Thread: Longlining question....

Gabowman longlines exclusively.....give him a shout

There is a good article in CrappieNow Magazine this month on Brad Chappel long lining.

Crappie NOW - Online Magazine

here is one of the best reads on longlining and it has a chart !!! it should help a lot !!!

http://www.magnoliacrappieclub.com/a...LongLining.pdf

I'll give my two cents. I rarely run single jigs but I would say 1/16 should go around 5-7' going .8-1.0
1/8 5-9' going .8-1.0
Jig bodies swim different and different style heads also. I pull bobby garland StrollR's exclusively.
I like to have pole tips 6-12" above the water. I use Hi-Tek rod holders and pull year round.
It's not going to be a chart that is as close to crank baits. Not possible
Thanks Chaney for the mention.

The best thing to do, and it has been said on here many times... is to take about 30 minutes, head for a shallow flat, and start pulling some jigs around at various speeds and make notes of when they tick bottom and before long you will have your answer. The charts will put you in the ballpark but do it one time yourself and you know exactly what your setup will do and you are ready to fish.

The thing with longlining jigs as opposed to cranks is that you control the depth of the jig with 1) weight of jig and 2) speed of boat, there is no set depth that a jig is designed to run like the cranks.

Another variable on the jigs will be whether it has a spinner on it and also what type of trailer is on it, anything that adds drag decreases running depth somewhat. If you bass fish, think of spinnerbaits. A colorado blade runs shallower than a willow leaf and a swimjig with no blade runs shallower than either one, if they are all the same weight and the retrieve speed is the same. Then put a chatterbait blade in front of that same jig and it will run shallower than even a colorado. This is because of the different amounts of drag involved with the various blades.