Thread: Pushing or Pulling?

That's messed up...............When pushing how much weight do you use?

... It varies TNT is one of the best longliners I know and can best address that for you ...when I say it varies it really does Tim and the rest of the forum talk about longlining from time to time... a very good discussion, this is the right place to get that answer try Countrytime on this forum or TNT on the Fla page ...by the way just having a little fun

...Messed up like ..messed up cause I agree with TNT Anchorman & fishin813 on the Florida forum or .....Think I'll ask Tim what he thinks it mean..naw think I'll ask detailman or jigs I like TNT but not that much he might spin it around and say it meant something other . or then it just might be me

how much weight?

Well Dave ...lets say you are pushing use only enough weight to keep the lines from going under your boat ..try and keep the lines vertical the faster the more weight advantage is you can stop on a dime or turn in place... trolling lets say around 1 or 1.1 mph ya got out 75 to 100' 6lb line out and your fish are 12'deep with double 1/16 oz or single 1/8 oz should put you in the ball park ...but like I said all of that varies. If there is cover underneath you and you have to turn the inside lines will fish deeper on your turn and could snag ..speeding up in the turns could help. Say you are on Oconee lots of trees ..then pushing could be best,you now have eliminated that problem for the most part ..that is only one of many scenarios, mostly you add weight to get deep or slow down with the weight you have on to get deeper ..on average 1/16 or 1/24 is the weight you would use when fish are somewhat shallow ,but other times you have to be versatile . It don't take much to get started longlining but the longer you do it the better you get and the more you learn what changes to make and what works and what does not work ...100' of line out over trees and you stop the boat (don't work) you get me.

Originally Posted by quick

... It varies TNT is one of the best longliners I know and can best address that for you ...when I say it varies it really does Tim and the rest of the forum talk about longlining from time to time... a very good discussion, this is the right place to get that answer try Countrytime on this forum or TNT on the Fla page ...by the way just having a little fun

Originally Posted by quick

Well Dave ...lets say you are trolling 1 mph ya got out 75 to 100' 6lb line out and your fish are 12'deep with double 1/16 oz or single 1/8 oz should put you in the ball park ...but like I said all of that varies. If there is cover underneath you and you have to turn the inside lines will fish deeper on your turn and could snag ..speeding up in the turns could help. Say you are on Oconee lots of trees ..then pushing could be best,you now have eliminated that problem for the most part ..that is only one of many scenarios, mostly you add weight to get deep or slow down with the weight you have on to get deeper ..on average 1/16 or 1/24 is the weight you would use when fish are somewhat shallow ,but other times you have to be versatile . It don't take much to get started longlining but the longer you do it the better you get and the more you learn what changes to make and what works and what does not work ...100' of line out over trees and you stop the boat (don't work) you get me.

Don't let Quick fool ya. He can catch fish in a trash can on the side of the road in Mexico if someone told him there were crappie in it!

One thing you left out of that equation Quick is angle of rods from water surface to go with the length of line/speed/bait weight calculation................

Originally Posted by Davedirt

how much weight?

There are folks on here that can answer you better than I can, but when I used to push, I would use a 1/2 oz weight and then tie on a 2-3 foot liter with my bait on the end. I would troll, or hover, over the structure or whatever I was fishing over. If I was to move while pushing, I would only do about .2 to .4 mph.....This is the short version of all the different ways it can be done...Hope this helps!!

Dave pair up with someone on the forum and you might see them out on the water soon and in 10 minutes they can have you using the proper technique ...but having said that you do have to consider the gear,rods,reels,placement of rod holders,gigs colors ect.