Trolling for Eyes

[Hodgey1]

I live on a nice quiet lake

Wish I lived on a nice quiet lake 

[crackers42]

Just to be clear we did try jigging (Which is generally the go to early in the season for all sized fish) and had zero success

all success is on trolling (which we will switch to from jigging 1st to 2nd week of June)

To go back to the start of the conversation Hodgey I would suggest trolling if they are a beginner.

Jigging (if fish are being specific) takes some getting used

To comment around types of worm harness, we have always used a single blade an single hook not entirely sure why

Has anyone had different success rate on single vs multiple?

and yes the 32" was caught  trolling (which is strange as may long weekend is all jigging).  You will numerous boats catching 10+ pound fish all weekend on the opener as they have the feed bag on with slow presentations.

[T-Bone]

I was just poking you Crackers...it's cool....certainly didn't mean to imply you were hedging the truth or anything. When I am forced to troll at the constant nagging of my comrades in Kipawa, I have caught fish. Nothing special though....certainly no evidence to say "bigger than when I'm catching them on jigs". This is in a camp boat though; if I had my own rig, with my own trolling motor, with comfortable/elevated seats, A1 finder/GPS, etc. where you could dial it in, I'm sure it would be a little more fun to pursue 'eyes (or any fish) that way. Backtrolling a 16-foot Naden with a 20hp engine...like throwing big rocks into the water and waiting to see if something floats up...

I am going to open-up another thread about "trolling" in general. I think my perspective on it is waaaay too fundamental, but then again I'm not interested in solving complex line/depth/speed conversions either. More than anything, I'm interested in learning more about 'crawler harness' trolling. I think my perspective on that is just inaccurate. Stay tuned.

[Balsams]

Best lures suggested by others X rap perch pattern and Big O. Small size shad rap won't be beat in late May and June. Bigger shad rap as the year goes on.