I just started spider rigging and I'm not having much luck at all. I guess the really muddy water isn't helping at all,but let me briefly run by you what I'm doing and see if I need to fine tune something.

I'm running six rods off the front, 2 14', 2 12' and 2 10'. I have them rigged with 6 lb. line, a 1/2oz bullet weight about 12 inches from the jig. I troll around .3 mph. I stagger the rod depths from 12 up to about 4 feet deep. I'm mainly using Bobby Garland 1/16 oz jigs with body colors suitable for stained/ muddy water, tipped with tuffie minnows.

On my first trip out with the setup Sunday, I caught one about two pounds and had a couple more missed hits. Yesterday, I went to a diferent location and caught one with maybe two hits. Both days the water was really muddy and the wind messed me up bad yesterday until about the last hour before dark.

My buddy was longlining a different creekabout a half mile away and caught about 7. I'm somewhat miffed my numbers aren't better. Is there something I'm missing or need to fine tune? Also are there times, when it may be best to just use the jig and not tip with minnows? Thanks!