Spider Rigging and Longlining at the same time?

[nccater]

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!

[CrappiePappy]

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!

Yes, that's feasible .... but, I wouldn't call it "longlining".

"Longlining" indicates that the lines (baits) are being dragged many feet behind/away from the boat. The angler in the back of the boat would simply be "spider rigging" or "slow trolling" ... same as the angler in the front.

Since you have to maintain a specific speed to keep your baits well out behind the boat when long line trolling ... and use specific weights to keep your baits directly under the rod tips when spider rigging ... if you wanted to do both at the same time, the angler in the back would have to use some very light baits, and the boat would have to keep going at a speed that would keep those baits well behind the boat, yet still allow the front angler's baits to remain vertical. Then, what happens if you have to slow down, or get a bait snagged, or whatever would make the boat slow down or stop (even momentarily) ... the longline baits will sink down even deeper, and possibly hang up.

IMHO .... best case scenario is for both anglers to be using the same method, same rigs, at the same time, & at the same speed. Depths fished can be altered by how much line is let out vs sinker weight used vs boat speed.

By the way ... if the angler in the back is using 4-6 rods, I'm thinking he will have "plenty" to do, watching all those rods & changing depths on them to keep them from becoming snagged

... cp

[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.