Thread: Melvern in the am 5/20/ Huntin eyes

Seat takin see ya on the water.

Originally Posted by walleyecrazy839

Have a open seat and lots of night crawlers. East state park boat ramp by 8 or a little befor. pulling spinners and slow death to start. till the fish tell me what they want.

Heard of that slow death troll but dont know it. Any chance you could post a pic of the that rig and some detail on how its fished? Speed depth? Thanks

wish I could of hooked up got some of those slow death hooks never used em the only fresh eye I had last year was at crappie camp seems like the hd eyes are like the crappies they get legal they are gone??

Originally Posted by DuckHuntingUSA

Heard of that slow death troll but dont know it. Any chance you could post a pic of the that rig and some detail on how its fished? Speed depth? Thanks

Slow death is a special hook with a unique bend in it that causes the crawler to actually spin in the water when trolled. They are usually pulled behind bouncers. I use around a 3 foot leader from the bouncer to the slow death hook. Also for it to work properly you won't put a whole crawler on, just enough so the hook will spin. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmuOKMmCuj4

Dang WC had I saw this earlier I would have called ya!

I would have thrown in a seat belt fo me so I wouldnt fall and break any more of your rods.I should have ancored only caught shorts and cats and a few whites.

When rigging the slow death, use a quality barrel swivel to prevent line twist! Don't know it any of the other wally fishers use them or not....try Berkley gulp pinched crawler or the killer crawler. I've been using one or the other the last several years with good results.

Ive never tried that. Usually bounce something with one or two blades. Heard bout it a lot. Wish I could have joined you. I've never been able to figure Melvern out very well. Sure do kill lots of birds out that way. But I just dont fish it well. Thanks for the tip.