Krappie KG I'm kinda like you I've single pole or double usually jigged from my boat forever. This year I've started spider rigging a little. My problem is every time I pass a pretty lay down or see a sunken treasure on the FF I want to stop and jig it. I'm working on a hybrid system, but not sure it works very well. I fish from a kayak now instead of a motorboat and it takes lots of concentration to keep 3 or 4 poles out of the tree tops. Strip I bet you and your son will enjoy sitting up there manning those rods. As far as your setup I've changed mine several times already and I bet you will to. You're doing the right thing with your setup. The other day when I was spider rigging there was times when I had fish hitting all 4 rods at the same time. But JigginPoleJoe I know what you mean about that thump. It can be as addicitve as cocaine.. That's why you'll see me spider rigging past a top and I'll have one pole in my hand jigging the holes in the top or laydown tree, I just can't help it. It's certainly not for everyone, I'm not sure it's what I want to do, but certain times of the year it gets hard to catch crappie on some lakes any other way. It beats staying home.