Push/Pull method

[Liberty hound]

I saw in the FCC last tournament results that most teams elected to use the push/pull method.
I have been curious about this for some time.
I was wondering about the advantages and disadvantages.
Why would you elect to do this verses all pushing or all pulling.
What circumstances would make you choose this method etc.
Thanks in advance for the info.


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[Bigslab11]

In my opinion and I'm a beginner it's a searching technique once you find them and establish a pattern you can slow down and go to primarily spider rigging to get more quality bites!

[huntinslabs]

Smaller boat and cant sit side by side maybe? Now remove the tourney part and could easily be to fish more rods.

[crappielimits]

Pushing gets to fish before motor spooks them and with pretty accurate depth. Pulling spreads out covering ground for aggressive fish and baits have more action. Push/pull is big with crank bait trollers. It gets better bait separation and control. Fish must have been scattered and slow. Maybe an extreme pressure change?

[fishin813]

Big Slab pretty much onto the answer (he also was involved in tournament Saturday)
CrappieLimits "dropped dead, spot on" the answer.

Barametric pressure was not all out of line nothing like front commin in or violent wind changes, fact is
wind had dropped considerably and stayed mostly calm or little ripple compared to be hammered Thurs
& Friday with winds out of EAst on prefish

Pushing - besides ahead of trolling mtr sound, you are working with weighted baits, precise depths,
colors & tight spread.
Pulling - you are working mostly artifical or tipped artifical - jigs, colors - mostly in the 32nd & 48th oz
size - unless looking to run a deeper pattern 8 th - & 16th //// or 16th & 32nd. - will be working lines
out from 20 ft - 125 ft - mostly a searching pattern

Your answer to Saturday's tournament - Fish were scattered - on flats, contour drops, low rise sandbars.
Fishing per-say was good except - most fish caught were undersize and/or cookie-cutter 14 - 15 oz good
eating fish The needed tourament wgt - winner was 1 lb 04.8 oz. thats not a considered a tourament
fish, but he was winner - second biggest fish 1 lb 03.1 oz.
Another somewhat strange thing - deeper water on west side of lake was warmer than water on east side
by 3.5 - 3.5 degree.
Again, it was a good day of fishing-

[Specklocker]

This technique also requires you to figure out the proper trolling speed and weight needed upfront. Does anyone have any ideas on how this is done? Personally I think now is a good time for this technique.

[fishin813]

These of some of the personal things i work with:

Everyone to some degree incorporates their own starting point

Most generally - when spider rigging - movement speed can be from .3 - .8
Trolling speed - any speed can be used as long as you can get movement out of product you are
pulling: Wgt of jig - depth of jig - also becomes a factor.
Spider riggin - 1/2 oz wgt will help you get a depth needed & angle will depend on speed applied
and/or increasing wgt to main line to hold depth

There are formulas for long-ling depths and amount of wgt - to jig used.

Have seen people - wgt front lines as much as 2 1/2 oz to main depth / such as "down rigging" effect
Long-ling - have seen speed vary from .8 - 2.4 mph (hallin the mail)

Each and every lake will require time spent on - to get feel of lake and what fish want

[Liberty hound]

Great info
Thanks everyone!


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[Anchor Man]

I use the push, pull method about 90% of the time and do very well at it.

[Liberty hound]

I use the push, pull method about 90% of the time and do very well at it.

I've seen you out there and it looks like you know what you're doing !


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