Trolling speed?

[Cray]

I normally push jigs tipped with minnows. I use a 1/8 poney head on bottom a1/2 oz weight and a gnat on top tipped with minnow. Most of the time I'm .2 to .4 but if bite is slow I will speed up and have pushed them up to 1.0. I agree that your bait is going to rise some but don't think that is what gets the bite. Like Icenitro said I believe it is just more of a reaction bite than anything else. The speed stimulates them to strike at something food related that they are about to miss. I have found when it is slow do something different from the norm. May not work every time but often enough to make it worth while. Your observation that someone was doing something different and willingness to change got you bit.

[Jjsmarlin]

I normally push jigs tipped with minnows. I use a 1/8 poney head on bottom a1/2 oz weight and a gnat on top tipped with minnow. Most of the time I'm .2 to .4 but if bite is slow I will speed up and have pushed them up to 1.0. I agree that your bait is going to rise some but don't think that is what gets the bite. Like Icenitro said I believe it is just more of a reaction bite than anything else. The speed stimulates them to strike at something food related that they are about to miss. I have found when it is slow do something different from the norm. May not work every time but often enough to make it worth while. Your observation that someone was doing something different and willingness to change got you bit.

do you have any pics of the gnat jig you mentioned? Also do you fish it on a dropper loop or tied directly to the main line? Thanks for the help....relatively new to spec fishing.

[CrappiePappy]

do you have any pics of the gnat jig you mentioned? Also do you fish it on a dropper loop or tied directly to the main line? Thanks for the help....relatively new to spec fishing.

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