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| When I troll it is most often with all spinners slowly or with all cranks quicker, but I rarely mix the two. Does anyone have a favorite crankbait that they think performs well at slow speeds (around 1mph)? Do ya'll generally troll one or the other, or do you mix up spinners and cranks? Thanks, Dave |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Rapala's are the only crankbait I can think of that retains it's appeal even at slower trolling speeds. Only time I've run cranks and metal of any kind together is while running spoons and spoon harnesses as sliders above the cranks at faster speeds. |
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Location: Annandale, MN | Dan is right on...rap's, especially suspending husky jerks work at slow speeds. For me, I use them when conditions are tough during the fall and spring for eye's after dark around river outlets. I cast and troll them slowly. Here's one that works on a specific lake in central MN (name-less), we wade fish on opener casting 8" floating raps. The lure is moving so slowly that you can see the wake from the lure in the moonlight. The eye's come up and inhale the plug like a bass!! Nav |
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Location: WI | Here is the input from an unknown nobody. Take an original rapala and tie directly to the eyelet.
Use a good clinch knot. Next slide that knot down the eyelet. Now you have a slow moving wobbling
spring time walleye catcher. My dad handed down that trick 25 years ago in the ice cold rock river. |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | It's an old wives tale that you can not run cranks and harnesses together. I've made money doing just that. In the early part of the tournament season you'll see me doing just that while prefishing. I let the fish decide. There has been times that I have carried this spread onto the tournament because I saw that there were times throughout the day where one produced better than the other and I could not determine why. There are several cranks that will perform at this speed. Just ask anyone who fishes Bay de Noc in late fall. |
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good slow cranks