08-23-2006, 07:03 PM
What size motor do you have on your boat? I have used a 16 foot aluminum with a 25 horse and been able to troll at idle with bottom bouncers for walleyes. You can always tie a bucket on a rope and drag it behind you to slow down. We have done this before when I was a kid to slow us enough with even bigger engines to slow down enough to troll. Not sure if you have used bottom bouncers much but if you try them just let out enough line to barely tick bottom once in a while. If you let out to much line the bottom bouncer falls over and just drags the crawler harness on the ground. If you plan on drifting it might help to locate the fish and then get up wind and try drifting over them with a Lindy rig and about a 4-6 foot leader with just a crawler on a hook. It helps if you get one of those worm blowers and inject some air into it to get it to float. Sometimes the same leader with a floating jig head or gumball floater with half a night crawler works pretty good. Let me know how you do. I am planning a camping trip up there labor day weekend.
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