Kayak Trolling Tutorial with Jeff Little

[john from md]

I have two scotty rod holders for the mod pod, it's very sturdy

Good to know. I was looking at a couple today in Dick's, not to buy but I wanted to look at them before I ordered.

Thanks for the info.

John

[DOGFISH]

Nice video, puts things in a nutshell. I have been using a similar configuration for some years now and has worked out very well. Pictured is one of my older kayaks from several years ago, which I no longer have and a not so clear photo of the Pro Angler that I now use. The Ocean Kayak had flush deck mounted Scotty mounts and holders, and the Pro Angler has the same extended type rod holder extensions, mounted on YakAttack gear track. The gear track gives some added utility.

I also believe in an electric motor for trolling. I now have an eVolve, which I use in the well of the ProAngler. I go for 6-8 hours some times when out trolling. I have, on occasion, used up three batteries. I am kicking around the idea of a fourth battery. My own feeling is, that if you are going to seriously go for kayak trolling, an electric motor is going to be a must. It is possible with paddle and peddle. I started out with a paddle and caught quite a few fish. However, an electric motor turned the kayak into a trolling machine. I too like too troll crankbait type lures, from lipless cranks to the large Rapala saltwater baits and even the very large Live Target menhaden lures. In my opinion cranks are the best. For deeper trolling, mostly in the spring, I have used large bucktails and heavy tandem rigs. One must also consider, that in the spring, the fish tend to be near the warmer surface water. Even when trolling deeper water in the spring, like along the edges of the shipping channel, I will start out in the 5' and 15' depth ranges, respectively for each rod. If I am marking fish deeper, than I will go deeper.

With emphasis, I could not agree more about the GPS/sounder combination. The only thing that I would add is to get a good chip to get the most out of the detail.

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