Thread: Its That Time

Right now I am running 2' seperation. I would much prefer 3' or 4' but I gotta work with what I have. Alone I can run 8 with 3' seperation but 2 people drops me to 2' seperation and 13 sets out.

Curious as to distance from rod tip to jig - have to have them varied quite a lot
to keep from tangling ?
Beieve you have said in past that you use a lot of bandits (floating crankbaits)
virus lipless cranks - or do you use comb of single - double jigs sets with the
cranks?

Like your set up Specklocker - I went online to Tite-loc - they only show models
with 4 rod holders vs the 5 -6 that you have.
Were these special order through Tite-loc or did someone build you a rod rack to
hold 5 - 6 holders?

Saw Darryl Cole Tite-loc setup about 2 yrs ago and it was a 10 set - five on each
side - failed to ask it they were special order.

Might also check with Spyder Loc - Gene Johnson to see if they have a
5 rod set up....

Originally Posted by fishin813

Curious as to distance from rod tip to jig - have to have them varied quite a lot
to keep from tangling ?
Beieve you have said in past that you use a lot of bandits (floating crankbaits)
virus lipless cranks - or do you use comb of single - double jigs sets with the
cranks?

If this was directed to me, I use combinations of single and double jigs. No crankbaits at all. If any weeds are present and 2 people fishing I run only singles, any weed will change the trail of the baits and cause tangles real quick. I keep my baits running pretty even as best I can, trying to simulate a broken school of shad coming by. Usually do not get many tangles from fish as they tend to pull back and rise up above the others, unless multiples on and drag them a a bit. Biggest majority of my tangles come from weeds or getting shallow and dragging bottom in a turn. On a cast that lands way off mark from wind or something I hold the rod tip high and above where I want the line to run for a few seconds until it comes back in line.

Harold,
Those are 4 rod rod holders. I have three of them up front almost fully loaded.
This longlining thing is still new to me and I am in the experimental/learning stage. I've been doing a lot of reading on it and trying to figure out what works best for me. Have run 4 8' rods, 2 12' rods and 2 14' rods with all lines running the same distance behind the boat. Single and double rigged. Lines do get crossed but not too many tangles with a speck on the line. As you can tell, i'm a spider rigger but this longlining thing has really got me hooked! I was hooked after the first trip.