Lindy's River Rockers

[harvey lee]

A few short years ago Lindy came out with their line up of the Lindy Shading's in numerous colors.

I have used these lures many times trolling with lead core and braided line.

Lindy did a very nice job on the realistic paint schemes and the lure design is also awesome and they troll very nice.

Now this spring, Lindy went one step further and came out with the new River Rocker's.

This new streamlined shape provides a very nice wobble to it. Whether one cast it or trolls with this lure, it will get the job done espically in very fast running water like the rivers in our area.

I cannot wait to use these new rockers on the Minnesota river this fall for the eye bite when those big girls put the feed bag on.

I have used the #3 rockers on some area lakes this summer and have caught pike,eyes,crappie and smallmouth on them trolling. I have a good supply of numerous colors like the shiner and golden shiner for the Mn river.

The River Rockers come in 2 sizes which are #3, 2-3/8 inch or 3/16th oz ot eh #5 31/8 inch 5/16th oz.

There are 20 different color choices to match the bait in the system one is fishing.

I personally own approx 350-375 crankbaits and these Lindy Shadlings and the new River Rocker do not sit to long in my Special Mate boxes as I seem to be using them more and more all the time.

Do yourself a favor and try a few out and I believe you will be happy with the results.

One can check out the whole River Rocker line up right here.

http://www.lindyfishingtackle.com/productdetail.aspx?id=riverrocker

[Chad Peterson]

I relly like the Lindy Shadling and I think that Lindy did a great job on them. I want to get my hands on these River Rockers to troll walleyes this fall. Great information Harvey Lee!

Sniffer

[harvey lee]

Chad

The 4 colors that I have had good luck with so far on the lakes have been

Perch

Redtail

Shiner

Golden Shiner

I am going to try a few more colors to see how they perform on other lakes. Ther are quite a few other colors that I believ will also do very well.

[goose89]

How deep are those running Harvey?? Have you tried both sizes?? Will a #5 run deeper than 5-6 feet back 100ft on 10/4?? Trolling depth just says 6-7 ft for the #5.....just wondering if that's all the deeper they'll go. Any "depth curve" info you've gathered on both sizes would be appreciated. Looks like another addition to the addiction.

[harvey lee]

Goose

The dive curves you mentioned are correct.

If I am going to use them on a lake in deeper water, I use my leadcore to go down to whatever depth.

Like any other crankbait that lists it's running depth, that is the depth it will run. One may change that depth a small amount depending on braided line or mono but not that much.

These Rockers were built for the rivers with fast current but I have also found they work in the lakes.

So far I have only run the #3's but I will be using the 5's very soon.

[goose89]

Like any other crankbait that lists it's running depth, that is the depth it will run. One may change that depth a small amount depending on braided line or mono but not that much.

I've got a lot of cranks that will troll different than listed depths, depending on amount of line out. Might be a "small amount", but when running shallow / less than 10 feet, difference between running 10/4 and 10XT can be quite noticable. I purposely run 10XT to get further back from the boat in some occasions.

Just curious how deep a #3 and #5 will run with 90-100 feet back with both hard line (10/4 FL) and mono (10XT). I'm guessing the listed numbers are about max.

They are interesting looking....I just ordered a couple of Lazy Ikes in my favorite pattern, but that's all they come in. The RR's kinda bring back memories of Grandpa and his secret weapon....(black /grey / white Lazy Ike). Will be tryiny RR's though....great looking patterns!

[harvey lee]

Yes, if you let enough line out, the cranks will run deeper.

Typically when I am trolling shallow, I troll where there are weeds and then I want to troll right above the weed tops and not be ticking them and getting fouled.

I guess when I run my cranks I do play with the amount of line out a bit but if I have to go deeper, I just change to a deeper diving crank or go to my leadcore.

Just what I do.

[Northlander]

Hey Harvey have you tried them on Mille Lacs yet? Im wondering if they would be good in them shallows at night?

[kfk]

I use River Rockers on LOW with snapweights to get them down in 30+ foot depths and they definitely catch walleyes in open water. I'm sure they work well behind downriggers as well.

[harvey lee]

Hey Harvey have you tried them on Mille Lacs yet? Im wondering if they would be good in them shallows at night?

I have not made it to ML this summer Steve.

Hoping for a few days in October though.

[Pat Burch]

I have got allot of walleyes on Mille Lacs with the river rockers on lead core deeper have not used them shallow yet. Size #3 has been the best and my three best colors have been the silver, the blue and the perch.

[Bobb-o]

Forget the walleyes, the big crappies and bluegills are loving the River Rockers as they move shallower prior to ice up

[popriveter]

I used to have a very small tadpolly that was deadly on big panfish. To me, the river rockers are the closest thing I've seen in years. I am excited to try a few and hope they introduce a smaller size someday down the line.