How many of y'all spider rig bobbers? Pro's and con's? What conditions do you think favor bobbers over right lines?
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How many of y'all spider rig bobbers? Pro's and con's? What conditions do you think favor bobbers over right lines?
What purpose would they serve?
They work good for windy conditions. Keeps the baits in the water instead of the pole sling shotting the baits up and down as the boat bounces over the waves. Some people find them easier to see a bite as well
WIND WIND WIND!!!!!!!! They are amazing in the wind, cuts the bounce way down!!
Never done it, that's why I'm asking the crowd. I've read a little about it. Some guys say it helps detect bites and hold a more constant depth between catching fish. Most seem to face into the wind and let it blow them backwards and more or loss drag them from what I understand. I've always just pushed vertical lines or pulled jigs. Was hoping somebody that knows something about this would post.
It's windy every day here it seems like, I'm gna try it tomorrow or Monday. You guys push em into the wind or drift em?
Like Speck said, good for days when it is rough and poles are bouncing. I have a set of poles I keep rigged with slip floats. If going on a day when it could get rough they go on the boat. Adjust depth then put enough slack between float and tip that it can't jerk your line up and down. Some people say they will drift away and still jerk your line. Not true if you set your slack right. I see mine pulling the line maybe a couple of inches at most, not the foot or two with regular tite line set up. Have fished around some folks who use clip on cigar floats because like speck said they find it easier to tell when they get a bite.
I use them when the water is rough and the fish are not shallow just because I can put some slack line out and let the cork ride the wave vs. being snatched. (When long poles are not needed)
But For me this only works if going with the wind so you must be able to control your boat speed. When trying to go into the wind.. The lines still get tight and start snatching
But...if the fish are shallow really no sense in it because to get rid of the bait snatching from the waves your having to give up the long pole length you're using because of the slack you put In Your lines....
As confusing as that sounds... That's my 2cents
Makes sense...go with the wind, turn the trolling motor around and control the boat, I'm in
That is the way I have crappie fished for years now. The wife and I use minnows with 6 -10' poles each with corks placed at different depths and setup just like spider rigging. When the one that is catching best is determined I set all the corks at the same depth. Usually this time of the year I can then stay in about the same depth of water with this setup and keep catch them. Sometimes we will have 3-4 poles with fish on at one time. Now when it gets hotter in the summer the fish are deeper and we don't use the corks and I have bought 10' reel and rods for that time of year when fish are deeper. But lately I have been trying different fishing techniques that others on this web site talk about. It is just hard to fix what ain't broke. So I keep fishing the same old way.:twocents
What is the Max speed for this method? With the slack line the baits will be pretty close to the boat. Or do you run them off each side.
My wife's poles in the back of the boat all of her pole's are out on the sides(and she sometimes catches more and bigger fish than I do in the front) and the one's up front of the boat I have 1 on out front on each side and the other 2 on the sides with the one's on the very front a little to the side to keep them out of trolling motor. I try to troll at a very slow speed and sometimes just hit the motor and then let it drift and then hit it and let it drift again. But sometimes the crappie want the bait moving at a faster pace so I will adjust to what they want but I still can't move very fast with this setup. The fish I think they are seeing this as a school of minnows and just go on attack because when we do find the crappie we catch several at one time, so I keep a buoy close at hand and when we catch them biting good I will throw it out and after going past we then turn around and go thru the same place again. I don't know why but it works for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
Wilbur, usually the only time I will fish them is spider rigging when the wind gets rough. Dragging drift socks or chains. That way the wave action is going to keep them pretty much out front of the boat. If catching up to floats need to slow it down a little more. I like to try and keep them in front of the pole tip with just a little slack in the line if I can.Quote:
Originally Posted by wilbur
Thanks guys
Good thread , good info
I wished I would of read this post yesterday. I fought the waves all day had the fish found just couldn't keep the bait where it needed to be. Good info thanks guys
I never use em. [emoji12]
Tried it today, worked great with the wind. Drug the chains and kept the bobbers in front of the boat. Keeping the right amount of slack in the line was tough but turning the trolling motor around backwards helped control it. I think it certainly kept the baits more still than running vertical lines without the bobbers