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Laughing and having fun. The start of day one at the 2019 Flathead Classic and Team Wilson was already having fun.
IAdvanced flathead trolling techniques
N a competition that features the very what pointers they could pass on to others. best anglers, Team Wilson won the Fishing Techniques This is relatively easy given I work with 2019 Gold Coast Flathead Classic by Kord Luckus and Scott Fleming, and Rob
Trolling for flathead is not new and many great lures will catch flathead on the troll in the Gold Coast’s waterways.
switching up techniques to trolling. by STEPHEN BOOTH Payne is a good mate who has helped me
But trolling is not always as simple as throwing a lure out the back and driving around the shallows, though this does work.
Scott, Robbie and Kord have fished to- gether a lot and have a well-structured plan for how the boat operates.
Scott Fleming with a solid flathead that crunched his Tango Shad in less than 1.5m of water.
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Kord is probably the most active of the trollers, constantly adjusting his lure’s po- * continued P14
To make the most of trolling, you need to work at your craft, spend a lot of time on the water and know your tackle and loca- tions intimately.
out many times.
I spoke to the boys from Team Wilson about how they go about their trolling and
Apart from the general mayhem of fish- ing, the crew sets up with Robbie fishing out the right-hand (starboard) side while driving and looking at the main sounder, Kord in the centre trolling and looking at the main sounder and Scotty fishing off the front deck on the left (port) side and using the front-mounted sounder.
The setup
Everyone needs access to a sounder so they can literally drive the lures they are trolling by manipulating drop back, rod height and action.
Robbie has a very important job – keep- ing the boat in the right position.
It must be noted here that boat position is all about making sure the lures are in the right spot, not about the boat being in the right depth.
This is a mostly forgotten element to good trolling: you are driving the lures, not the boat.
Because of this, Robbie tends to flat troll, only adjusting the lure by dropping and lifting the rod tip for extra depth or less depth.
Kord, as the centre troller, can easily see the main sounder and accurately judge what is coming up for his lure.
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