The body is a one-piece design constructed solely from lead. The body itself weighs in at 1.5 oz, but after the addition of four coats of paint and laquer and acrylic eyes, the final weight is 1.65 oz. The weight is important for a couple of reasons. First, the weight needs to be substantial enough in relation to the baitfish in order to control its action. Secondly, the weight is substantial enough that through a combination of trolling speed, line angle, and distance behind the boat, the bait can be presented at various depths without additional trolling weights.  

Baitfish swim in an upright position without spinning.  In order to mimic that action, the weight of TrollTrue is distributed so that 80% of the lure weight is below the center line of the bait.  This holds the baitfish in an upright and natural position.  This feature overcomes any imperfections in the bait or rigging that might prevent it from trolling naturally.

The lure is slotted on the top. The length, width, and placement on the lure are very important. Regardless of the rigging type, the intent is that the weight of the lure rides on the rigging and not the baitfish. On a pin rig, the lure slides down line, the pin goes into the slot, and bottoms out in the slot so that it carries the weight instead of the baitfish. On other styles of rigging, the nose hook performs in a similar fashion. Trolling for tuna Pin fully engaged on a conventional pin rig king mackerel trolling lures Nose hook engaged on our cigar minnow rig rigging squid for trolling Nose hook engaged on our weedless mahi rig with squid. This hook engages by the width of the hook versus bottoming out in the slot. The dimensions on the slot make the lure adaptable to a variety of riggings and baitfish. The lure was designed for use with ballyhoo, cigar minnows, and squid, but customers are also using TrollTrue with a variety of other baits as well. The lure is held in place by the water pressure while its being trolled similar to many other skirts and lures. However unlike many other rigging methods, the weight of the rigging is free to slide up the line when necessary. This is important when fighting a fish so the fish can't use the weight of the lure/rigging as leverage to throw the hook.