Peter my friend – while towing a bait bucket around is a great upper body workout; it is also a lot of work. If you plan on slow trolling for several hours that is. The best way I could come up with was to run a line through an eye hook that I had installed in the rudder shaft hole. That way I could pull the bait bucket right up tight to the tail of my yak but this still required too much effort.
Several years ago I tried using a cricket cage (the one on the right). I felt the cone shaped front would have less drag while trolling. I also experimented with tubes that held a single mackerel’s head in a scupper hole.
Interesting rig Andy – thank you for sharing.
SR