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and she doesn’t punch a time clock. Following A light action would be too light to work the
these guidelines will greatly improve your fish, unless you are challenging yourself to
catch and your day..... Don’t knock it till catch a large fish on light tackle, in which case
you've tried it! It works! you need to make sure that the other 2 things
are done correctly.
Full Moons for the rest of the year First of all, you need a good quality line
Moon Phase Fishing • September 20----6:54 pm that has a certain amount of stretch... Next,
you'll need a good reel with a good drag
• October 20-------9:56 am
• November 19----2:57 am
the fish can run without breaking your line,
• December 18---10:35 pm (important). The drag needs to be set so that
but also needs to be tight enough to work the
September 1st is usually the first “cool- fish. Do these things properly, and you should
down” day of the summer. be able to land any size
Like anything else in fish that takes your bait!!
fishing, this is a guideline,
and not a hard and fast Your boat should
rule. Of course, this have rod holders in
means that the fishing the rear and should be
patterns will change. able to troll at a slow
The fish will go into a speed. Speedometers on
transition period or mode. a boat are notoriously
inaccurate, and this
When the fish are makes it hard for me to
moving all the time, it tell you what your speed
can be difficult to try to should be. Start out by
bait fish them or cast and trolling as slowly as you
jig lures. Trolling makes can. If you are pulling
more sense. You'll need a your baits over the fish
boat that idles slowly, has and you can see them on
rod holders, a good graph your graph, and there is
(fish finder), trolling rods no action happening, you
and the proper line and need to slow down some
lures, and most of all, the more, especially if other
proper information to troll successfully. trolling boats are catching fish and you are
not.
You'1l need a trolling rod with a medium
action tip and a good trolling reel with 14 If you are already trolling as slowly as you
to 20 lb. line. Keep in mind: there are three can, get a five gallon plastic bucket. Tie a
things that aid you in landing a large fish, rope on the handle, and tie the other end to
even on light tackle. The medium action rod the rear of the boat, and throw the bucket in
tip allows you respond to a running fish, the water as you troll. Dragging this bucket
because of the action. A heavy action tip on a should slow your boat down even more.
rod would not allow you that response time. Hopefully this will be enough. I had a boat
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