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Well fellas, college football starts next Saturday and the Specks should be lighting up soon. Spent today cleaning up the yard, added 2 more rod holders to the back. Can now pull 13 total. Time to go fishing. Planning to be on Monroe next Saturday looking for them again. Hope yall are ready cause I sure am. See yall on the water. Oh and Geaux Tigers!!!!!:biggrin
My goal is to be out there starting the 15th or so, but I'm gettin ansy.....cleaned the boat all up...now I'm working on the poles....might sneak out there next week....
Go Seminoles!...it's time to stop stealing and beating women and play some football!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Lord!! That time of year is fast approaching cause it's been a long and hot summer. Did some rigging up today but prolly won't get out until the FCC tourney at Monroe on Sept.12th. Will be fishing this water for the first time. Tight lines everyone and GO 'CANES!
And I spent last night unrigging ALL my rods, that took longer than planned, and getting ready to travel. I can never slight a woman over shoes again! more to do but looking forward to the fall bite like y'all are. The Other Woman in warmer waters, who would have thought?
Well managed to dodge in and out of thunderstorms and got all 13 reels stripped and relined and rigged and ready to go. Gettin really ansy. This gonna be a long week fer sure.
Any chance you could post a photo of your setup? Not that I will be using 13 rods, but I have an older pro 160 also.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Thanks
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best i got for now. Back has 5 single holders. 2 straight out the side, 2 straight back even with gunwale and 1 angled to run in center.
NICE!!! Thanks for posting. Good luck next Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
pescador
Nice rig. I bet that many rods keeps you busy.
I only run 8. The back 5 is for whoever is with me.
LOL I was thinking , how in the h#$$ is Huntinslab going to handle 13 poles at one time . RR
If I had a bigger boat and IPilot I would run them and more by myself off the back. But have not figured a way to get the seperation need to run that many off the front. If BNM made up to 30' poles I might could make it work. Honestly, the next step is setting up 4 for pushing off the front. Already got the driftmaster holder and all ready. So that is up next. Just takes patience.
That's your answer....I push 8 and pull 6 all from one seat and still run the pedal......That's when I'm looking etc. When You get into em your luck to man 4. :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
This is how I have my spider rig set up. 11 rods on this day
so it can be done by yourself. I normally use 8 when long lining.
Nice setup..Who makes the rod rack..Quote:
Originally Posted by Specklocker
The rod rack is called 'rod locker' by Driftmaster. The rod holders are Tite Lok. Thanks.
Hahahaha... I love it! I will remember this about shoes vs poles, guns, etc. etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
Ginny
You haven't taught Florida Brown Dog how to run the back 5 yet?
Ginny
I had to put him down in February. Somehow he was poisoned. Trying to train Florida Brown and Black dog - Jake! He dont got the passion for fishing that Tucker had, not yet anyway. But he likes going. He will get there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiishergurl
I can fish 9 off my bote solo but if a gar or sunshine get on its like a Fire Drill. LOL RR
When long-ling i would 8 would keep you very busy
What is the stagger ratio (distance from boat per rod) and length of various
rods? Just curious
Right now I am running 2' seperation. I would much prefer 3' or 4' but I gotta work with what I have. Alone I can run 8 with 3' seperation but 2 people drops me to 2' seperation and 13 sets out.
Curious as to distance from rod tip to jig - have to have them varied quite a lot
to keep from tangling ?
Beieve you have said in past that you use a lot of bandits (floating crankbaits)
virus lipless cranks - or do you use comb of single - double jigs sets with the
cranks?
Like your set up Specklocker - I went online to Tite-loc - they only show models
with 4 rod holders vs the 5 -6 that you have.
Were these special order through Tite-loc or did someone build you a rod rack to
hold 5 - 6 holders?
Saw Darryl Cole Tite-loc setup about 2 yrs ago and it was a 10 set - five on each
side - failed to ask it they were special order.
Might also check with Spyder Loc - Gene Johnson to see if they have a
5 rod set up....
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...7_181346-2-jpg
If this was directed to me, I use combinations of single and double jigs. No crankbaits at all. If any weeds are present and 2 people fishing I run only singles, any weed will change the trail of the baits and cause tangles real quick. I keep my baits running pretty even as best I can, trying to simulate a broken school of shad coming by. Usually do not get many tangles from fish as they tend to pull back and rise up above the others, unless multiples on and drag them a a bit. Biggest majority of my tangles come from weeds or getting shallow and dragging bottom in a turn. On a cast that lands way off mark from wind or something I hold the rod tip high and above where I want the line to run for a few seconds until it comes back in line.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishin813
Harold,
Those are 4 rod rod holders. I have three of them up front almost fully loaded.
This longlining thing is still new to me and I am in the experimental/learning stage. I've been doing a lot of reading on it and trying to figure out what works best for me. Have run 4 8' rods, 2 12' rods and 2 14' rods with all lines running the same distance behind the boat. Single and double rigged. Lines do get crossed but not too many tangles with a speck on the line. As you can tell, i'm a spider rigger but this longlining thing has really got me hooked! I was hooked after the first trip.
Lot of the guides will long-line their customers -
rods/ / boat everything is always moving -
something of action keeps the mind alert.
People like to catch fish - action - plenty when long-ling (makes for fun experience)
To me the quality of fish is taken by spider rigging - locating the hole / contour
direction they are feeding from - brush piles included (direction into brush pile,
not over top, sometimes just moving into brush pile and turning out left or right
will trigger whats in it - this could be as far as 65 - 70' from pile)
Spider method is very slow and methodical - patience is name of game but does
produce the quality fish.
Have worked with planer boards off side of boat - time consuming but fun,
have worked with 3 rods off each side of boat from bow position or mounting
rod holders partially down side of boat, than working 6 rods off end of boat =
various rod lengths and varying the amount of line out.
Have worked lipless crank baits, double jig set ups (16th - 32nd) and at times
prefished with triple jig set ups - 16th - 32nd & 48th using mostly sliders and
chopped off curley tails....
All work - at various times and produce depending on time spent appling the
techniche.
For years have tried to refine the best approach each and every time out...
The best answer to date is: run and do what you feel most comfortable at doing.
What ever you have the most confidence in - use it -sometimes its more mental
than physical in fishing.
Alway like to see what others are doing-how their presentation works............
Expands my relm of knowledge.
Apology for soap box answer - just started rambling.