Trolling For Lmb

[SGT Rico]

The only lure I troll are swim baits. I've been very successful doing this in late summer. Bill Siemantel has a good write up on how to apply this technique.

[Raul]

Troll in the aspect that I´m going so say: "I´m going to troll for bass" not quite exactly, I troll on a regular basis to keep my bait in the water ( if it ain´t there you ain´t gonna ketch nuthin´) when I move from spot A to spot B, I´m in no rush to get from A to B. As a matter of fact, trolling has helped me find spots where the fish are holding.

[ItsAnObsession97]

For a while my largest bass was caught trolling a crankbait. I haven't done any recently, though.

[Ratherbfishing]

I use to troll for bass but they called me a cyber-bully so I stopped.

[Bassfishing375]

I never target bass when I'm trolling. I target pike and walleye, but I do catch a occasional bass. When I am trolling on shallow flat I troll with Lipless Cranks and it works great for Pike and Bass.

[Deleted account]

Next to live bait, there is nothing that will load the cooler (or livewell if you prefer) faster than trolling. It comes naturally to walleye, salmon and saltwater guys, while some who've only LMB may seem it as foreign or boring, it requires as much if not more skill and attention to detail than casting and retrieving (we need a catchy term for that).

[Catt]

Next to live bait, there is nothing that will load the cooler (or livewell if you prefer) faster than trolling. It comes naturally to walleye, salmon and saltwater guys, while some who've only LMB may seem it as foreign or boring, it requires as much if not more skill and attention to detail than casting and retrieving (we need a catchy term for that).

Yelp!

[roadwarrior]

...we need a catchy term for that.

 

Power floating

[Catt]

Power floating

I like that!

Toledo Bend has some 100 acre grass flats, I drift em dragging a T-rig, C-rig, Swim Bait, or jig. I contol the using the boat outboard as a rudder.

[tubedude]

Some of my more memorable bass fishing experiences as a kid were from trolling. We'd troll shad raps and catch good numbers of fish. The key is getting your bait a ways behind the boat so you're not spooking the fish, which you can do by letting your line out while boating forward before clicking your reel over. The distance also allows your bait to reach optimal depth. It's a great technique for introducing beginners to the sport and there's almost guaranteed to be a few active biters from the spring to the fall for trolling, depending on where you are...I've also hooked up with some giants bouncing a senko 50 yards back in shallow water, usually from a float tube. You just really have to set the hook!

[Nick49]

I usually fish larger bodies of water and enjoy trolling for walleye and white bass.  I can't explain why, but with so many unique techniques available to the bass fisherman, trolling is one of those techniques I choose to not do.  I don't do a lot of tournament fishing but whenever I am bass fishing I like to build on my experience and knowledge gleaned from sites like this, all the while informally measuring my results in comparison to local tournament results.  Depending on the lake, I usually set a weight objective for my five best legal fish from between 12 and 20 pounds (6-10 lbs if a half day on the water).  I guess I don't troll for bass for some of the same reasons that trolling is not allowed in tournaments.  I am not a muskie fisherman, but I don't think I would find trolling for them to be an attractive option.   

[CDMeyer]

I do not troll ever, because it is outlawed for tournaments for a reason, so I just stay away from it