Trolling with a Castaic Rental

[larry626]

I have no room at my house to house a boat so I need to make due with the rental til I move in a few years. Can someone give some advice on how to troll with the Castaic rental boats. Are they too fast to troll? I just bought some umbrella rigs and a portable fish finder with some trolling rods/line counter. A question i have is has anyone come up with some good ideas as to how to make rod holders for the rental boats. Anyone have success trolling with the rentals? Thanks ahead!

[flyhigh123]

as for trolling with rentals, dave does it all the time. as for how to do it proper, go out with TO on a 1/2 day to learn it if you haven;t yet.

As for rod holders, i've made something for the castiac that lets you troll with 2 rods if you are interested. Asking $30 to just cover the cost of the supplies. It is pretty professional and includes safety ring so your rods wont get ripped out and lost. I started out doing a lot of trolling with the rentals after going out with TO and the rentals work.

[catchingsomefish]

I have trolled once or twice in the castaic rentals.... The boat at a little more than idle, is a good speed, roughly as fast as you walk, maybe a little faster, you have to experiment.... My pole holder consists of 4 10# plates from sports chalet, the cheaper metal ones, which fit nicely in a 5 gallon bucket, I bought a piece of 1 1/4 PVC pipe which I cut off at the top of the bucket, beveled with a file and sanded on the inside so you dont damaged your rod, put a couple of wooden dowels in to keep things firm. I straddle the back bench one hand one the tiller the other on my rod which rests against the bench by my other foot. I bought an inexpensive humminbird fishing buddy 120 model, which clamps on the side of the boat, so I can see the depth, and more importantly what is going on under the surface. The whole umbrella rig thing is a different story. I was taught by T/O, Bob, not only how to assemble the u rig, but what to use a baits also, you really have to experiment with that.....Beyond that, practice, practice, practice...................Dave