Shallow Water Trolling

I am heading to the pond this weekend and plan to do some shallow water trolling with my good friend The Willow Cat.

I would like to get into 12″ – 18″ of water like some of the IDO’ers have been talking about and having great success. I am thinking about using a 12 foot rod and actually just walking the shoreline using a handheld gps to monitor my speed. Has anyone ever tried this, and if so, how did it work?

Never heard of that for mille lacs. Ive heard of people doin this on rivers when fish are really shallow in early spring. If the fish are that close to the shoreline then i dont see why it wouldnt work.

I would think your better off in a boat sitting in 5′ or less and then casting into the 12″-18″ you want to target. Lot more opportunities this way vs walking the shoreline.

I pretty skeptical about people posting those depths. They may see 1.5 fow on their graph, but that is the depth under the transducer. For instance, the transducer on my boat is nearly 2 foot under water. So if my graph reads 1.5 the actual water depth is 3.5. I have only run into one fisherman who actually sets the water depth offset on their depthfinder.

-J.

Walking the shore? Not many places one can do that and speed? How fast can you scramble over rocks one handed. Casting is a far better option if no boat is available in my experiance.

If the twelve footer isn’t long enough to get to the depth you want…you could use a planer board…

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I am thinking about using a 12 foot rod and actually just walking the shoreline using a handheld gps to monitor my speed.

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I gotta think casting from shore would be a hell of a lot easier