Pushing

All my rods are 14ft, I wish I had some 16 footers though

I only use 4-12 ft. rods out front. My rodholders are pointed in a semi- half circle and I can change their directions quickly. Ive found 4 poles is enough to take care of running trolling motor and watching depthfinder. The wind can really complicate spider-rigging as well as hang-ups. Ive had 3 rods down with fish at same time and this gets interesting and exciting and takes a while to get it together. Partner usually has 3 -10 ft. rods out back, one trailing to each side and the other dead center with varying lengths. In order to help hold my Boat straight I leave my Motor down just low enough that the Hydrafoil is on surface. When you get hung up, and you will, Let the Driver know and stop before you hang other rods. One Big Plus of this type fishing is the fish usually set the hook, just slowly lift the rod and bring to the side if possible. A dip net with a long handle is a must to reach out to meet these long rods. I hope these tips will help you guys. It can get Frusttrating at times and Patience is a must. Bottombumper

the more i hear of this technique the more i like it. going to get me two more 12 footers from the crappie shop and i am gonna start practicing. Well, when the boat gets out the shop again, I will start practicing then!:mad:

Try 8 , 12 footers and all of them go down at the same time, now that is fun!

I only fish 8 13'ers off the front of my boat. I dont want anything longer as I dont break my poles down when riding to and from the lake and the 13'ers stow well in my 16' Skiff. I just slide them under the front deck and down one side of the center console. Once at the ramp I stand them all up in rod holders so you can get to them to get them out in the water. I usually fish double rigs until the fish really turn on. Then one hook and minnow (or jig and minnow) on 8 different poles really gives you a workout.:eek: The really fun part;)....catching slabs on real long telescopic poles. Nothing quite like it.;):) One other thing...it's real easy fishing the shallows with the poles since you control the depths to what you want your hook in the water to be, even if it's only a couple of feet. I mainly keep 1 oz. sinkers on the bottom of my rigs with the hooks above, but you can change around your rigs and go to more conventional type setups with much lighter weights and add floats for some shallow water fishing when the fish hit the banks.;)

Now I really spider rig. i have 4 pole each side up front.13 ,12,10,9 and Ms Jiggs has 3 each side out back 7',6',5' and also have a couple out along each side and they are 5'. we normally get quite a few fish out back and also slong the sides. 1/22 and 3/4 oz on bottom of line with hooks up about 118" above weight. control depth and keep bait in front of fish. move slow or slower.

can someone explain what type of sinker to use. i have noticed some use 1 oz or 2 oz but what kind. also do you use a swivel, how far does the sinker go from swivel or the bottom jig or hook. thanks

Seems to me you could just slow pull, with the weight to keep the bait down. Like in Rawhide's boat, front and back, in real time with the depthfinder. In standard pushing isn't the bait out in front of your depth finder?

It looks to me like the technique is in slowing the bait and keeping it at a constant depth. so correct me if wrong, but you could be set up in a pull configuration with rod holders, but still keep the bait down and slow.

Dang....I need to go fishing bad. :D

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Originally Posted by blindhog

Seems to me you could just slow pull, with the weight to keep the bait down. Like in Rawhide's boat, front and back, in real time with the depthfinder. In standard pushing isn't the bait out in front of your depth finder?

It looks to me like the technique is in slowing the bait and keeping it at a constant depth. so correct me if wrong, but you could be set up in a pull configuration with rod holders, but still keep the bait down and slow.

Dang....I need to go fishing bad. :D

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You could do that. Matter of fact alot of boats with two or more guys fish a spread of poles off the bront AND off the back. Thus, making a boat look sorta like it has spider legs on both ends (spider rig;)). I believe the key is getting your hooks in front of the trolling motor to get to the fish before the troller does to catch 'em before they spook. And as already posted, some use their poles out the back of the boat with floats getting their hooks a bit farther away from the prop wash.

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Originally Posted by DEX

can someone explain what type of sinker to use. i have noticed some use 1 oz or 2 oz but what kind. also do you use a swivel, how far does the sinker go from swivel or the bottom jig or hook. thanks

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I'm not sure of the actual name of the sinkers but I buy 'em from Walmart. The 1 oz. size comes 3 to the pack.They are the bell sinkers which has the little wire running thru them which makes a small loop on top of the sinker to tie your fishing line to. Maybe some kind of bass sinker maybe? I dont know the name.:confused::p And no, I dont use swivels.