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PETROL OR ELECTRIC
There are many arguments for both.
I recently spoke to well known Wer-
ribee fisherman, John Didge about
trolling lake Modewarre near Mori-
ac. He has had better success troll-
ing there using his electric motor,
whereas I have had good success
using petrol. The lake margins of
Modewarre are around 2 - 3 meters
and can yield some fantastic shal-
low water trolling this time of year.
There is no doubting the advantage
of stealth the electric has over the
petrol. If you intend to cast lures,
or troll water shallower than 3 me-
ters, an electric has a much quieter
approach than petrol driven motors.
LURES
I’m a big fan of winged lures for trout
trolling. They’re cheap, easy to rig and
more than any other trout trolling lure,
indicate they’re swimming properly
with that ‘tap, tap, tap’ of the rod tip.
My trout trolling started with Tas-
mania Devils. I’ve got dozens now-
adays and have caught the bulk of
my trout on them. A few years ago
at Dartmouth, however, I realised
that there’s a lot more to winged
lures than first meets the eye.
Dad and I had been trolling the main
lake for a week and had been doing
well on paravanes. Eight to ten brown
trout per session with the best of them
nudging 1.5kg – good fish for Dart.
Given our propensity for keeping
diary notes, we realised late in the
trip that 75% of fish had come from
one particular lure – a yellow Tassie
Devil with a red throat and black
stripes across its bum. We rummaged
through our tackle boxes looking for
other ones, but nothing performed
as well as this particular lure.
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