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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | Neat subject I pulled off my own sites message board.
Scott Hoover wrote:
First off, I mean NO offense to any of my fishing partners, they are all skilled boat handlers, but there is something distinctly different when my foot is on the pedal vs. someone else.
It almost seems as if you drive to keep your own line vertical, and the person in the back of the boat must stay on their feet moving back and forth from corner to corner as the boat might swing in the wind/current.
I just seem to have better success when I am controlling the drift, and I'm wondering if it is just me or has anyone else had this thought?
Scotty.
I'd say the opposite is true in my case. If the person manipulating the craft while slipping the current is skilled enough to keep his line straight up and down, and both of our outfits and offerings are compatable enough to each other (rod/line/jig weight), I find it easier to jig being the passenger. I may even go to a slightly heavier jig head than the front man, if I start loosing the verticle angle or to much ground, and dragging the jig. And sometimes this isn't a bad idea to start off with anyways, to get two different fall rates on each jig. Often, this difference alone can trigger more strikes on one offering versus the other on certain days.
You'll deffinetly make more adjustments being the passenger, as you loose the control of being able to adjusting the boat to where your line is, versus the opposite with the guy in the back. And there are those times, when wind or stiff current will have the guy in back getting whipped from side to side more often. But I find being the passenger is the only time I can really usefully concentrate and use 2 rods to jig with, versus having to continually keep on the electric adjusting and doing 3 things at once. Capt. Dan.
Edited by walleye express 9/26/2006 8:43 AM
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Location: LaCrosse, WI | I see both sides to this. It all depends on who is operating the trolling motor. If it's someone who's fairly skilled, I definately do better, if not I'd rather run the motor myself.
I often end up running buddies boats anyway. It's awfully hard to handle two rods when you're trying to compensate for river current and winds on the Mississippi unless you are not the boat operator. I have been with guys who constantly do circles to keep their lines verticle, and have been with guys who know how to slip the current decently.
Growing up on the Mississippi has taught me how to properly reposition the boat without making huge sharp moves. Most people don't correct position untill they are way off course. This leaves the person in the back swinging back and forth. | |
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Location: Rhinelander | I guide for part of my living, and am acurely aware of the poor fellows in tha back of the boat. Lately, I've taken to running the boat from the back and placing my clients in the middle and front.
To answer the question, I definitely have more confidence when I'm on the MotorGuide pedal. | |
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Do you Jig better in your own boat?