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What have you got to say about the topic of: "Trolling Speeds". Here's how is started: "What Is Your Most Productive Trolling Speed?"
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02-29-2008, 09:37 AM
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What Is Your Most Productive Trolling Speed?
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02-29-2008, 09:44 AM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| For what species?
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02-29-2008, 09:49 AM
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| Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: granby ct
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| For Tuna
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02-29-2008, 09:56 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Warwick, RI
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| What kind of Tuna? Typically for BlueFin Tuna you want to be around 4-5 knots and in the Canyon for YellowFin Tuna and Bigeye...6-8 knots.... | ||
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02-29-2008, 10:18 AM
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| What Albatross said........the only thing I can add is if trolling spreader bars watch to insure they are not "porpoising" or diving under. If so adjust your speed accordingly. You want them riding nicely on the surface. My personal experience is slower works better.............. Ken at RDT's bars with the birds worked awesome for me last year in the RI Mud Hole...........the birds allow them to ride on top and way back at around 4.5 knots
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03-01-2008, 05:38 PM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Branford,CT
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| 5-8 knots
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03-01-2008, 06:22 PM
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  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: VOODOO GRILLE MYSTIC
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| 5 to 9 knots.....seems to be the desired strike zone.............jim  | ||
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03-01-2008, 09:40 PM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Westbrook CT
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| I prefer 4.73 to 8.96 knots myself. 
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03-01-2008, 10:08 PM
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 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Maryland
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| The overall speed is "usually" 4 to 8kts. But, it really depends on conditions and whats in your spread. Watch your spread, it will tell you if you need to speed up or slow down. Ya also have to be carefull with the lures you mix; don't put fast trolling lures in the water with spreader bars n a rough day and expect everything to swim in harmony. Also, if you are trying to troll deep lures, ya have to slow it down to get them deep, which means ya have to have stuff up top that swims ok slow. Try lots of stuff, and learn your boat and your spread, thats the ticket!
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03-01-2008, 10:26 PM
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  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Exeter, Rhode Island
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| ~4.5-9 knots around here, depending on species, weather, swell/wind waves, etc......but slower for bluefin, faster for yellows, rule of thumb. The rest is all in what lurer/bars/chains you're running and sea conditions.
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