Spider Rigging and Longlining at the same time?

[Idunno]

I almost always drag two behind, one on each side, when I am pushing baits up front. I push up to eight 14/16' rods, with 3/4 oz sinkers holding the front jigs down (usually 1/16 oz). Then will toss a jig only well behind boat on a 7' rod (usually 1/16 oz).

I thought I was pulling and pushing at the same time.

[Red190]

Put as many out as the people on board can watch and keep from getting tangled and hung. I just call it fishing with better odds, let the ones watching name it. Hopefully we all have the problem of not being able to keep up!!!

[captankangaroo]

I fish that way a lot. put more wieght on vertical lines and little bit more line out. Troll at 1.3 to 2.0. cover more water faster and find what they like that day faster. works well here in summer.

[ccollins]

Yes you can spider rig and long line at same time you just have to figure out how to maintain the depth you want on your long lines they are the hardest ones to figure out depths. I like to spider rig my fishing buddy likes to long line so we usually start out doing both if one is a lot better than the other we may go to just that or days when long lining was the best I just sucked it up for I'm fishing for pleasure not just for the food. Maybe this will help on our rigs 6 lb line with a 1/16 oz jig will go about 7 to 8 ft deep at .08 on the long lines ok here is wher it gets tricky if your needing to go slower you have to figure out how to keep that bait from going to deep or how to get it to go deeper if the fish is deeper so with those 2 numbers you should be able to figure out how to manage . We have done real well at both at the same time .

[Eagle 1]

it's a bummer when you hit a snag up front and can't stop the boat . Got to cut lines or risk long lining baits to drop into the brush also .

[Predator861]

I saw a few guys this weekend that appeared to be long lining out the back and spider rig up front. I am no guru on this crappie stuff, but what 5eyes said seems to make sense. I may try that when I have 3 in the boat.

[Cane Pole]

Yes you can..disagree with the notion that these are two different tactics. It is trolling, plain and simple. By tossing some baits out the back when you are spider-rigging, all you are doing is targeting a different depth if you are using the same baits. If you want to go deeper while maintaining the same speed, put on heavier baits, use lighter line, or baits that dive. Fish could be shallower than your spider baits..you may not see them in your TD cone..and you just might get some bonus fish.I troll for walleyes a lot using bottom bouncers, and with our rod restrictions here in MI (3 rods per person), I will many times toss a crank bait out to target fish marked higher in the water column. Many lures can be fished at the same speed/depth. Remember, it is what the fish want that counts. YMMV

Yep!

[crappielimits]

I agree that spider rigging and longlining is two different tactics. Spider rigging you keep lines tight and at a set depth and move slow. Longlining or pulling you are moving at twice the speed with a flatline that has been cast out. You can push and pull at the same time. Pushing is when you use heavier weights on long rods ahead of your trolling motor keeping baits straight down at similar speeds to longlining. I have heard of guys pushing well over 2mph. Personally I like to use one tactic or pattern at the time. It usually depends on the lake and time of year as the tactic I use. For instance if I go to some of the central Florida lakes that are shallow clear bowls I push baits. Many of the North Florida, Georgia, and Alabama lakes I longline. The deeper clear lakes further North I will spider rig. Usually staying over structure facing up wind and only bumping motor as needed. Developing a pattern for the water you are fishing is the benchmark to success.

[crappielimits]

I figured I could put out 4 or 6 rods out back with a weight to keep them vertical, same as the front. Plus pull a crankbait or 2 back there. The man in the back of the boat has to have something to do also!

This works great but is not longlining. My partners and I have caught many fish this way spider rigging or tightlining. I personally like to just bump the trolling motor as needed and usually stay below .3 when spider rigging.

[crappie cowboy]

I agree that spider rigging and longlining is two different tactics. Spider rigging you keep lines tight and at a set depth and move slow. Longlining or pulling you are moving at twice the speed with a flatline that has been cast out. You can push and pull at the same time. Pushing is when you use heavier weights on long rods ahead of your trolling motor keeping baits straight down at similar speeds to longlining. I have heard of guys pushing well over 2mph. Personally I like to use one tactic or pattern at the time. It usually depends on the lake and time of year as the tactic I use. For instance if I go to some of the central Florida lakes that are shallow clear bowls I push baits. Many of the North Florida, Georgia, and Alabama lakes I longline. The deeper clear lakes further North I will spider rig. Usually staying over structure facing up wind and only bumping motor as needed. Developing a pattern for the water you are fishing is the benchmark to success.

How clear is the water in the clear lakes that your talking about spider rigging? I don't spider rig clear water, they can see the boat and spook, instead I use planer boards...