We fished hard Saturday and Sunday for flounder but had very little luck. We drifted baits at Buoy 18 and 36a but only caught a half dozen shorts - some verrrry short. There were two boats trolling and sporadically picking up very nice fish. I switched up and started trolling a 20 ounce sinker with a 10 foot trailer. I used a yellow bucktail tipped with squid and minnow on one and green skirt with spinner and same baits for the other one. I caught one 17.5 incher on the skirted baits. Do any of you troll very often? What length should the dropper be and what other baits might I try next time? Thanks in advance.

Lenny

we troll quite a bit, primarily during slack water, or when we can not get a good drift.

I like a use a long leader as well - 8 to 10 foot, typically off a three way swivel with a drop going to the weight.

-bo

We slow troll about one-half to three-quarters of the time. We use about a one foot drop leader to the weight and a four to five foot leader to the bait end. Usually, I use a combination of minnow and strip bait on a double hook rig. The trick is to troll slow enough to keep the lead just barely bouncing the bottom. if your boat will not troll at one to one and one-half kts., just bump it into and out of gear to obtain this speed. I find that eight to ten ounces of lead do well at this speed---using braided line vs. mono. line. When the fish picks up the bait, the rod should be limber enough so that you can tell that you have a fish mouthing the bait. Drop back slowly, do not drop back suddenly, and then set the hook as you usually would do. Make certain, however, that the helmsman is minding the wheel so as not to get turned around or in someone else's troll pattern.

I wireline 90% of the time 4 ole mister flatty..Using a 3-way, 3ft drop on my sinker
and about a 12ft leader with my favorite bait attached.. Mostly wire the cbbt and
other structures.. Takes alot of patience but the rewards can be amazing !!!
Still looking 4 a double figure flatty, maybe this yr. I hope I don`t run out of yrs.
before I get him!!

Capt.Skid
"One Mo Pass"














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