little trick helps with keeping the bow aligned and makes
small directional changes easier with the trolling motor.
“you always want to be making adjustments and even
just slowing down a little bit,” becker says. “sometimes you’ll
drift at 2 or 3 mph and it’s way too fast to fish effectively.”
then it’s just a matter of steering over the spot and
catching fish. becker mostly fishes vertically, or he makes
short pitches to bass he marks on the graph.
“If I see a fish on my graph, I’ll pitch out to where I think
my trolling motor was when I passed over it,” becker adds.
“If I’m blind-fishing and know I’m in a good area, I’ll pitch
directly in front of the bow of the boat so there’s no ten-
sion on the line as the bait sinks. I’m never making a long
cast; it’s 50 feet at the most, just letting my line out and
opening my bail so the bait can sink straight down.”
3. Realigning
once becker figures out where to start his drift in order
to pass perfectly over a spot he adds a second waypoint
on his starting point. this makes repeat passes easier.
getting back to the starting point at the end of a drift
isn’t always fun in the waves. becker advises not driving
straight back over your fish. Instead, you’ll stay drier by
zigzagging back to your starting point.
“I usually at least try to jump up on plane,” he adds.
“that way you’re not getting wet. or at least plow at 10
mph or so and get the nose of the boat up. It all depends
how big the waves are.”
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becker suggests idling with the wind when searching
big water with electronics.
“you’ll get a better read and not be bouncing around,” he
says. “It allows you to scan more smoothly. It may be a little
harder to get lined up with them, but it’s worth it to run or
plow – whatever you want to do – to get lined up.”
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