trolling - sport fishing or not ?

[Paya]

Hi,

I'm newbie when comes to trolling, I know trolling produces a lot of fish but I 'm not sure if this type is sport fishing or not ?

There is a lot of tournaments for people that like to cast and or to use spinning gear but is it there any for trolling ? ( Of course excluding the saltwater fishing for tuna, sharks etc.....)

How would you categorize trolling ?


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[BASSSTALKER]

P, stop starting Sh*t

I look at it as a technique, and one that works at that!

[eye-tracker]

Hi,

I'm newbie when comes to trolling, I know trolling produces a lot of fish but I 'm not sure if this type is sport fishing or not ?

There is a lot of tournaments for people that like to cast and or to use spinning gear but is it there any for trolling ? ( Of course excluding the saltwater fishing for tuna, sharks etc.....)

How would you categorize trolling ?


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Walleye tourneys allow trolling...it is the best way to cover water to search for fish.

-et

[steve-hamilton]

i *thought* trolling was an easy way out fishing....

THEN i started walleye trolling in the fall, AND salmon trolling, and let me tell you, ITS MUCH EASIER to just simply go casting for bass....

Trolling takes MUCH more effort to do properly, ESPECIALLY in waters where anglers are allowed two rods per person....

Trust me....take a guide/charter/trip with a friend out on a big lake, in big water, for some big fish...

Your tune will change immediately!

[g unis]

depends if ones trolling on a message board. as for fishing it becomes an art form. knowledge of baits , action depths they run. it can , take years to master. ask a charte captain.

[SALMON]

If you want to get down to just how much science is involved..talk to the "artist" Hoover...he has successfully charted just about everything and it shows in his catches.

[M.T. Livewell]

If you want to get down to just how much science is involved..talk to the "artist" Hoover...he has successfully charted just about everything and it shows in his catches.

I'll second that, the man knows his fishees.

In fact, he's had great success once I put him on to this hot lure I like to use.
Check logs ...

"40 feet down, 50 feet back, white spinnerbait ... 20lb rainbow"

And it goes on and on like that.

Believe you me fellas, I'll shopping at the store I call "Hoover's Tacklebox", and doing exactly what he suggests I try.

And, credit where credit is due, spend a day trolling with Eye-Tracker. This is no random luck for these guys. They do their homework.

M.T. Livewell

[Scum Frog]

Trolling is both a science and an art.

[eye-tracker]

Trolling is easy…
Just head out on the lake and target some fish in water. Heck most anglers don’t even know how to read their sonar, the shape of the sonar is a cone so if you see fish marks at 25 feet, that is the distance they are from the transducer…so that fish could be directly bellow the boat at 25 feet or 25 feet out to the side, front or back and only at a depth of 12 feet. You have to think in 3D when reading your sonar. So now that we got that easy part out of the way lets troll… Quick look at the sonar and I confirm the fish are stuck to bottom in 25 feet of water. I decide to run 3 colours of lead core with a worm harness to see if you can get some takers. Troll at just the right speed to prevent from snagging bottom and speed up to raise the line up and over humps and structure. It is so simple that you toss out three more lines and place them all on inline planer boards because your boat is spooking the fish out to the side of the boat. Now the fish start to rise off bottom and are actively feeding between 10 -15 feet over 25 feet or water. At first you just increase your trolling speed with your lead core rigs so they rise up to about 18 feet, therefore you don’t have to take your baits out of the water and miss potential fish…you better hope that your spinner harnesses have willow blades so your can increase your speed, otherwise you are going to have to pull in all your rods and reset your lines.
As you catch fish you swap out your rigs for crank baits on three way rigs so you can run a diving crank at 14 feet and a floating crank at 10 feet. So you check your dive curve for the lure you are going to send down and calculate your trolling speed and send it out exactly 65 feet…snap on an in-line planer board and send it out to the side of the boat.
Keep this simple pattern up for the day and don’t get any line tangles.

Have to love trolling…what a great sport.

-et

[Moosebunk]

ET.

Huh.

[BBRich]

Of course it's sport fishing!

[Wallyboss]

E T that's a good explanation. But the thing is that if I hadn't taken your trolling course I would've had no idea what u were trying to say. I haven't been able to use that trolling knowledge too much yet. hopefully soon

[eye-tracker]

E T that's a good explanation. But the thing is that if I hadn't taken your trolling course I would've had no idea what u were trying to say. I haven't been able to use that trolling knowledge too much yet. hopefully soon

It worked for 24 walleye in six hours of trolling on Mississippi over this past weekend

Go and get'em now is the hot time for walleye.

-et

[dana]

yeh... it is a viable method
for
piscatorial
procurement

df

[Scum Frog]

Listen to ET...he knows his stuff