This has probably been ask a million times but I Wanna try my hand at trolling for crappie.
Any tips or tricks for a new guy? It seems between long lining and slow trolling the slow trolling seems to*be the easier of the 2 to start with.
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This has probably been ask a million times but I Wanna try my hand at trolling for crappie.
Any tips or tricks for a new guy? It seems between long lining and slow trolling the slow trolling seems to*be the easier of the 2 to start with.
What do you call slow trolling? My opinion is long lining and slow trolling are the same. Look for a sticky post on long lining. There are some good tips in that post.
Here is a good thread on spider rigging from a few years ago. You can use the search at the top of this page and type in (Spider Rigging) and you will have all the reading you will ever want :) You can us the advance search and pick South Carolina and see all our threads about it.
Got more questions just ask :ThumbsUp
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/showt...Spider+rigging
Yea, use search box and you can also find info on you tube. I started in South Carolina and I learned a lot from talking to the guys on wateree doing it
I think he is referring to slow trolling as spider rigging, pushing, or tightlining. I would agree that tightlining, slow trolling, pushing, etc. is the easiest of the 2 methods. It is pretty simple, the biggest thing is you need some good rod holders, a good depth finder to find the fish and some long poles. I use 12 ft poles but would recommend 14 footers (I am going to be switching to 14 or 16 footers this summer for tightlining). As others have said type tighlining or spider rigging in the search bar and past threads that have good info will appear.Quote:
Originally Posted by SNAP HUNTER
If you are interested in longlining there is a good sticky thread on our board.
Yes spider rigging is what I was referring to.
Why the need for such long poles?
to get the bait further away from the boat so not to spook the fish as easy and to keep the bait from coming in contact with the trolling motor !!! with that said its not cast in stone you can use any size rods you want the chances of success will more than likely come from the longer rods !!!
X2 Strmwalker I prefer 16 foot rods
So......what's a good but cheap 14' rod?!?
Makes sense to get the bait out away from the boat.
Ain't none cheap Butch
butch i guess we going to have to hit the old cane patch heck we can whack us some 20fters down and really go big :Rofl:highfive