What are your Top 5 lure/bait combos that you use for slow trolling?
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What are your Top 5 lure/bait combos that you use for slow trolling?
All I have ever used is jigs and minnows but I have thought of using small Rapala
Should have been more specific: what type jigs do you use? Roadrunners, tubes, etc?
Bobby Garland 2" Sassy Shad with 1/16 ounce jig head:
1. Popsicle w/ Pink Head
2. Cajun Cricket w/ Orange Head
3. Lights Out w/ Red Head
4. Blue Grass w/ Pink Head
5. Chartreuse Sparkle w/ Orange Head
If by "slow trolling" you mean "pushing jigs" or "spider rigging" ... then my top 5 are :
Slab-a-nator Shad body - Pokeberry Pie
Strike King Shadpole - Purple Sage
Strike King Slabalicious - Popsicle
Slab-a-nator Shad body - Cosmic Blast
P&S Tackle Chet Fly - black jighead/pink plastic body/chartreuse marabou tail
The first four are put on jigheads of various colors &/or unpainted ones ... "Chet Fly" is a pre-rigged jig.
... cp :kewl
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.
Don't be changing the rules in the middle of the game, Ref :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by "G"
I "spider rig" at 0.4mph or less .... and "push" at 0.4mph-0.8mph
... cp :kewl
Gnats and minners!
Jigs and Nibbles- Chartruese and something.
Jiffy Jigs and Sugar Bugs
1. JJ Bl/bubblegum/char
2. SB Popsicle
3. SB Bl/Blue/Char
4. SB Electric Chicken
5. JJ Red/Bl/Char or Red/White/Char
All usually tipped with some meat.
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.
Roadrunners,jigs and boogers (nibbles).
Charlie Brewer Sliders in what ever color works best for the body of water I am fishing at the time.:fish
pushing jigs require a heavier weight?Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
minnows
minnows
minnows
minnows
minnows on a road runner
I love that fishing is interpreted in so many ways and they all are right.
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.
IMHO -Quote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
"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 :woohoo
... cp :kewl