Also Sprach Troy Makaro :

Hi, I just bought my first boat and I can't afford a kicker right now. Is it
possible/worthwhile to troll without a kicker?
Troy

From your domain name, it looks like you're in BC, so I'll assume this is
trolling for salmon. You should be OK for silver/coho salmon, they like a
pretty fast presentation. King/tyee/chinook/blackmouth or whatever you
call them by up there take a much slower presentatiuon. it would be
difficult to get by without a kicker for them. You can slow your troll a
bit with a sea anchor (kind of like a cone shaped parachute you drag
behind you) , or try the cheap but kind of redeck method of dragging a
pair of 5 gallon buckets behind you. They also make a kind of moveable
plate that mounts behind your propellor to block the flow. I've never
used one of them, and to be honest, I think they look kind of flimsy, and
require you to drill holes in your cavitation plate (the flat protrusuon
just above the propellor)

Dan



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"Marshall Banana" wrote

You can slow your troll a
bit with a sea anchor (kind of like a cone shaped parachute you drag
behind you) , or try the cheap but kind of redeck method of dragging a
pair of 5 gallon buckets behind you.

Hey! I'm going to add that 'un to my bag of tricks - and I'm a highly
educated and cultured man who uses sunscreen on the back of his neck!

Cam