Top 5 Lures for slow trolling

[chulai1968]

1/0 gold hooks and large minnows on two poles, gnats w/minnows on one pole and 1/16 Oz jigs w/ minnows on one pole.

[crappiehoarder]

Roadrunners,jigs and boogers (nibbles).

[RogerA]

Charlie Brewer Sliders in what ever color works best for the body of water I am fishing at the time.

[fishervet]

Pushing jigs is what is now referred to as power trolling...1 to 1.4 mph. Spider rigging is slow trolling .2 mph or less.

pushing jigs require a heavier weight?

[feelay]

minnows
minnows
minnows
minnows
minnows on a road runner

["D"]

I love that fishing is interpreted in so many ways and they all are right.

[M R Dux]

1/16 or 1/8 oz ball head jigs with sickle hooks with 2.5-3 inch curly tails grubs, Lake Fork Shad, and Bobby Garland Strollers. I use a lot of pony head jigs in 1/8-1/4oz. My longline speed is 0.7-1.2, depending on water temps and clarity.

I use crappie nibbles on all my trolling jigs.

I'm working on a tiny crankbait that I'll run behind planer boards as soon as I can spend a day testing them. Some will run 3-4 and some 5-6 feet deep.

[CrappiePappy]

pushing jigs require a heavier weight?

IMHO -
"Pushing" jigs requires enough weight to keep the lines at a 45deg angle, at the most. Boat speed & depth of weight you're "pushing" will determine weight needed. With my lines at ~45deg angle, I can estimate the depth of my jig by multiplying the length of line out by 0.6 (so with 20' of line out, the jig would be running 12' deep).

I started with 1/2oz and may try 3/4oz this year. Buddy of mine spider rigged with 1/2oz for years, and has recently gone to 3/4oz weights. He changed to Crawdad's Trolling Weights (torpedo shaped) for all his spider rigging & crank pushing, so I inherited his egg sinker collection

... cp