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Worm harness bottom bouncer11/24/2023 ![]() If you’re in a cold front, you may want to keep it simple and slow. What makes slow death fishing so effective is the way it can be fished. But as the name says it, you’re normally fishing slow death, well…slow. Now you can get away with around 0.6 mph and at times you can cook it up to 1.5 or even more. Slow Death Trolling Speed – Normally, your trolling speed for fishing slow death is around the 1 mph mark. The results of a good day fishing slow death rigs on Lake Sakakawea. It’s an extra step, but well worth your time in the long run. So if you’re not using the Matzuo brand or others that have a swivel, you’ll want to manually add swivels to both ends of your slow death rigs. ![]() The result is a REALLY short leader, and it’s all messed up, to begin with. If you don’t have swivels on both ends, the line will eventually start twisting up. Twist than SHOUT – As I stated earlier, one of the most annoying parts of fishing slow death rigs is fishing line twists. I’ve honestly only had this happen a couple of times ever, and that was almost always on snags, not fish. Now some guys have claimed they’ve had the swivels break on the hook. Plus I like the hooks, as they seem sharp enough out of the box. Line twist is one of the most annoying parts of slow death fishing I’ve run into. It has an attached swivel to reduce or eliminate line twists entirely.It has a very wide gap to the hook, giving it that wider roll you’re seeking in a slow death fishing presentation.I’ve written about what I consider the best slow death hooks out there, and that’s the Matzuo Rip n’ Roll brand. They have a wider roll in the presentation, and I feel like this catches more walleyes in the long run. All brands aside, I typically like the wider gap style hooks. Nowadays, there are a variety of brands selling them. I believe it could be the Mustad brand that was the first to bring the slow death hooks to the market. You’re going to have better luck with a bigger crawler, typically. Of course, this depends on how big your crawler is and I’ve seen spring chickens to giants. I added the following video to show the proper way to rig a crawler for this presentation. It depends on the size of the crawler, but you typically come out below the collar of the crawler.You want to insert your hook right into the anus and thread down the middle.Usually, you’re using about ⅔ to ¾ of a crawler.It’s easier with some slow death hooks than others, as I will get into shortly.īut in a sense, this is the basic way to rig this presentation. You’ll know right away if you rigged your crawler properly or not because it will spin if you do it right. The most important step in this type of fishing is rigging the crawler properly. And it’s caught on elsewhere, as you’ll see a lot of articles on this topic the past 5 or so years. I can’t speak for every boat, but I don’t know anybody who doesn’t fish them at some point or another. In fact, I bet this style of fishing is used more up in the Dakotas than any other. ![]() In an advanced sense, you add various weights, slow death rigs, and speeds to match the situation.īut at the end of the day, they’ll both catch walleye. In a simple sense, you tie on a bottom bouncer and a pre-made slow death rig and away you go. Slow death fishing is another one of those things that can be as simple or advanced as you want to make it. I normally tie my own slow death rigs, but when I do use pre-made…I use PK Lures. There are times you need to slow down, and that’s tough to do when fishing blades (require a certain speed to turn, depending on size/style). We caught a ton of fish, but as time went on, we caught more fishing slow deaths than any other presentation. When I was young, we fished Lindy Rigs and Spinner Rigs almost exclusively in the summer. But when the timing is right, it’s worth the dirt…I will explain. Crawlers are messy, they get everywhere in your boat. While I love what a proper slow death rig can do, it’s using crawlers that is my least favorite part of fishing late spring and summer. One of the love-hate relationships I have in walleye fishing is slow death fishing. ![]()
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