re: Trolling Rattle Traps or Swim baits

I watched an old man destroy specks this winter trolling the Hwy 11 bridge.

Everytime he trolled past me he got a hit. I guess he felt bad after awhile and told me he had his limit and offered to give me some so he could keep on fishing.

I took the moment to pull him up to my boat and pick his brain . He said he uses lead core line and let’s about 150ft out. He was pulling a rattle trap with some plastic squid looking thing Ive never seen before trailing about 6 ft behind the rattle trap.

It was quite impressive. He then made a jab at me and said son you don’t need that $60k bay boat. This little boat cost me $3k in the 90’s hahahah.