Been awhile!!!

Havn't been on this board since October! Between losing a job, deer season, and duck season, I just havn't had the time. Anyway, duck season is now over as of yesterday, so now I will take my decoy bags and all duck hunting stuff out of my boat and get ready to fish again. FYI.....I have fished with Darrell at Greeson and I fish all over the Central AR area. I just didn't realize until the past couple of years that crappie fishing doesn't have to wait until spring to get good in these parts. I will be fishing this weekend if my wife will let me be gone for the 14th straight weekend? (remember, deer season started in October). Anyway, enough of that. I do have a question?

I have the driftmaster 4-pole set up on the front of my boat for spider-rigging. (Which I am still trying to master). For those of you that try this set-up, do you like 8, 9, 10ft, etc. poles. What works best for you. I know you vary the depth until you find them, but what is easier for ya'll?

I never tried this until this site and fishing over tops with Darrell Morris about 2 yrs ago. My favorite thing is a 10 ft B&M with a jig ang a gold fish fishing straight down into tops, but that doesn't always work, so I am exploring. Sorry, this was so long! Everyone is asleep, so I am kind of bored!

Hey walkersdad....welcome back...I've been in the duck woods since the season started and just got back on the board too. Hope you had a good season!...I got a 4 rod holder for Christmas that I'll be installing soon. I haven't ever tried fishing brush tops with that type of set up but plan to soon. Hope you get the answers your looking for and good luck with your spider rigging.

Use the length rod you are most comfortable with. The longer length rods >12' are coming out because some spider riggers are wanting to get the bait further away from the boat. From what I've seen 12' is the most common used for slow trolling / sprider rigging and 10-11' for pole-in-hand jigging.

Check out the pre-tied minnow rigs BnM came out with this year - BNM Fishing - There are multiple weights designed for fishing a variety of depths. The deeper you fish and the faster you move the greater the weight you will need to keep your bait vertical.