Beleve it or not,been tearing trout up trolling with electric chicken,mid tide,I usually do not have a whole lot of time due to work load,get to fish about an hour or so before dark,seem to hit them right at dark,leaving them biting,trolling till I get one then turn around and cast.The wife is really tickeled since she is an old bream eater and God forbid filets,she loves the tail and bones.Fishing in my old ghennoe and thanks Wildlifesc for trolling motor deal.By yhe way Jim bought a Kipawa prop for trolling motor and have mixed emotions about it,it is noisy bad,bad,bad,but I am happy,happy,happy
Very cool. This might be a stupid question, but do you need a trolling motor to troll for trout or can you troll with the motor slightly above idle? Never trolled for trout and would be interested to try.
Yep you can troll with your outboard as long as you can go slow enough. Try the Miro-dine Mirrolures also. 1/4 ounce jig head and a metal flake screw tail is hard to beat. Troll fast enough to keep you jig out of the oysters most of the time. I have a brother-in-law that used to row his aluminum flat bottom boat in a creek in Beaufort and catch Trout when ice would form on the guides of his rod from the water off his line.
Coach, I assume that you troll against the current. Do you look for a certain? Does proximity to the bank matter?
I like banks that drop off fairly quick, covered in oyster beds and have lots of small feeder creeks going in and out of the marsh. I troll both with and against the tide. Look at the bank as you are moving and adjust the speed to go just fast enough to keep from getting hung in the oysters too much. Apply the 3 pass rule, when you catch a Trout, turn around and troll the area again until you make 3 passes without a bite. Distance off the bank depends on the depth of the water, on very high tide you might troll right on the edge of the grass. The idea is to keep your baits over the oysters.
Thanks, for the tips!