Another Spider Rigging Question:
What are the reasons behind using as lite a weight as possible.
By the way, thanks for the replies on the other threads, helping us newbies to this style.
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Another Spider Rigging Question:
What are the reasons behind using as lite a weight as possible.
By the way, thanks for the replies on the other threads, helping us newbies to this style.
So you can see a lite bite better. Also on a lite bite, some say the fish feels the heavier weight and drops the bait.
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cause Sat said so. LOL I THINK It's because of the pull they'll feel when they bite the minner and try to head off with it. They'll let go of it faster if they feel a pull from the main line. Heavier weight and the more they'll feel the main line where the weights at. Just a guess though
You and also see your like go slack when they come up with it. A heavier weight will keep tension on the line.
Me likey when the line goes slack!!
I've ran 3/8, 1/2, 3/4, 1, 1 1/2, 2, 3 oz sinkers, some difference in bites. If running your bottom hook at 12 foot deep with a 3/8 oz sinker at speed 1, how deep is your hook? If you run a hook at 12 foot deep with a 2 oz sinker, you'll be closer to the 12 foot depth. If running lead heads, your rig will go a little deeper than plan hooks.
You talking 1 mph??:donoThats pushing the heck out of em with 3/8 oz on there.
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What Bill said.Quote:
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what Scott said Bill said
I use old spark plugs. Ifn it's windy I use a big un from a truck, ifn it ain't I use one from a weed wacker.
Cause heavy weights is retarded.
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That wont be no prob, Kdavid can handle that with them litle bitty hands he got.:RoflQuote:
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Not real sure about the fish spitting the hook out.I like the lighter weights because you have less bounce in the rod tips.When the lake is choppy and using heavy weights,way too much movement in the rod tips.
The reason I like the lighter weight is because it makes me slowwww downnnnnn. Gotta go slower with light wejght to keep lines from swingin back.
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i like the lighter cuz you get more of em per pound:)
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Bill Burnett
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I think Cane is talking about number 1 speed on his trolly not 1 mph.!Quote:
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That could be but number 1 speed on most trollys will do almost 1 mph if you stay on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlabLapper4sure
It would seem to me that the forward movement of the boat would also apply pressure on the minnow when the fish grabbed it . Is this not as important as the size of the weight? It seems that the faster you go, the more the fish will feel the rod tip pulling back on him minnow.
Sometimes I do use a 1oz weight so that I can go .7-.8. I get more of a reaction bite when the fish just won't hit it slow, and I can cover more water. Some even use bigger weights for this so they can go 1-1.25. It's called power trolling, but most of the time a 1/2 oz weight is what I use and go .2-.5. If fishing brush tops or wood, I just try to sit on the cover and not move if the fish take it that way. The lighter weight lets me see the initial bite better on lite bitters.
Big River Marine
Bill Burnett
870-635-0202
We offer Xpress, Excel, and Alweld Boats. Yamaha, Suzuki, Evinrude, Mud Buddy, and Tohatsu/Nissan Engines.
Pro Staff, Southern Pro Tackle and Ozark Rods.
Member, Tri-State Crappie Anglers
Yea, I was speaking of speed 1 on the trolling motor.
My uncle fished Enid for years. He had 2 Little George shad lures, an 8 oz. sinker on all rods. The sinkers was set at 14 foot deep on a 16 foot rod. That would have put the lures around 10 and 12 foot deep. He would run speeds 1, 2, 3 on the trolling motor depending on the bite. All the years we fished together, he never changed a thing. Except for speed.