Spider rigging from the back

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Gabepeeps: The wife and I caught these this past july. She catches about as many as I do and most of the time she catches the biggest.

[Scouts Out]

In Kansas, we get 4 guys with 3 poles each. We do rotate around, but the guys in the back catch, too. In fact, I think they catch more of the "other" fish than the front though...white bass, wipers, LMB, and channels in our lake. We just fish straight down, but I like the float idea. good luck, Brad

[Cray]

I have a stick steer so anyone fishing with me is fishing out the back or off the side. Lot of times they out fish me in the front. I do push or pull floats out the back. I use slip floats with the little rubber stoppers and can fish pretty deep.

[Gabepeeps]

Do you ever have a problem with pulling the line up through the slip float? I guess you'd have to move really slow to keep the jig from being pulled up. I was thinking about using 2 bobber stops about a foot apart so if I needed to speed up, I wouldn't lose depth control. On second thought, if I'm using a 1/2oz weight, it shouldn't move at all.

[lcookie]

I did it all the time out of the last boat. I ran (10) 12 to 18 footers fanned out the front while my partner would run (8) 6 and 10 footers out the back in an alternating pattern. There were plenty days that the back out performed the front. Especially the 6 footers. It was like the front rods got their attention and the back took them home. I tried the floats out the back but the crosswinds really messed with my overall presentation.

[TETF]

My boat is 21' with an iPilot Link system networked together with HB 958DI in front and HB 1199SI on the console. I utilize Dub-L-Seats in the front and back to accommodate up to four clients. My rod holders are Bee Ready's. I stand in the middle of the boat so I can watch the HBs, bait, retie, land fish, put fish in livewell, all while using the remote. Clients just fish and have fun.

With just one client, I sit in the front with them and use the foot pedal, most of the time. With two clients, they fish either the front or back, which depends mostly on wind conditions and clients comfortableness with boats. I limit most clients to two rods each. That is about the limit most folks can handle and still react quickly enough. It's also about all I can handle baiting and re-rigging at one time. On slow bite days, the front generally get bit more but the back folks do fine. As others mentioned, the back folks are really fishing off the side, rather than out the back.

Try placing the longest rods directly out the front, then shorter rods out the side in the front. For the back, put the longest rods last and the shorter one forward. It's best to have both rods in the back of the boat farther out than the ones in the front. That gives better coverage and targets crappie which the front poles miss.

Hope this helps!

[scslayer]

I mostly fish with my buddy in his boat. The first time he took me tight lining he caught more than me out the front of the boat. That was the only time he has out fished me. Some times I think he gets mad at me because I catch more fish than he does, from the back. He says it's because he's got to work the trolling motor and all that and keep me on the fish. But I catch more fish out the back than he does from the front. Thanks Buddy!

[TETF]

I have used that excuse of having to do all the work, as well. When the wind is bad, I even move to the back. Many times it's much easier to detect strikes from the back and more room.

[TETF]

Great mess. Let me know when to come over for a fish fry!

[CrappiePappy]

I mostly fish with my buddy in his boat. The first time he took me tight lining he caught more than me out the front of the boat. That was the only time he has out fished me. Some times I think he gets mad at me because I catch more fish than he does, from the back. He says it's because he's got to work the trolling motor and all that and keep me on the fish. But I catch more fish out the back than he does from the front. Thanks Buddy!

He has a point .... boat positioning, depth finder watching, "and all that" does take a bit more effort than just sitting in a seat & watching your rods. But, getting first crack at a spot sometimes does counterbalance that. He could very easily "front end" you ... but, since you're catching fish, it would seem that he's being as fair as he can in keeping you within reach of the fish.

... cp