Trolling

[kb2112]

What is your favorite trolling lure, and how do you fish it? I just spent the day trolling and came up empty. Just like to hear what others are using.

[Bronson]

This time of year I've seen fishermen use road runners and jigs. A couple of months from now, they tend to switch to crankbaits.

[skiptomylu]

Best way to start out on this board is do a search and see what comes up. So here is a search for Long Line Trolling I did for you.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/searc...searchid=58018

You will find that this question comes up here every year several times so easy to find lots of info.

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[keith29]

I like to use small beetle spins with a 2.25" lady bug minnow mind'r with the tail off of a 2.5" mo' glo scent wiggler. They seem to work real good late in the evenings. My other favorite is using the blue/pearl/pink/chartruese tootie fruity tubes or the yellow/white/pink/and black ones on beetlespins. I have more luck out of beetlespins than roadrunners.

[HeyCharlie]

20yrs ago I used black/yellow striped beetlespins. Just started back fishing for them this yr. Using long poles and minnows.. Will troll later -- so no fav's right now.

[keith29]

Yes i still like the black/yellow ones. I have caught a 10 lb bass off one of them. I love that color for bass fishing but i have never had much luck on it with crappie. The orange/black i have some. But I will never ever go bass fishin with out one. I bought all that grizzly jig had last time I was there. Also I like to use the jigs for crappie that are named Sain's jigs. I will post a picture of them in a minute. The man that makes them just passed away so I have been buying all of them I can find. They are like $1.50 a piece or so and I bought almost $75.00 from Grizzly Jig the other day. I love em

[keith29]

The first pictures are Sains Jigs. My favorite is the blue one. The second picture is Sains Jigs on the left and the white pack is Jimbos Jigs. I ordered them 2 months ago and have not used any of them yet. Have you ever tried any of these?

[keith29]

Well the pics came in backwards. Sorry

[kb2112]

Do you troll with these, or cast and jig them? Nice looking jigs

[gabowman]

I prefer 1/16th light wire hook ballhead jigs with different colored Sounthern Pro grubs. I'll run singles or doubles depending on how deep I want them down in the water column.