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i guess it depends if you just want to catch fish for food or for sport but id think spider rigging having out tons of poles while drift fishing wouldnt be as fun cause your just sitting there waiting for a fish to come on wouldnt it be much more fun to just use minnows on other rods with a cork and use a small lure/jig with your main pole?
i just dont see the fun in just throwing out a bunch of jigs and using the boat to move them
There are lots of different approaches to many of the things we do.
Best thing is keeping an open mind till you've tried them all.
Fact is though more rods can account for more fish caught.
What you do with them is optional.
Minnows and a cork is just waiting for fish to come on. Spider rigging isn't my thing either though. I just love to feel a fish bite a jig too much I guess.
I'd "rather" catch them casting a jig, but there are times when they just ain't shallow some or all parts of the day. Then is when I break out the long rods & Push my jigs out in open water. I don't "Spider Rig" per se, as that method is a slow/methodical way & requires knowing where a lot of brush piles are. I Push jigs when the fish are roaming open water & following Shad schools. I cast to them when they're around cover or on the banks (& in <15fow). Before I had long rods, I would cast the banks & around timber (standing or fallen), and when that bite was over I'd usually start trolling for other species (usually Hybrid Stripers) or cast the "jumps" (if there were any) just for some pullage action ... or saddle up and head home. My long rods just give me an alternate method of fishing for the species I'm really looking to catch.
id like to take crappie fishing like bass fishing id keep like 2 poles out with minnows that i watch while using a lure on one i think would be the most fun
also a question about what artifical baits to not use from shore do you think swim baits or crank baits may not be a good choice for bank fishing? i was told jigs and maybe a rooster tail small spinner are the only things you should use from the banks
Spider rigging is my least liked way to catch crappie, but, I do spider rig. Sometimes, I just want to relax and let the boat and poles, do the work.
You’re gonna lug a minnow bucket around while fishing from shore?Quote:
Originally Posted by matt1991
Since when is spider rigging not doing anything. You have to watch a number of poles, keep the boat in fishable water, and watch the depth finder. I don't call that doing nothing. Keeps you busy.
You sit there in a chair and watch rods waiting for a fish to hit, then lift them to the surface and net them. It literally cannot get any easier in terms of "doing something". Not that it isnt extremely effective and can be quite fun, but its right up there with bottom fishing catfish in terms of actually fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by rdant
Everyone has their own opinion. No need to bash someone for theirs. I’d rather feel the thump myself. But I don’t diss anyone for spider rigging or any of that kind of fishing. Just a matter of opinion.
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EXACTLY !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Damion Kidd
The unwritten site rule is "agree to disagree, with civility".
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Who is getting bashed? Disagreeing or sharing an opinion different than someone else isnt bashing.
Dont knock anything till you try it! Spider rigging can be extremely exciting! And watching a couple rods is no different than watching a couple of floats! I enjoy catching fish and I work a full time job monday through friday and some saturdays. Sundays are for the lord so I rarely fish on a sunday. So to catch fish when you get the chance you have to be very versitile in your methods of fishing. Most of the year its hard to catch a crappie from the bank especially around here so you may have to spider rig, longline jigs, pull crank baits, power troll or push crankbaits. If you want to effectivly catch crappie year around you have to have a large bag of tricks!
and a school or three schools of white perch for entertainment
Well said ! Erin!
It's not the Equipment it's how you use the Equipment.
We fish Deep clear water lakes in 5 ft of water one minute 50 ft the next very hard to keep adjusting up and down spider rigging!!
Can be done!! Long lineing is better will and does catch fish!!
Really like casting 2 & 4 lb test and JDM Rods better.Think the crappie like it to
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Any time you are hooking fish is fun! To me, there are different degrees of fun.. and spider rigging/trolling, float fishing, and bottom fishing are not my favorite but I still do it and enjoy catching fish that way to a point. And like I already said, rigging can be very effective! Heck I spend a lot of time bottom fishing for catfish in the summer, talk about low-skill fishing! But its still fun and effective to catch some fish!Quote:
Originally Posted by Erin Brewer
I really really enjoy feeling that tick of a crappie eating a jig, but you will see me trolling quite often throughout the summer! It's just that feeling of adrenaline when you know you just tricked a fish into eating a piece of plastic on a piece of lead/steel because of the way you worked it with your hands. Its addicting.
As for not catching crappie from a bank so need to troll, you can jig fish out in the flats too if the schools are not roaming. Plenty of times I've trolled into a school then nothing for a while, then when I got back to that gps spot the fish were still there. So out comes the jig rods and we sit there and cast jigs in the middle of nowhere catching fish. Talk about strange looks from other anglers! That just speaks to your last statement though, have to have that bag of tricks! A one trick pony will only win one award.