much
down riggers, work well to send down gang trolls or dodger/fly but I have a smaller boat and it is a pain to keep boat control especially when its windy so I dont mess with them too much
Jigging, fireline again, medium spinning, small swivel and 8' leader, cant ever go wrong with white tubes
don't forget Dr. Juice on everything, save the suckers[
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