Best crankbait for slow trolling

[rspahr]

I like to troll my crankbaits fairly fast and troll live bait slow. What is the best crankbait for slow trolling?

[Phil T]

Really slow? The flatfish.
It's not really a crankbait, more of a flattened banana plug.

[Juls]

We pull out the Husky Jerks and Rogues when the water cools down here on Lake Erie. They have a great slow action to them when trolled.

Juls

[rspahr]

I was looking for something that had a lot of action while trolling at 1.8 mph. I will have to give these a try.

[K Gonefishin]

I'll second what Juls said, in cold water, Husky's and Rouges work best, have had real good luck with dare I say Renosky's, they work good in cold water better than warm. Although I don't catch fish on them deep diving taildancers have alot of action at all speeds, some guys have luck with them. Don't forget about ripsticks and reef runnerss as well.

[Juls]

D'Oh! How could I forget the Reef Runners and Rip Sticks? Stupid me! I only have a gazillion of them babies. :duh:

Juls

[Chad]

don't forget the Salmo's.


ChadM

[orchard frank]

The good old Rapala F-18 still puts a ton of big ones in the boats every fall here on LBDN, shallow on the reefs, or with leadcore down deep.

[Meat Hunter Unlogged]

A Gary Roach Smithwick, the small ones are deadly at very slow speeds.

Meat Hunter.

[old school]

yep with a half a nightcrawler on each hook.

[Borch]

I'd also add thundersticks to that list. We routinely catch fish on them under 1.5 mph.

[gb eyes]

1.8 isnt all too slow you can troll prety much any crank and have good action at that speeds shad raps eye divers etc.

[rspahr]

When I speed up on the Shad Raps my catch rate goes up, so I think that the Shad Rap has a higher catch rate at higher speeds.

[K Gonefishin]

Bombers have a nice slow roll to them and they work very well for nite bites on Erie in the spring and fall when the water is cold.

[wall-nut]

I like the Hot n Tot for slow trolling with good action. You can even use them while trolling with spinners. I'll use lead core on the
Hot n Tot and mono on the spinners, works well.

[LAvet]

My vote would go for the Smithwicks and Rebel minnows. Both work great. The small Thunderstick ( not the baby) would my second choice.

[rspahr]

It looks like the Rogues have the most votes. I will try some of those.

[popeye1]

What speed is fast trolling and slow trolling. I have a new Lowrance X510 and the speed thing seems much more accurate than the one on my old X70A. I think I troll at 1.5 MPH most of the time. I troll crank baits. Any suggestions would be helpful.

[Jim Tunney]

Bombers are to hard to reel in.

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[www]

at 1.8 or so smaller musky lures can work awesome, they wont dive more than a couple feet because the heaviness of the bait wont allow it but the larger profile can sometimes be awesome. I also second the bombers.