Thread: HELP please

There are two very good articals on Crappie.com but unfortunately that portion of the site is down right now. Untill then a google search of the topics should offer a few pointers on the subject. You can also join us for our Fish and Eat Saturday on Lake Conway and your sure to see a number of techniques

crappieknot just type spider rigging in the search and all your ??????? will be answered.

Originally Posted by crappieknot

please excuse my ignorance but would someone tell me what spider rigging and tight lineing is. if there is a difference? how do you rig it.I am old school here.I use basic ole pole with cork and minnow in shallow water brush and want to learn how to do these things i read about yall doing on here.

Spider rigging is just trolling. At Nimrod for years we spider rigged shallows with corks to set the depth. Alot of spider rigging is done tight linning also.

Slo-trollin' (aka spider-riggin', drift fishin', pushin', etc) is moving very slow. You want to keep some movement, but as slow as you can go. I'm talkin' about taking hours to cover a 300' stretch. This is true for the majority of the time, except during the post-spawn early summer pattern (may want it a little bit faster). Trolling (aka long-lining, crankbait trolling, etc) is moving a lot faster, in the 1-2mph range.

When slo-trollin', you can tightline or run corks. They both work nearly the same, but the fish might prefer one presentation to another on any given day. Tightlining usually entails using large sinkers (up to an oz or so; I use 3/4oz). I always tightline, so I watch the rod tips or the angle of the line to detect a bite.

thanks alot for the info ceb.Just a couple more ?.Do you use the big sinkers when spider rigging and what type of sinker do you use that big(how is it attached to the line)and how is it rigged is the jig on the bottom and the sinker up above the jig or vise versa?

I like what CEB did in stating all the various names for the same things. Some of it is just regional vernacular. I've always thought of spider rigging (slow trolling) is multiple poles in rods holders slowly trolling (pushing) an area. I call tightlining a single pole in hand with jig only. That is my favorite way of fishing. However, if you sneak around the lake this spring no doubt you'll find me pitching a minnow in the shallows under a cork. I like that basic old style too, especially when you want to hold that bait in one spot long that you can a jig without a float.

I would have to say CEB is our state expert on spider rigging. Bobberwatcher is gaining on him though. I ain't got the patience to deal with the wind as they do. Darryl and Jerry have a method they call "hovering". It is effective for them. They have both schooled me on it. But, again, if the wind is up even just enough to ripple the water, I would just as soon be anchored and casting to a known brush pile and let the wind drift my presentation across it.
DP

Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

I would have to say CEB is our state expert on spider rigging. Bobberwatcher is gaining on him though. I ain't got the patience to deal with the wind as they do. Darryl and Jerry have a method they call "hovering". It is effective for them. They have both schooled me on it. But, again, if the wind is up even just enough to ripple the water, I would just as soon be anchored and casting to a known brush pile and let the wind drift my presentation across it.
DP

Could you please explain how you "hover"?