Nine Three - Tandem
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The Nine Three – Tandem rigs Maine's famous smelt streamer across two hooks for trolling and big water. The green-over-black hair wing rides above a clean white belly—the exact countershading of a smelt seen from the side—while the trailing rear hook extends the profile and pins the short-strikers that swipe at a streamer's tail.
Named for the 9-pound-3-ounce salmon it first fooled, the Nine Three has been a New England standard for nearly a century. The tandem dressing is the lake angler's format: a longer, full-grown smelt silhouette that draws landlocked salmon and lake trout on the troll, especially in the cold-water windows of spring and fall.
Best for:
- Trolling smelt lakes for landlocked salmon and lake trout
- Cold early-season fish that strike short
- Presenting a larger smelt profile on big water
📌 Pro Tip: Run it 75 to 100 feet behind the boat at ice-out and throw S-turns into your trolling course—the speed changes on the inside and outside of each turn make the wing flare, and that's when the rod goes down.
