Longlining

What is the difference between long lining and trolling?

actually nothing, in my book. I think,,when long linging is spoken,,its about jigs and RR's,,,when trolling is talked about its morso on crankbaits..but,,its all the same same to me just diff. baits is being used at diff speeds.

IMHO .... longlining, spider rigging, pushing, pulling, side pulling, and any other method where you are fishing while the boat is moving by way of big motor or trolling motor and your lines/baits are in the water & being moved through the water ... that's "Trolling". Each of those differently named methods are just a specific kind of trolling. They're named to differentiate between the different styles of trolling.
I think of the word "trolling" as the title of a book ... and the longlining, pushing, pulling, etc. methods as chapters of that book. Trolling is the theme of the story, and the different methods are the different story lines based on that theme. :twocents

... cp :kewl

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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

IMHO .... longlining, spider rigging, pushing, pulling, side pulling, and any other method where you are fishing while the boat is moving by way of big motor or trolling motor and your lines/baits are in the water & being moved through the water ... that's "Trolling". Each of those differently named methods are just a specific kind of trolling. They're named to differentiate between the different styles of trolling.
I think of the word "trolling" as the title of a book ... and the longlining, pushing, pulling, etc. methods as chapters of that book. Trolling is the theme of the story, and the different methods are the different story lines based on that theme. :twocents

... cp :kewl

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Great explanation. THANKS!!!

You forgot about "STROLLING"....the art of slow trolling...

I "stroll" all the time. Learnt it in high school (or Olongapo PI).

Long lining for me is when I use my TM to pull my little jigs (Roadrunners) and for this I just cast out to the side and back about as afar as I can a 1/32 oz jig and run my TM on about 3 or .6 to .8 MPH. I use one rod and hold it all the time.

That is what I do Skip. Sometimes I get fish.

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

I "stroll" all the time. Learnt it in high school (or Olongapo PI).

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Ah, Olongapo, a lot of poles dipped there.

It depends on what part of the country you're in. Everybody seems to call the same techniques something different. To me, trolling is moving the boat while you're fishing. How fast you move the boat and how you rig is what determines if it's slow trolling, spider rigging, long lining, etc.

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Originally Posted by bjordan61

It depends on what part of the country you're in. Everybody seems to call the same techniques something different. To me, trolling is moving the boat while you're fishing. How fast you move the boat and how you rig is what determines if it's slow trolling, spider rigging, long lining, etc.

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Crappie-Crahppy