Well, tried spider riggin yesterday for awhile

caught some same fish but to be honest, I was kinda lost on what to do :( here is the setup I was using, I have 2 jigs with 1/2oz weight on there and and was tryin to keep my speed between 0.8 and 1.0 but it seem that the baits would be tryin to go back under the boat towards the TM. Need some pointers on this if anyone has time to help me out


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Larry

I'm not a pro by any means, but I do spider rig a lot. I try to go slow slow slow. This keeps your bait presentation in front of the fish for a longer period of time and I seem to get more bites. Plus it helps keep your line from going back under the boat. I hope I have helped some.

No expert here, but seems like you are moving way too fast. The right speed is where your lines are just about verticle. Barely moving. This is my opinion only.

SLOW DOWN. I spider rig from 0.1 to about 0.5 at the most. Just depends on what they wanting. Try bout 0.4 to start and vary til you find what they want. Lots of times if you're going real slow and then speed up quickly, you'll get bites

When spider rigging we always try and go anywhere from .1 to .3. Slow, slow, and then slower is the key in most cases.


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Yep, gunna need to use driftsocks or chains to slow the party down.

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Yep, gunna need to use driftsocks or chains to slow the party down.

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Yep, slow down.

Also do some zig zagging in your trolling

Thanks guys, appreciate the help, will slow down and move around more


thanks

You need a larger sinker. I've trolled from 6 foot to 24 foot deep out in front of trolling motor. Speeds 1 and 2 on motor, never a hang up on motor. I use 2 and sometimes 3 oz. bank sinkers.

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Also do some zig zagging in your trolling

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+! this makes the baits rise and fall triggering strikes.

Slow, slow, slow. Guess you weren't paying attention when you went with me last year. :)

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Slow, slow, slow. Guess you weren't paying attention when you went with me last year. :)

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guess you right, I was tore up seeing all those big fish havin to be released :) Carl, I barely remember that trip LOL gettin old and my mind has been the second thing to go LOL

When you think your going too slow.....slow down some more.

Agree..... .4-.5 works best for us. Also i like to use 1 to 1.5 oz. Weights

larry,u ever try longlining,fished a tourny at pickwick last sat. and had 24 keepers,fished around goat island

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When spider rigging we always try and go anywhere from .1 to .3. Slow, slow, and then slower is the key in most cases.


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Ditto


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larry,u ever try longlining,fished a tourny at pickwick last sat. and had 24 keepers,fished around goat island

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Have done some of it Jamie, just finished riggin up some reels to have in the boat for longlining if I want to try it

I'm with everyone else about going super slow and side to side. how deep are you fishing? When fishing fairly shallow with jigs (8-10 ft or less) I don't see the need for a weight on the bottom, this will force you to go slow and give your jigs a little more swing and sway, JMO

larry,was running .7-1 mph longlining ,only the 4 time i have tried it,and first time to catch fish doing it.was also running 2 jigs per line the way roger gant shows in the new b and m anytime anywhere part 2 dvd

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Have done some of it Jamie, just finished riggin up some reels to have in the boat for longlining if I want to try it

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larry,was running .7-1 mph longlining ,only the 4 time i have tried it,and first time to catch fish doing it.was also running 2 jigs per line the way roger gant shows in the new b and m anytime anywhere part 2 dvd

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Thanks Jamie Thumbs Up

Lots of times, I'll rig C & C Style but will use a 1/8 to 1/4 oz jig on the bottom then a hook however far above I think I need to run it. No added weight at all. Maachuu, wait til you hear folks start talking about how much line they put out on the upper hook from the main line, then different weights will spook fish. GOOD GRIEF it's to much to think about. Main thing is always go with the smallest weight you can get away with. If there's no wind or current and you're moving at 0.1- 0.3, you ionly need about a 1/8-1/4 oz weight to keep it almost straight down.

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Lots of times, I'll rig C & C Style but will use a 1/8 to 1/4 oz jig on the bottom then a hook however far above I think I need to run it. No added weight at all. Maachuu, wait til you hear folks start talking about how much line they put out on the upper hook from the main line, then different weights will spook fish. GOOD GRIEF it's to much to think about. Main thing is always go with the smallest weight you can get away with. If there's no wind or current and you're moving at 0.1- 0.3, you ionly need about a 1/8-1/4 oz weight to keep it almost straight down.

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Thanks DD

Already lernt more here in a couple posts than I did tryin to figure it out myself with TWO trips. I'm thinkin that what ever you do, do it SLOWER!!!!!

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Already lernt more here in a couple posts than I did tryin to figure it out myself with TWO trips. I'm thinkin that what ever you do, do it SLOWER!!!!!

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Yep Jimmy that seems to be the one thing that keep poppin up :)

You were almost going fast enough to pull cranks! Just what the others said, go slower. Cant go to slow, but can go to fast.