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thinking about moving outside of my comfort zone after all these decades.
Rap, we have been using a floating rap minnow bait for shallow trolling with great luck. We caught both walleye and steelhead which were suspended high out on the lake and steelhead when we trolled in near shore waters in the fall. Our best colors on Erie were a rainbow trout color and I think the other was a baby pike color pattern, though I believe that one was a discontinued color.
I would sure give it a try, though you will have to play with color choices since the water color/clarity will be different where you are fishing. Our fishing was all in full daylight also, so time of day may be a determining factor for your color choices.