justtracytrolling

In the open on Erie a few years ago Cody fished side by side with Aaron Marten, "the king of the drop shot" and he doesn't even hold the rod most of the time because he wants the rod as still as possible. Food for thought

Find a spot out of the wind and drop your dropshot down in the crystal clear water. Put the rod in a rod holder so the weight is just on bottom and then look down and just watch your kitech. You will see it moves naturally on its own as it is neutrally bouyant. The ned floats straight up on the mushroom jig head but it too moves subtly on its own as it rocks on the mushroom jig. Then carefully watch as a buddy jigs them and you tell me which looks natural and lifelike. Same thing as getting a perfect drift in a river or stream where the bait rides along in the current and it's because you don't do anything but let it drift that it appears natural. Bass fishing is a far more finesse game these days unless you hit a day when they are exceptionally active. If you really want an education in bass fishing do some bass nation tournaments as a co-angler and it's like a cheap guided trip...or hire a guide. Many of the tournament anglers are guides also. I got the boys into bass fishing as kids and now they both do tournaments on their own boats. They have taught me far more than I figured possible and they certainly didn't invent the techniques...they learned them fishing tournaments.

Try a ned rig for smallies, and use little kitech plastics on your drop shot. The biggest misconception with either the ned rig or drop shot is guys think you have to jig them or add action shaking it. Just drag them subtly along the bottom and pause. Both can just sit absolutely still and catch. The ned is the latest and greatest right now and I still can't believe how easy it is to fish. The kitechs will move very naturally in the water without any help.

Kevin you're a machine! I have a few tricks up my sleeve for fall. Our troll bite isn't what it was last year, but you should have a rematch with the lake. You really don't have to fish crazy hours in cold weather to get walleye. Here is a 30" from 2 weeks ago. Was a bluebird flat day....

Nice work bud! They don't look like walleye though!!!

I fished the moon overhead and the eclipse yesterday. It was anticlimactic to say the least. Landed 1 eye and 1 smb....lost 4 or 5 others. I was wishing I didn't sleep in to fish the eclipse.

Nice job guys! Beautiful fish and what a pig!

Couple of tigers today casting, but nothing noteworthy 28 and 31. Walleye continue to be nearly impossible during daylight trolling.

Lake is finally stable but fishing hasn't been easy since before the 4th. Hopefully a summer troll bite develops soon. As of Sunday a lot of fish were on shore just outside the weeds on the drops. If they haven't moved off shore for this weekend I'm gonna be jigging. Fish are tough to troll where they have been. Marked a bunch of tigers deep as well but couldn't budge them.

I went out about 6 am on a combo troll. We caught a few smb ,a few browns, and lost 1 eye. I've gotten a few tigers in recent trips working outside weedlines where the water drops off quick leaving weedlines you can easily follow. Long casts, downsize and fish slow if you have to....