Does it count?

[edleigh7]

Of course a trolled fish counts.
but what about a foul hooked fish, does that count?

I caught a trevally , foul hooked on a hard body lure, and I had the feeling it didnt count. Nobody pinged me for it, but I felt like it didnt count. Was I wrong?

cheers
Andrew

Of course a fish trolling counts...it may not be as much fun or challenging as other methods but still a fish. We used to catch a lot of freshwater trout trolling with lead lines, paravanes etc....it wasn't very enticing but a fish nevertheless

Andrew.....we used to catch a lot of trout on fly that were foul hooked as sometimes they used to stun their prey by flicking their tails to knock the insect(or whatever out) and then eat it. It was a great fight and you thought you had a monster on, but i also had a feeling that it sorta didn't count.

Ed

[tunaticer]

Trolling up any fish that has taken the lure cleanly in his gob is fair game in any waters. Having said that tho, I guess it would be a bad decision to turn up to an area where it is a lure throwers heaven and troll up and down that piece of structure.
I generally will troll a lure heading to an area i want to spin and if i get a few fish along the way all is good, god knows ive spun the hell outa perfect waters without a touch a thousand times too.

Some species are best targetted by trolling too even in the pine river. Try trolling around a 3" shallow diver dead slowly thru the bigger holes above the bridge at night for a few big tailor for example. You can try spinning all night for next to no result or try floating out baits either under floats or without lead for minimal results of bigger tailor, but drag one lure around really slowly and you will get results.

Jack.

[guru2]

i court a 3 foot doggy macral( dont even know how to spell it) trolling in cape bowling green of the back of a 48 foot yaght it caunted when it was on my plate. please exuse my spelling

[ssab1]

pick your lure,depth,color and speed for the appropriate species target likely areas do all this and when you catch fish consistently tell me NO SKILL REQUIRED for trolling.cheers alex.

[Voda]

Yes trolling does count,If i cant get offshore due to bad conditions,theres nothing id rather do than go estuary fishing for Jacks/estuary cod/Flathead or what ever else decides to have a chop at a lure thats trolled behind a boat.It's not just a matter of clipping on a lure and dragging it around but also knowing where to troll it and read where the fish will be holding up ect" stucture,shelly bottom,weed fringed banks,back eddies,list could go on and on.

Blue_mako----As far as no skill needed to catch fish in estuary's try telling that to people who fish catch & release comps like the Flathead Classic on the gold coast that no skill is required to be competitive.Maybe we might see you on top of the leader board this year if it's that easy hey

Cheers Voda

[Kid]

Your mates on some serioud drugs!

[fin finder]

hi as for trolling it bores me to death in feb i went to awanga for the first time we spent day and a half casting lures with 1 hit started trolling and started catching fish but after driving for two days to get there we had to do what we had to get the fish is this the norm at awanga some one might be able to tell me ? gazza

[Brucie Boy]

They all count

[cdg81]

Trolling Is Awesome, It Is Fishing After All, Ban It In Comps Cos It Is So Productive, Trolling Still Requires All Fish Finding Ability As Chuckers Use. If He Got Over His Ego And Give It Some Time And Effort, Might Catch Some Quallity Fish, Good Fisher People Use Dirversty To Catch Fish. That Is The Whole Point Of Fishing, ...isn't It.

[Timbothecat]

Watch that new DVD that has just come out....'The Fishing DVD no 7'
and listen to what the guide says up North.
There is alot of skill in trolling....Using your sounder to find structure,seeing what depth the fish are at,selecting the right lure to get down to the right depth and making trolling patterns around the structure you find.
There is skill involved and YES trolled fish DO count.

Cheers
Pete

Justin Jones? I think that's his name. Yeah, that was awesome but it looked like a pretty solid workout before you ever get a fish on. Reckon it would be fun to try as long as at least one person in the boat has a clue as to what they're doing.

Regards,

Tim.