When going to a lake you havent fished in a while how do you start your spread?
Here's the situation:
Water depth 14 foot
making fish a 8 to 10 foot
8 poles rigged your choice.
Let's here what you would do to start off.
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When going to a lake you havent fished in a while how do you start your spread?
Here's the situation:
Water depth 14 foot
making fish a 8 to 10 foot
8 poles rigged your choice.
Let's here what you would do to start off.
Stagger rods from 2ft below marked fish to 2ft above fish. Zigzag at first, see if the inside or outside poles get bit to determine speed/ depth of fish. Figure out a pattern and start fine tuning. Or just find a crowd and join em!
I agree with Mo' Money. My rig gives me a about an 2ft varience between the two hooks. Some may say thats a lot but it works for me. What I do in setting my depth along with staggering the depths of my rods is watch and see which hook I'm catching the most fish on and make the necessary adjustments. This seems to really get on the fish much faster. Speed wise I alway start as slow as possible. Trying to never go any faster than .6mph. In the winter I troll much slower trying to never pass .3mph.
But if all this fails ask someone who had found them. Lol
Ride around the lake stopping occasionally to glass with binoculars to see where and how others are catching fish?
As a brand spankin new rigger just this year, I too am open for suggestions. Last time down, I had four poles and started shallow to deep, left to right, till I found the depth they liked. Then used that depth on all four. I noticed that the zig zag approach seemed to work better....don't know if lets you cover more water or what, but it worked better than straight line to straight line. I also noticed that when you get the correct depth it didn't much matter what colors you used as long as they were black and chart. and tipped with a minner. Next trip they'll lke different colors...prob. chart. and black.
I ws one of those guys that thought riggin was just pole management, but after a couple sessions, I kinda started liking a different process. Breaks the routine till the get 'up close and personal'. Did I mention speed....SLOW THE HECK DOWN!!!!!!
Was that you in that Blue Express?????????:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by ATM
I start wih 6 different color gnats on double rigs and 2 poles with straight minner rigs. I also vary my depths until I can fine tune it. As I see a certain colo dominate I will change he others in that direction. There are times that the straight rigs will out fish the gnat rigs and if thats the way they want it then thats the way they get it.
When you think you are slow enough Slow Down!
He has a WarEagle Rees. BRM has the Blue Express.
My bad, was just associaing he binos he spoke of with the Blue express, my bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by satdoc1
Who keeps binoculars in a boat??? That does not help you learn does it???Quote:
Originally Posted by ATM
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