Favorite Offshore Trolling Lure

[Suckafish]

I’ve seen them run off the bow and far out to get a extra two rods in the spread and get them in clean clean water. I liked it but so far have not tried it yet

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Suckafish

I’ve seen them run off the bow and far out to get a extra two rods in the spread and get them in clean clean water. I liked it but so far have not tried it yet

Interesting.... I guess I can see why people without out riggers would run them but not sure I see the need if you have outriggers.... Am I missing something?

[Mushin Sportfishing]

About running the Wide Trackers...

On our Henriques 44, we run the WT off our side gunnels like a flat line to be under (or inside) of all of our three outrigger rods, about 50 feet behind transom. So our three outrigger rods (short outrigger, middle outrigger, long outrigger) are fished aft and behind of the WT. And with the Sterling Tackle WT's, they track about 25-35 feet to the side of the boat, and essentially puts the lure in line with the track of the short or middle rigger bait. So if you did an aerial view of our trolling pattern, we have four lures (long outrigger, middle outrigger, short outrigger on each side outrigger, and one WT) on each side that track in the clean water (not in out wash).

I can attest to many trips when the two WTs trolled 50 feet behind have caught 60% to 80% of the day's catch. I think that's particularly impressive because those two WTs are only 2 among the 14 rods we troll!

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Mushin Sportfishing

About running the Wide Trackers...

On our Henriques 44, we run the WT off our side gunnels like a flat line to be under (or inside) of all of our three outrigger rods, about 50 feet behind transom. So our three outrigger rods (short outrigger, middle outrigger, long outrigger) are fished aft and behind of the WT. And with the Sterling Tackle WT's, they track about 25-35 feet to the side of the boat, and essentially puts the lure in line with the track of the short or middle rigger bait. So if you did an aerial view of our trolling pattern, we have four lures (long outrigger, middle outrigger, short outrigger on each side outrigger, and one WT) on each side that track in the clean water (not in out wash).

I can attest to many trips when the two WTs trolled 50 feet behind have caught 60% to 80% of the day's catch. I think that's particularly impressive because those two WTs are only 2 among the 14 rods we troll!

Gotcha thanks for that explanation, making sense now...

[Capt. Lou]

Many years back I trolled planers boards carrying rwo extra lines of the bridge ! They ran way outside all the rigger lines however at non bait speeds we never developed a board set up that would run true and hold at speeds required !
At bait speeds Ok but in choppy seas NG .
However many years later when we weighted the boards to run lower in water they worked Ok and proved there worth on tuna .
Rods had to be pegged on bridge , when strikes occurred these hi lines would clear all riggers .
Sorta like tag lining the center rigger !

[Pennsy Guy]

Back when, 2 favorites were a black/purple way back on center & the proverbial Green Machine on the third wake's face or crest---that was perfect for birds. Probably would still drag a GM, natural or weighted...

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Pennsy Guy

Back when, 2 favorites were a black/purple way back on center & the proverbial Green Machine on the third wake's face or crest---that was perfect for birds. Probably would still drag a GM, natural or weighted...

Funny you should say.... The one gaffer Mahi we got this year was on the Green machine behind a bird on the way way back...