Thread: Long lining?

may just be a different name is all. Toss out a jig bout as far as you can throw it with a decent spinning reel and ride around with the TM. From what I've read it's jig weight and speed that control the depth. TOW is the best way to know how deep

All it takes is TOW. I would suggest keeping everything the same until you understand what your doing.
Line size, speed, jig bodies and jig head style.

Originally Posted by "G"

Most folks just use spinning reels and cast out the back of the boat as far as they can. Then depth can be controled two ways.....either let more line out or reel some in. Most of the folks that I have talked to just vary their speed to control the depth....slow down to go deeper or speed up to run shallower.

I agree. You can also add a small splitshot which helps get the jig deeper.

I'd rather use a bigger jig rather than add splitshot. Bigger jig, bigger hook

Originally Posted by DonDon

I'd rather use a bigger jig rather than add splitshot. Bigger jig, bigger hook

I was thinking the same, scary for sure. Do yall run roadrunners or jigs without spinners?

Both

The best way to know how deep your jigs are running is to cast your jigs out "using a good throw", set your rods in the holders, maintain a certain speed, and head to shallow water. When you see your rods bouncing from the jigs dragging bottom then you'll know the depths those jigs wre running. You really need to learn this with all the sizes of jigs you intend on fishing so you'll know what to do when you see the fish suspended at certain depths. I find it much easier to add a splitshot the size of a 1/16th jighead to my lines vrs changing out 12 rods when I see fish hugging bottom in an area of 15' water. The next spot I fish the fish might be suspended at 10' deep or even shallower than that as the day gets longer (and warmer) over those same depths of water and all I would need to do is remove the splitshot. But that's just me. Something else you can do is shorten the mount of line out of the boat to bring your jigs closer to the top. Lots of time I'll only be pulling with half a cast of line out once the fish go shallow. (You need to do the testing on this too if you really want to know where the jigs are running.) I try maintaining the same speeds (.8-1.1 mph) regardless of where the fish are and how deep I'm pulling my jigs as I believe the fish you catch are going to be the more aggressive fish and they'll bite the faster bait before hitting the slower bait. I've seen stripers come up from 120' of water to hit a hering at 50' so I know a crappie can see the jig a couple feet over it's head. But if youre under the fish you probably wont be getting bit. There is a little learning that needs to be done and until you do this you really wont ever be sure as to how deep your jigs are running. Well....that's my 2 cents.Thumbs Up

All this is a long way from a bobber and minners I grewup fishin' with.

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