almost a spider rigger

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Originally Posted by JLSandusky

I started with 12 footers a couple years ago. Have 6 14 footers as well now. There's no way I could have started with 16's. 4 is usually the most I ever run by myself anyway. It's too easy to miss a bite if you're looking at your other poles. It's hard. I tell people at work that I work way harder fishing than I actually do at work. They laugh but I'm serious. It takes a lot of concentration and coordination. Like was mentioned previously, run your drag light enough that you can strip line from the reel. That is, if you're fishing shallower than the length of your poles. You may try using 2 poles then 3 then 4. It takes some time to get it down pat. Just keep at it. A springtime trip to green river will break you in the right way!

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i am curious what is it about green river that will help me i have never been

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

I take it you have spinning reels on those 16' Southerns ?? You might consider changing them out for some baitcast reels w/thumb bars ... then you can simply push the thumb bar and let your thumb control the line spool and let the fish down to the level where you can swing it to you or to a net. :twocents

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actually i just have those cheap reals that look like fly reels there is no way to cast them at all just for jigging

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Originally Posted by dannyr3_8

i am curious what is it about green river that will help me i have never been

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if you talk to some of the guys that come there you'll go home with INFORMATION OVERLOAD, that's how it'll help you plus you'll meet a lot of really nice guys that have the same interest as you.

I use 14's and you have to have long arms to get to em with a net. Just swing em in if need be but they come at ya fast.

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Originally Posted by dannyr3_8

actually i just have those cheap reals that look like fly reels there is no way to cast them at all just for jigging

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Sorry if I confused you. I didn't mean to imply "casting" with the baitcaster reels, just that with the ones with a thumb bar release you can lower the fish down (one handed) to where you can grab it or net it ... and do it easier than with a spinning reel or the reels you are using.

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Originally Posted by dannyr3_8

i am curious what is it about green river that will help me i have never been

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You have to figure it out fast down there because when you get into them you could have all poles down at once. I guess the number of crappie at green is what I'm referring to. Last spring, 2 guys, over 500 fish caught in a day and a half. But the keeper to dink ratio is usually 1 to 4 for me. Lots of measuring.

hey guys i actually caught fish today, 11 to be exact only 2 keepers but i had a blast. thanks to everone who has helped me and special thanks to slabkeeperq11 for the phone call info really helped. i even ran into a guy there that was spider rigging and he showed me some spots i am alread looking forward to next trip i am getting there