Kind of a dumb question but I need an answer

[redearhoosier]

How many ways are there to troll for crappie besides spider rigging? The reason I ask is because I'm looking at a vhull boat and realize trying to spider rig with two people in the bow is out.

Can I troll for crappie out of a vhull?

[MICKEY1982]

I fish out of fisher deep v. Unless u are lookin at a small v hull john boat there should be enough room for 2 people to spider rig off the front.....To answer your question yes there is other ways to troll. You could long line or double spider rig one person off the front and one off the back....hope this helps

[M R Dux]

Other than spider rigging, all of my trolling techniques are done with one person on the bow and the rest throughout the boat. When we are longlining, running boards, or running crankbaits we have one person up front and one in the rear. Of course, with the Terrova trolling motor I can run it from anywhere in the boat so if I have myself and 2 others, I can stay in the middle and move around to net fish or help with tackle.

[redearhoosier]

Thanks guys, I've been looking really hard at both models, the mod v and vhull. With a five year old I just feel a little safer in the vhull after climbing inside both models. Heck, I feel safer myself in a vhull. I'm not used to a bass type deck that most mod v's offer, I'm used to being down in a boat.

I've put in some hours trying to figure out what boat to go with and trolling out of one is important too.

[M R Dux]

Safety is very important but the reason most folks around here choose the modV hull is the effect the wind has on the boats with the higher profile. You will fight the trolling motor in a deep boat more than a shallow boat.

[BTB]

I have an Alumacraft Yukon 165. Its a 16.5' v hull very similar to the Alumacraft lunker. It has raised front deck and a small raised deck in the rear. The decks are about 8" below the gunnell. It has 8' of flat floor between with a raised rod box on one side of the floor and a raised live well on the other. I can fish two off the front deck easily. I too wanted the v hull for its rough water capabilities and the fact that my two young kids were able to be down in a deep boat. I think you'd be fine with a v hull as long as its big and wide enough to do what you want.

[crappiehoarder]

One way a lot of my buddies troll that is very successfull,side dragging. Which is longlining. They put their tm on one side of the boat and put rod holders all the way down the other side of the boat and troll with the wind,pulling roadrunners. The ones that do the best use 1/4 ounce roadrunners and don't run their lines way back behind the boat,so they are not really longlining,just pulling jigs. That would work on a v hull.