finlander Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Skinny, flat-sided, narrow lip? or can I add more weight to existing lures to troll them faster? Is it as simple as hanging a bell sinker on the hook hanger??? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savacs Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Well i usually fish high speed lures, when fishing for asp, in strong currents. By high speed meanning that sometimes i must reel the bait in as fast as i can. Don't know if u'll need to troll them that fast...but... What i usually like to use minnow tipe of baits. Not necessaryly flat sided. Rounded, and flat sided work just fine. If u ayn't going for deep divers,then here u r : more horizontal lips might be required. What i notticed works better(meanning makes lures more stabile) Is a wider lip at the front, that narrows towards the head. If u intend using shad tipe of baits, what u could use to make them even more stable is narrow the belly a little bit. Usually the horrizontall lip, and a good weighting do the trick for a fast retrieve bait. And with a horrizontal lip u won't have that much drag on yout rod tip, as u would with a normal(husky jerk type) lip. I can;t help u on deep divers, but someone will deffenetly do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 much depends where you locate the pull screw besides lip. inserting belly weight helps on some design as flat sided baits. i assume your trolling speeds are at 3.5-5mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlander Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Those are the speeds I am shooting for. Finally getting a boat and motor to get to those break neck speeds All i used til this year was an aluminum 12' with an electric. Stealthy, but useless unless you're on the downwind side of a hurricane. The Honda should put me there. I saw a couple of lures in Rollie's that will go to 6 plus mph, w/o weighting them. They are larger at 10" than I'd like to use. Time to experiment once the ice goes for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
