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We drug this bucket around the whole time we fished and we didn't catch anything in it? http://midsouthracers.com/forum/Smil...ault/Dunno.gif
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But it does slow the boat down.http://midsouthracers.com/forum/Smil...fault/wink.gif
What size motor and what was your slow speed?
You were using the wrong color bucket. Duh:p
The fish thought it was a knee boarder and got out of the way!
Your bucket didn't have any blue paper towels in it....thats whats wrong. :D
Maj, we have an older 60 HP Mercury on that boat, and it isn't ideal to say the least for slow trolling.Quote:
Originally Posted by majflyboy
With the trolling motor down it would run about 1.9 MPH with two people in the back of the boat, but this weekend we had one in the back and one in the front and I guess with the weight in the front it pulled the motor up and it would run faster, so we threw the bucket out and got it back down to 1.8.
Not sure what speed we needed to run at, we just ran it a slow as we could get it to go with bucket out and trolling motor down.
I know it doesn't sound like much of a difference, but I think you need to get it to 1.6 if you can. It depends on the time of year & water temp but this time of the year I think slower is better.
I bet you forgot to tie a crankbait to the back of the bucket, I used to wonder why mine didn't catch anything too:)
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Originally Posted by Release to the Grease...
Major I may have to add a bucket, man my boat isn't big enough.
I wish I had a 4 stroke motor that was quiet.
I hear you Speck, Sat, G, and R2theGrease.
All I need is another crankbait to keep up with.
I had a keeper on one and was reeling it in and I had three other crankbaits with it. And to top it off the dang fish came off at the boat.
That's a sad feeling when you're looking at a nice keeper all hung up in a couple of other lines, we've all been there. One thing that might help you, try to raise the rod tip up high and pull the fish to the top before you start reeling, once he's on top you can usually ski him on in over or around the other lines.
Yep...shoulda changed colors.:rolleyes::D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Speck
Yeah as for the buckets next trip I'm gonna be draggin two. One only got me to 2.4 with the TM down. Had to pull with the TM and that was interesting by myself with poles in the back
How much does a second bucket slow most boats down.
Or better question how fast is most folks trolling now?
Question 1: It really depends on your boat and motor. I have drug 2 buckets with my 1860 G3 and a F90 Yamaha. It slowed it considerably more than 1 bucket. I tied one on each side of the boat to a cleat and it worked well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodgeman
Question 2: 1.5-2.2 mph depending on the day. Some days I have caught fish at almost 3 mph. Just experiment until they tell you how fast they want it. A good rule of thumb is to start at about 1.7 to 1.8 mph.:)
On my pontoon the 2nd bucket would drop the speed about .3mph.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodgeman
Man I changed to the 60" drift sock. No problem getting the speed down now.
Suggestion 1: Try adding a nice Garlic Scent to your bucket.
Suggestion 2: Toss the bucket and get a few different size drift socks. I can mix various combination of socks and dial my speed to exactly what I want. The smaller ones are easy to deploy and retrieve so if I don't get the speed I wanted the first try I simply replace one. Much easier to store as well.
slap some flashabou and a willow blade on that bucket and youve got a fish catching machine
your holes are to big and your fish are getting out