trawling
Submitted by nicmaddogg on Thu, 2012-11-01 17:20
Hi
I was just wondering if anyone could help me out.
We just bought some skirt lures and also couple off xraps??
What is the ideal trawling speed for Skirts???
What is the ideal trawling speed for XRAPs/lures??
snappermiles
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trolling
i tow my skirts at 10 to 12 knots
and my divers at 5 to 7 knots
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MattMiller
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If you
Want success 'trawling' you might want to buy a net first.
Leemo
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+1, annoys me seeing it haha
+1, annoys me seeing it haha
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randall df223
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trolling with halco laser
trolling with halco laser pro deep divers at steep point we had success, between 6 and 6.5 knts.
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randall df223
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and when you have a strike,
and when you have a strike, up the throttle a bit to set the hooks. just make sure your crew knoe otherwise they may end up out of the boat.;)
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sammy85
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Come one guys at some stage
Come one guys at some stage or another we all didn't know the difference. Randall is right somewhere between 6-7 knots on the divers and slightly faster maybe 7-8 for the skirts have worked for me up north
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petervb
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+1no one likes a smart ass
+1
no one likes a smart ass
randall df223
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i use to troll at about 4.5
i use to troll at about 4.5 kts and not catch a thing, with my wife saying " ya goin too slow!".... now i just have to admit she was right.... and fuck that hurts!
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Boydy
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Doesn't hurt to pull the rods
Doesn't hurt to pull the rods out of the holders every now and the and give them a bit of a crank. We have picked up a few fish straight after the bit of extra action.
Oceanside Tackle
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Trolling speeds
For the skirts a general rule would be 8-12 knots and as for the XRaps assuming they would be 20-30ft models than around 7.5-8.5 knots is perfect. This will generally entice an otherwise lazy fish.
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