12-19-2019, 12:00 PM
Since moving to Georgia I fish a lake somewhat similar to Lake Powell -- a dammed river with Stripers, Walleye, and other bass.
While most of the locals use live bait (legal here) one of the best trolling tactics in the winter are umbrella rigs.
I use a 5 lure umbrella rig with great success. I believe they may need modification for Utah (as I recall you can only have 3 hooks per line... so some of the shad would need to hookless).
However using the little 5 wire rig, most fish hit the middle trailer swim bait anyway.
If I get a chance for a winter trip down to Powell again, I'd definitely add umbrella rigs to my arsenal... even it if's just to find or help activate fish for jigging later.
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While most of the locals use live bait (legal here) one of the best trolling tactics in the winter are umbrella rigs.
I use a 5 lure umbrella rig with great success. I believe they may need modification for Utah (as I recall you can only have 3 hooks per line... so some of the shad would need to hookless).
However using the little 5 wire rig, most fish hit the middle trailer swim bait anyway.
If I get a chance for a winter trip down to Powell again, I'd definitely add umbrella rigs to my arsenal... even it if's just to find or help activate fish for jigging later.
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