Thread: Longliners.......help

W hat i have noticed about a lot of the rigs is they have 10-15 poles out now with 2 hooks per poles that about 30 baits in the water,got a good snag ratio.On the coe lake with a 5 pole and 2 hook limit you got 20 baits in the water,i like minners better.

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

thanks, I am learning is why I ask some dumb questions every now and then.

I heard that the only dumb question is the one you DON'T ask!!!

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I heard that the only dumb question is the one you DON'T ask!!!

You can't just say that outloud BRM. You haven't been reading DD's posts as long as we have.

Wannabe...

Originally Posted by creekslick

Rees here is my thought on that. As the water cools crappie get where they won't chase a baits far or moving very fast. To get the rattle and wobble from a crank it need to be pulled 1.5+ which is pretty fast for cold water crappie. LL you can slow down to .6-.7mph and also give them a smaller profile bait. Just my .02 and I would rather pull cranks but sometime you just have to change.

What little I know of it, that's my take too. Just a different look and presentation for 'em. I know I was getting kilt by the 21 boats around me spider rigging the other day but held my own Long Lining for the next hour in and amongst 'em. And this is me we're talking about here.

Wannabe...

I won't say it is more productive any given day. For numbers of aggressive fish, it is more productive when the fish are above 15'. You have the advantage of covering an area quickly. Similar to crank baits, reaction bites are what you are looking for. I have seen days where the long liners waxed the big fish while the spider riggers only caught a few. The next day just the opposite. Use long line trolling as a tool to go in the box with crank'n, spiderrig'n, single pole'n, dock shoot'n, and C4 when all else fails! It does take longer to figure out the right combination of line length, jig head weight, speed, and colors. Don't make it harder than anything else because it will change day to day and hour to hour.

I like to use it for scouting as much as anything. Pre-fishing a tournament, long line trolling will help figure out what areas to focus on. May long line the tournament or come back spider rig it. Alot of tournaments are won by teams spider rigging, but long line trollers have been in the top 10 and not far off the winning weights at those same tournaments as well as winning quite a few too. The recent Crappie Masters Classic had the majority of the teams single pole or spider rigging certain brush piles or ledges, yet the winning team was side pulling jigs (another form of long line trolling).

Oh, and don't be scared of pulling in the thick stuff too. Jig heads and grubs are too cheap to worry about losing a few. Lake Talquin in Northwest Florida is probably the stumpiest lake in the South, yet long line trolling is the preferred method there all year long. A lot of really nice slabs come from there year after year. You will lose jigs, but you will catch quality fish.

Just remember what you were doing when you catch one and try to repeat.
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Originally Posted by Shine Runner

I won't say it is more productive any given day. For numbers of aggressive fish, it is more productive when the fish are above 15'. You have the advantage of covering an area quickly. Similar to crank baits, reaction bites are what you are looking for. I have seen days where the long liners waxed the big fish while the spider riggers only caught a few. The next day just the opposite. Use long line trolling as a tool to go in the box with crank'n, spiderrig'n, single pole'n, dock shoot'n, and C4 when all else fails! It does take longer to figure out the right combination of line length, jig head weight, speed, and colors. Don't make it harder than anything else because it will change day to day and hour to hour.

I like to use it for scouting as much as anything. Pre-fishing a tournament, long line trolling will help figure out what areas to focus on. May long line the tournament or come back spider rig it. Alot of tournaments are won by teams spider rigging, but long line trollers have been in the top 10 and not far off the winning weights at those same tournaments as well as winning quite a few too. The recent Crappie Masters Classic had the majority of the teams single pole or spider rigging certain brush piles or ledges, yet the winning team was side pulling jigs (another form of long line trolling).

Oh, and don't be scared of pulling in the thick stuff too. Jig heads and grubs are too cheap to worry about losing a few. Lake Talquin in Northwest Florida is probably the stumpiest lake in the South, yet long line trolling is the preferred method there all year long. A lot of really nice slabs come from there year after year. You will lose jigs, but you will catch quality fish.

Just remember what you were doing when you catch one and try to repeat.
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Yeah between Sat and Donnie I ain't hurting for any jigs! Thanks for the input and all Long Liners keep it coming.

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