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At what speed does everyone troll at when trying to catch some crappie? Do you use your trolly motor or your outboard? Also what lures. I have read a lot about this and seems like most use a bandit crank bait, I believe the 200 series. What colors do you prefer to use? What about any rubber lures like a 1.5 inch minnow? Any advance is appreciated. I have never done this but think it would be fun. Thanks
I have gone from .5 to 1mph on calm waters. Sometimes I will let the wind push me. As far as lures I mainly use jigs and minnows. Colors vary for the water clarity that Im in that day. Never used the crank baits so someone else would have to chime in.
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K I am wanting to use my outboard motor. Dont want to buy a new trolly motor and then have to worry about the batteries keeping up. What is the best way to slow down my motor to troll at 1.5 or so? I have a mercury 60 hp 4 stroke. Seems like slowest i can get it to go is 2.88
Man Im not sure on that one. Ive never done it that. Nice motor though.
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From what I just saw on youtube a guy said to use "socks" to slow the speed down. Not sure what those are but worth a Google search and see what comes up
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Here you go. Cheaper than a trolling motor and deep cycle batteryhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c1c590aa51.jpg
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i have seen them and also seen some plate that you put on your motor that is supposed to slow you down. Drift socks may be my best bet
Up here in Michigan I use a trolling plate on my 40 hp Yamaha. Got mine at Cabela's for about $70 back about 9 years ago, worked so well I had to cut some holes in it to allow some water to flow through to push me. I've tried using drift socks but found them to be more hassles to use. Trolling plate pretty much automatic with just according to pull to actuate the spring loaded plate. Let's you worry about watching your lines and not the drift socks especially if there are stick ups or other just under surface hazards.
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That is what i was thinking about getting dgood. Now question us what brand. I seen one called easy troll, happy troll and some others.
If it was me I'd go with the Easy- Troll. They have one that is totally automatic. Was just on Cabela's Website reading the reviews. I have one that if you forget to pull the release prior accelerating I bent the plate. Compare brands and reviews. Many reviews included what motor the plate was mounted on. Check it out maybe your motor is referenced.
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Motor i have is a mercury 60hp 4 stroke. Have the fins on it already. Wonder if the holes will line up. I have read many reviews on easy troller. Would u get one with fins on it or just the plate. I hardly ever run very fast at all?
I have a mercury 60hp 4 stroke. I have the fins on it already. I wonder if the holes would line up, prolly not. Would you get the easy troll with the fins or the one with just the troll plate? I hardly ever go full speed.
No fins. imo
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Now my question is when trolling at what degree of angle should your poles be at? I have some monster rod holders on my boat. I have 4 33 degree ones, and 4 33/45 degree ones. My boat is a 1754 center console tracker with the versatrack system.
K thanks for everyones help. This is why i like coming to this site. some very good information. Thanks again
I have NEVER trolled for a crappie ...so I have no clue :Rofl
I long line troll and go between .4 and .8 MPH using my GPS and almost always a 1/32 oz Roadrunner type bait. I have been doing this since the late 1970's, but I only do that in spring and fall.
I only use one rod and in my hand all the time. If someone goes with me they use one rod in hand.
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very good information guys thanks a bunch
I was just trolling state boards and saw the trolling questions. Go the the south carolina board and click on the long Lining (trolling) posts. About everything you need to know is on there. I live in NC and fish mostly in SC the guys are full of info and willing to share
Good luck
For pulling cranks, vary the sizes. I use Arkie 350 and 220 series cranks. As far as color, that's a loaded question. I just keep changing until I find something they will hit. I have 4 or 5 of each color and size. Angle of your poles is not as important as the amount of line out and speed in my opinion. You can look on the Mississippi boards and there are crank bait charts that give running depth for amount of line out and speed traveled. Takes some guess work out of it. Hope this helps a little.
I've use 5 gallon buckets before they work great.
5 or 6 feet of rope throw lake they will slow you down
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I have a question for you, this lake (Toledo Bend) was all National Forrest when they built the dam and flooded it before even cutting boat lanes. So even though it's been around since the late 1960's there is still a lot of wood down as much of the surface and above is gone. I can't seem to figure out how I could troll cranks in this kind of water so maybe you can help me with that?Quote:
Originally Posted by arkcrappie
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