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    Trolling bags.

    in Open Lake Discussion

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    I have run buckets since around 1980 
     
    I have a 21 ft hardtop . I tie them on each Side mid ship so they drag about 2/3 back from the front . I run 2 ,1 or none . They are in and out of the water the entire time I am fishing . They are as important to my set up as any piece of  equipment on my boat.  I would not trade them for anything . Had a trolling plate and hated it . 
     
    To make , take off wire handle . Drill 4, 3/4 holes equally spaced  in the plastic rind molded where the handle was . Drill about 15 , 3/4  holes in the bottom of the bucket . Take about 3 ft of 3/8" or 1/2 "  braided nylon line and go in and out of the 4 holes and make a harness for the tow line so it pull from the center , tie that off with a square knot . Tie tow rope to that  . Hope this makes sense . 



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    Trolling bags.

    in Open Lake Discussion

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    I was new to bags till last year my new boat has a 150 Yamaha two-stroke and was giving me 2.7 to3+ miles per hour at idle so last spring I purchased 2 18 inch bags for my 22 foot boat and I actually found out they weren’t large enough and went to the Amish outfitters 28 inch bags beefy bags and now I believe I have control of my boat I also found out that lead lengths are critical front and back on bag positioning as well as keeping bag to the sides of the boat versus under the boat there is a definite learning curve but I do believe you can get total speed control with them as well as running higher rpm’s with your two-stroke to eliminate fouling the plugs

     

     

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