Bottom Bouncing for Spring Walleye
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- It's that time of year, when the jigging rods start to collect dust and the bottom bouncing rods make an appearance!
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Now I can fish with 2 rods, what rod holders do you use Mike and are you happy with them.
I use the Scotty 230 rod holders. I like them a lot. They get a bad rep sometimes cause they're a plastic, but I've used mine to troll with dipsy divers in years past and never had any issues.
What rods and line are you running for that heavier bouncer. Thats my fishing spot, but always done better jigging that pulling harnesses
I use 7.5 foot Daiwa Accudepth rod with an Okuma Magda Reel with 40 lbs. braid. The setup is overkill for dragging harnesses. I use those rods to pull Dipsy Divers on Lake Erie. But they work perfectly fine, and it saves me from buying more rods and reels 🤣.
A 7 foot medium heavy bait casting combo with 15 lbs. braid would work just as well.
Are you just drifting with the current ?
I'm going just a bit quicker than the current. I had my trolling motor set to 20% thrust. Just enough extra speed to keep my bow pointed in the right direction and keep the spinners spinning.
Out of curiosity, how early do you start in the morning?
My personal preference is to be on the water 30 minutes before sun up. It's bright enough that I can see clearly on the ride out, but still relatively low light conditions. On this specific morning, I started a bit later. I have a hunch that the overcast skies helped keep the fish active later into the morning.
2 rods for walleye in the lake?
Yes. Based on the Ontario regulations you can troll with 2 lines in Zone 13 (Lake Huron). The MNR also changed the regulations this year stating you can use 2 lines in the St. Clair River as well.