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Originally Posted by jad2t
That's an awesome video! I'm anxious to figure out these fish this time of year when they're deep. I've only been able to catch them in April when they're shallow and very active. I'm always in my kayak but no stranger to trolling from it. I thought you said you had shad but in the video it showed paddletail jigs, were you using some of both?
I was marking some schools in 20 feet of water the other day at Hamilton Creek that I think were Hybrids. I trolled over with a deep diving crank and lost it 
I may give this a shot next time I'm out. Double rigged 1/4oz jigheads with paddletail grubs? I use 10lb mono with a 20lb flouro leader so I should be set. Will you tell me what kind of paddletails you were using? I'll go pick some up this week. |
The side rods have live shad that were caught earlier in the day with a cast net, the back rods had the the jigs. This time of year the hybrids will be schooled on points and on humps in the main lake. The paddle tail lures I was using are the Charlie Brewer Sliders (3") for Bass/Walleye/Stripers. My favorite color is the white with chartreuse tail and the chartreuse with black specs. A photo of the packages is attached.
My favorite trolling bait for hybrids is a 1/2oz. white jig (get the saltwater ones at Bass Pro) with a 4" Chartreuse Sassy Shad pulled with down riggers. If you don't have down riggers, you can use a snap weight system to get them at the correct depth. If I am trolling with the outboard, about 2.5 MPH is as slow as it will go. I let 50 feet of line out, add a 3 oz. snap weight, then let out another 75 feet of line. This will get your bait at the correct depth. You can use a heavy sinker and rubber band for the snap weight if you don't have the snap weight system.
