The Tango Shad is a great lure for
trolling in water depths from 1.7m
to 1m. If you can stay in this range,
you’ll certainly catch fish.
You can troll the Tango Shad in tight,
and by tight we mean less than 10m
behind the boat, and fish it shallower
than a metre, but ideally you’d look
for 1.4m of depth. Alternatively you
can troll the Tango Shad further
back and get it down to 1.7m.
The most important ingredient for
success when trolling is keeping your
lure in the water. The Tango Shad
clears weed off itself very easily
with a sharp flick of the rod tip. This
is a skill you need to master to get
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better results. The trick with this is
to understand the action of the lure
on your rod tip and the moment
that changes, give the rod a couple
of quick flicks to clear the weed and
check it for the right action. This
saves a lot of time reeling the lure in
and picking the weed off and then
resetting the lure.
Trolling with the current will lead
to less fouling of the lure on weed
in weedy areas. This is because the
weed lays down in the direction
the lure is travelling and the lure
glides over the weed as opposed
to punching into the weed if you’re
trolling against the current.