I don't troll this way much here at home. I guess it would work. I have thought about it several times and guess I just need to give it a go. I have been bored at times and threw out a couple of poles and trolled. I can't say I have had much if any luck doing it.


With that said...my grandparents used to have a fish camp on Lake Istokpoga in Florida. We used to go down the first 2 weeks each and every March growing up. Man you talk about memories. All the folks we knew or fished with down there fished this way. The lake is huge, to me at least. the lake is only 6" deep on average. but you can't see across it most places. We would motor to places we had caught fish [lined up on landmarks] troll till we got into them and throw out a marker. Then we just made passes by the marker. We would go passed it 50 yards or so and make a big sweeping turn and run back by. The grass sacks would fill up fast! They called them "specks" They were dark colored and thick! As I got up in my teens I could go by myself. Grandpa didn't like the wind as he had had a stroke by then and had his problems getting around in the boat any way. I would brave it and go by myself. I thought I was something. They would let me go as long as I promised to not go up in the feeder rivers and creeks as they were full of gators and moccasins. Every year someone local would have a problem with a gator and my grandparents didn't like them and would have a fit if they found out I had been up in the canals and feeders. Didn't go up in them much but would do a little bass fishing from time to time when I could get away with it. I caught my first 9# bass down there on a purple worm. The bass fishing was awesome but so was the speck fishing!


That brought back some memories..... Think I'll give the trolling thing a shot...