I was trolling at Ambleside in my new to me nucanoe the other day. Nothing seen nothing heard as usual around the Cap except for whispers of fish caught in the past weeks or jumpers that don't bite..
I started 3 hours before high tide and finished 1 hour after. The current at ambleside beach was OK but as soon as I past the bouy marker at the cap's mouth the current kept pushing me upstream and onto the beach near the native reserve. I recall this was the case even after high tide. Made trolling very difficult and me very tired.
I saw another yak which had pedal drive cruising around seemlessly but noticed he would cruise near shore around the mouth. Wasn't sure if he moved quickly because of the pedal drive or because its easier to move near shore. Can anyone elaborate on the currents there and what I was doing wrong?
Also, had some bad line twist with my trolling setup. Done some googling and searching to realize I should let line out by pulling the spinning reel drag but wasn't sure it it was attributed to anything else. Almost lost a flasher because the line snapped luckily it wrapped itself around my mainline and I saved 10$. Did lose a $5 trolling spoon though.
My trolling rig was mainline, 3-4 oz weight on slider, 2beads, beads swivle, 25# fluro leader to flasher, 25# leader to lure. I used a large swivle from the first leader attached to flasher and small swivle on the leaders attached to the lures.
Sorry for the long write up, would post on a yak site but this forum is more busy and my go to. thanks for your help, Tenz.
Editted above leader to lure (not leader to leader)