Does anyone else set around at night making crappie rigs? Just want to make sure I'm not alone [emoji12]
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Does anyone else set around at night making crappie rigs? Just want to make sure I'm not alone [emoji12]
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I have tried and tried many different ways to keep them, but by the time I find them, untangle them, tie them on etc, it is just about as easy to retie on the spot. Does save time when you are first putting out 8 rods though.
I use foam pipe insulation from the hardware store, cut into about 10" lengths and wrap my rigs around it. I use the last hook to hold tight. Works great!Quote:
Originally Posted by cwright
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Yea, I use the noodles with I tie some up. they work ok.
Yep tied these up yesterday
Whew.... was starting to think it was just me. LolQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappieTuttle
Looks good!
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I've spent many a night at the dining room table making crappie rigs. I get the large noodles and cut them into 6" lengths. I like to put them into 1 gallon zip lock bags just to be better organized. Counted the other night and I have about 45 rigs ready to go.
Even on the noodles, mine still get tangled and are a pain to unwind. Anyone ever tried hooking them longways on the noodle up and down on a longer noodle piece instead of wrapping them?
I have gone away from using the " noodles". They are bulky and they shrink, causing rigs to come loose and making a mess ! I have been using Lundy Riggers this past year. Each one holds 12 of my double rigs and each rigger takes up about 1/3 of the space the noodles do, because of a smaller diameter, bout 1 1/4". These will not shrink & the foam is more dense which will last longer. I spent some time in the summer, off season, re-stringing these, approx. 120 noodles onto these Lundy Riggers. I am very pleased that I went this way. I will suggest other crappie anglers to give this a try as well. By the way, most larger stores carry these (Bass Pro, Cabelas, Gander Man, etc), I have ordered from all these places, and from Amazon as well, shopping for the best prices ! They usually cost @ $4 -$5.
These are Lindy brand, sorry for confusion...
I'll have to check them out. The shrinkage is good information to know. I've been using the pipe insulation from Lowe's, it's more dense than the pool noodles. So far I haven't had a problem, but I haven't been using them long. Thanks for sharing!Quote:
Originally Posted by 209slabber
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I use to use double rigs and used the noodles but found after a couple years that the noodles started to fall apart making a big blue mess. Since I was catching 99 percent of my fish on the bottom hooks, I decided to just run one hook or jig 18" below a 1/2 oz sinker. Less mess, wrap line around the rod to keep tips from tangling. Makes life simpler and in spider rigging with 8 or more rods, simpler and less tying is better in my opinion.CF
Great observation. Got to thinking about it and last time we caught a mess I can only remember one coming on the top hook. Think I am going to change to. If I don't have time to unhook all the rigs, I end up with 8 rods bound together and take a knife to it anyway. lol.
I have used several types of rig holders. YES I do sit at night and tie rigs up. Much easer than on the water with six poles out. I switched over to RIG RAP orange boxes. I really do like them. If you have a three way at the top, then a barrel sinker, then a hook/jig they work fantastic. BUT the down side, as I want to have my own hand ties and don't know what I am going to tie on just a section of line they don't work so good. But then all of the above won't also. You can put six orange boxes in a rack. I have four of them. Bought mine on Amazon.
I have some single hooks and jigs tied this way also. I also catch most fish on the bottom hook. But, I use florescent line on my reels, so I use an 18" clear leader with a swivel. I do this for two reasons. One is I'm not sure that the florescent won't effect the fish especially in the winter. The other reason is I use a lighter # test on my leader so if I get hung up and break off I don't leave more line than necessary in the water. That leads me back to pre tying rigs so I don't have to do it on the boat. I'd be interested to know what color line you use? If you use florescent all the way to the hook or not. I know some do. Definitely no saying the way I do it is right, just sharing what I do. [emoji3]Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiefarmer
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spend hours tying rigs. i use the foam rod floats (foam is denser than a noodle). a 1/2 oz wt fits perfect in the hole, bring the line up through the slit in the foam and use the little velcro straps to secure the swivel. get 5 rigs per float, can fit five into a 3700 box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chad Maness