Rees has great advice.. and you can learn a lot from going with someone "seasoned" in pulling longlines... but remember this. every boat does NOT pull jigs the same. friend of mine that got me started on this told me this and he's never spoken truer words,, you gotta do your homework to learn your depths.. it takes time, lots of patients, and lots of jigs. the one thing you are for sure to become is one heck of a fast loop knot tier!

first basics you'll need is :
1. electric steer trolling motor
2.good map card
3.LOTS of jigs
4.floats on your rods(I learned this the expensive way)
5. two people.. long lining alone can be aggravating alone
6. patients.. LOTS of patients...its not a method you'll become consistently successful at overnight

this is my advice.. I am not and do not claim to be a professional long liner.. however, I have become confident enough in the past years that the advice I giving you is legit! I still learn new tricks to this technique every year.
first you need to go to a lake that has slick flats or shallows up gradually. Enid is perfect for this. Barnett is not the lake to learn long lining in!.
Rigging:
I use 6lb mono. double rigs.. I tie loop knots 36-48'' apart, top jig will have 4-6'' tag and always put lightest jig on top and I use stroll'rs!!

make you a list like this..

1st. single 1/32
2nd. double 1/32
3rd. 1/32 and 1/16
4th. single 1/16
5th.double 1/16
6th single 1/8.. and so forth (you get the point)

casting distance.. I use as for as I can throw the rig I have rigged.. whatever the weight is..reason I say this is because I use all the exact same rods, reels, line, ect., and that's exactly how I threw them out when I recorded my depths and that's the easiest way to stay consistent with your long lining depths, and trust me... it matters. For example: if I see fish at 11' deep and rig up to put my jigs in their zone, cast my lines out on my side and my 7 year old son cast his lines out on his side.. chances are im gonna catch fish and he will not... he didn't cast them the length I did when i recorded my depths and he's to shallow!

Speed. I recorded mine at .8 when I first started. I like that speed,have good luck with it, feel confident with it and at .8 all my maps on my electronics always stay true.

pull from deep water to shallower water and watch your poles. when they start dragging bottom write down that depth beside what your rigged with on your list.. continue with each setup

that will give you a good starting point, then you can go back and make list with different speeds, baits, etc

when you finally get that part done and go to the fishing part, remember this.. different speeds can/will yield different results. if you pull through fish, and get no hits but are certain you're in their zone...slow it down, or speed it up.. turn left and right.. this will let you know if they want it faster or slower.


hope this is some help to you. do some searching on here and on MCC's site. there's some good articles about long lining that will help and give you even more ideas.