Crawler Harness Problem

[Ray Champ]

Trolling with crawler harnesses is new to me. I have trolled twice on LSC and have been using a one ounce bottom bouncer. I set my trolling speed than I put the rig in the water and I can't tell when it hits bottom. Also, sometimes my harness is laying on top of the water behind the boat while trolling. What am I doing wrong.

Thanks,

[ice fishin nut]

Try a heavier bouncer and try to keep your speed down to about 1.4 to 1.6 mph.....

[MSUICEMAN]

sounds like your trolling speed is too high. I agree with mike. with a 1 ounce, you have to have a decent amount of line out to hit bottom in the 14-16' depths most guys are fishing on LSC. I would go with a 2oz. and see how that goes.

steve

[Gone Fishing]

I usually don't troll much faster than it takes to spin the spinner on the harness (approx 1 mph) and usually use a 2 or 3 oz sinker. In rough conditions, sometimes 4 oz is required. I run my harness off a 3-way approx 2 feet above the sinker. IMO, most LSC Walleye tend to be on or near the bottom.

[1fife]

ditto john

st clair i go slow
1-1.3 mph

[Ed Michrina]

Same as John. But in real bad conditions. (when I'm the only one on the lake lol) I'll use 5 oz just to find the bottom? I normally go with 3's and 4's on a 3 way. but have lots of 2's and 5's and 6's . Adjusting your speed on days can get you a cooler full. but most of the time just enough to spin the blades.

[east bay ed]

i am kinda hard headed when it comes to running bottom bouncers. i run mine with 1oz of lead for every 10' of water. so 1 oz to 10', 2 oz to 20' and so on. i usually run them at .75 to 1 mph. another thing is i always keep at least one of the rods in my hand. my most sensitive rods get used for running fireline down to the bottom bouncers. to me this is a finess type of fishing.

[Ray Champ]

Thanks for the help.Keep it comming.

[Ray Champ]

Thanks everyone