New to trolling here, what are some techniques to find trout while trolling? I have learned throwing a trout eye with a paddle tail is effective. Any input is welcome!
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Same setup you are using - but troll along grass edges, creek mouths, etc. I like to troll in 5-7’ of water.
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Really nothing to it. Cast one or two lines far back or keep bail open a while. Just want to be sure baits are bumping bottom.
A few years ago I’d do this and put my youngest in the back of the yak facing backward. When a rod would go down, he would reel it in. Had a blast and caught some nice trout that way. Nowadays if I put him back there it would sink 
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Even I have caught trout/reds that way. I learned purely by stupidity. I forgot to reel in a line one day and was paddling along and heard my line playing out. I thought I was hung up. Nope, caught a trout. Tried it on purpose and caught several more along with a red. When I actually fish, I’ll put 1 line out and set the drag fairly light. Paddle along and let your bait bump along.
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What I have found that works, and I do a lot of trolling for trout: set up a rod holder in front of you and angle it so that the rod tip is close to the water which helps the lures run correctly (you can also make lures that want to run 3-5’ down run a bit higher if you get the rod tip high). I will generally paddle into the current and when I think my lure is where I want it, I’ll let the yak drift back a bit, take a few strokes, let it drift, etc before moving on. They often like to hit on the pause or the 1st movement out of a pause, which you can somewhat get happening while keeping the lure in whatever strike zone you are trying to work. Not as good as working it by hand, but usually better than just running it straight and steady. Although that works as well, it just depends on the day. You have to see. Slow is good, in general, I have settled on about 1/2 mph as a start.
When trolling for trout, you always want your bait to bump the bottom. Trout are ambush eaters and wait in gullies on the bottom.
We have had plenty of luck trolling lately. I have had my best luck with bigger trout in 8-12 feet of water. The jig head size depends on the speed and if we are going with the current or against but most of the time I go with the current. I have caught trout up to 21 inches trolling this year. Keep changing things up to you find what is working for the day. We haven’t had any TRIPLE digit 
days yet but there have quite a few with 60+!
All good advice above, I will troll from one spot to the next and stop and fish a spot if I hook up. Also you can troll plugs like mirrolure 52rm, lucky craft pointers, rattle traps etc. In the warmer months you can even tro273036037ll mirrodines.