I usually figure one sweep of the rod (spinning reel) 6'6" rod, is approximately 15 ft for me. I am 6 ft tall. 5-6 sweeps of the rod is usually where I fish. I fish about 150-180 ft behind the boat. I like to use Bandit 300's to get down to about 14 ft and Bandit 200's to go to 10 ft. I'll use a Shad Rap J-9 that get's down to 16 ft. All of these depths are at a trolling speed of 2.0-2.1 MPH. I prefer to troll at 1.5-1.8 MPH so to do that, I use my electric trolling motor. My big gas motor won't go less than 2.2 MPH. Color will make a difference but shad works as good as any. But some days they want FireTiger and some days they want bone white. That's whay I probably have forty bandits in all different colors.
I'll troll two rods deep 14-16 ft and two rods shallower 8-10' and then one over the back of the middle of the boat with a lipless bait like a rattletrap that fishes the top four feet. This keeps me covering a lot of water and a lot of different depths. I fish two rodholders to a side, a 6'6" rod on the rearward rodholder and a 10 or 11' rod on the forward rodholder. Keeps the lures separated so they don't tangle.
If you want to go out sometimes, let me know. I'm retired and am usually able to go, about whenever the mood strikes me.
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