Trolling inshore

Saltwater Inshore Discussion
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My Dad and I trolled a little inshore yesterday. We were waiting on the tide to come in down the ICWW and went in a creek and tried something different. It was the first time we had ever tried it and the depths varied from 5 ft to 20 ft at some bends around the creek. We actually hooked into a nice size stingray that almost spooled my battle and caught two ladyfish, all on mm’s. It was exciting for us because we had never done it before and actually caught some fish. I was wondering if anyone else trolled inshore at all, and if so what bait yall used and what was caught?

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Over the years I’ve usually slow trolled for flounder, and at high tides a little faster for trout. It is an easy way to locate fish and anchor up on to fish more heavily.

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I’ve trolled grubs on 1/4 once jigheads and have done well for trout and picked up an occasional red or flounder. I like to stay in about 6ft deep water and troll against the tide.

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Its funny that you say to always troll against the tide…i have always trolled with the tide and have caught thousands of trout…my gdad used to always say “if u aint bumping the bottom, u aint fishin” so we always trolled with the tide to keep the baits down to the bottom…i guess the saying" diferent strokes for different folks" holds true here

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Never tried it but sounds like it would be something fun on a still hot morning/afternoon, about how fast would ya’ll say to troll inshore? I ask cause slow has several speeds, depends on who your talking to…
Thanks

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I use idle speed with enough line out to bump the bottom ocassionally, sometimes a little faster against a strong current. I have caught just as many with, as against the tide.

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I’ll give it a try… thanks bgf

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Originally posted by ssmudminnow

Its funny that you say to always troll against the tide…i have always trolled with the tide and have caught thousands of trout…my gdad used to always say “if u aint bumping the bottom, u aint fishin” so we always trolled with the tide to keep the baits down to the bottom…i guess the saying" diferent strokes for different folks" holds true here

I am the same way, with the tide. And I also like to feel the bottom at least once, so I know where the lure is. Then if I want it higher, easy to do. I mostly troll plugs for trout, I'll go heavier or divers if I turn around into the tide.

For flounder, it’s hard to go slow enough with the tide but I do when I can.

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Thanks for all the different information and methods. Probably going out again this saturday, maybe trolling some too. If I troll I’ll be sure to try with and against the tide. Good luck to all yall if you’re out there fishing too.