07-07-2011, 04:09 AM
I know everyone tells you to troll real slow with spinner rigs, but my wife tells me I'm not a very good listener. Truth is, I do troll a bit slower if I'm strictly targeting walleye in water deeper then about 12 - 15 feet. Most of the time though, I am trying to find multiple species at Willard and so I troll a bit faster. Most of the time I'm not truly bouncing bottom either. Maybe this is a secret, but spinner rigs can work just as well in the middle of the water column as they do right off the bottom. I just prefer to use bottom bouncers to trolling sinkers so I can move in and out of shallow water without having to re-rig. I like to start out trolling at anywhere from 1.5 to 2.2 mph and then adjust based on which rods get bit and by what type of fish I'm getting. I will fish spinners up to about 2.5 mph, but faster than that and I switch to minnow style baits.
I put a little action into my raps by making turns or by reeling a bit of line in from time to time. If i get hits when speeding up the baits, I then up my boat speed. Hope this helps.
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I put a little action into my raps by making turns or by reeling a bit of line in from time to time. If i get hits when speeding up the baits, I then up my boat speed. Hope this helps.
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