"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:19:37 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Ok. I should be more specific. Trolling with squid rigs in Cape Cod Bay.
My Egg, at idle with both engines in gear, trolled at almost 7 kts.
Never
got a hit.

I was told by the local "experts" that I was trolling too fast. Put one
engine in neutral the next time out and "Bam", within 10 minutes hooked
up.

Trolling speed was just over 3 kts.

I don't doubt it - I've heard that before.

Never worked for me. Then again, I'm not much for trolling - I prefer
drifting instead.

West Coast fish are more athletic. We troll from 6-10 knots. When looking
for schools. After a school is found, brail some pinhead chovies and hope
the school stays up on top eating. Never have seen spreader bars on the
west coast. Seems as if they would require about 200# test tuna cord to
drag through the seas. We use a lot of Cedar Plugs as well as CD-14 / 15
Rapalas.