I only long line a couple times a year so not very experienced at it. Would you say that long lining in late winter / early spring is:
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I only long line a couple times a year so not very experienced at it. Would you say that long lining in late winter / early spring is:
I’ve got a buddy that only long line trolls. But he stops in oct-nov.
He catches fish and covers lots of water. Looses plenty of jigs too.
Just not cup of tea. I do sometimes but I fish by myself 99 percent of the time and push minnows. Livescope single pole jigging now but I’ll still push double minnow rigs at certain time of year.
Chuck.
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I voted it as a "great style" even though I don't actually longline troll. But, seeing as how the time period parameters include "early Spring" ... which in some areas of the country means the pre-spawn period, when the fish are on the move & eating up for the rigors of the spawn and are scattered ... longline trolling is both a search method & a catching method that covers lots of water.
I either long line or fish docks all year.
What is the point of such a poll? Fish any way you want to and don't worry what other folks think!
I longline from the time the surface temps get into the 40s until they get into the high 50s then I switch from jig/roadrunners to cranks. I do the same as surface temps warm up in the spring and when they cool down in the fall. I adjust my speed to adjust the depth my jigs need to run. If the fish want a bait running above about 1.2mph ,I'm going to cranks. If I need a presentation slower than about 0.6mph, I'll be spider rigging.
Livescope doesn't figure into any of this and I'll use it at any time.
I just what people's various opinions were. Sorry if I annoyed you.Quote:
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Let’s not get testy.
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Your question was very much viable in my opinion!!
Ask what you want and you will usually get great replies.
People shouldn’t respond negative comments. That’s what this sight is all about. Mother always said” if you can’t say something nice, say nothing at all”
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I would say it is very effective in the time frame/season you are referencing!
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Great technique for both spring and fall when the fish scatter every which way. Cover a lot of ground, if you catch a bunch you can slow down and work an area slower with tightlines.
Long lining catches fish year round
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I agree. That goes for jigs and crankbaits. Colder means slower most times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Locator79
Your exactly rightQuote:
Originally Posted by Locator79
I like it when I am in a boat. It is another tool in your arsenal. The important thing is that you have confidence in it.
Mike
Not really .... what about areas that get "hard water" :Doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by "G"
They will break the ice for the right jig.......rotflQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
Watched Brad Chappell's seminar at Grizzly Jig about long lining, it's also on youtube. Good video about long lining, and while i've never done this, think I might give it a try.
I use it some but it doesn’t consume the way I fish at ant given time. I fish for the enjoyment and the fish are a bonus. Frequently release all I catch, or make a shorebound angler happy. There’s times I need a bunch of fish and I fatten the freezer, and longline delivers, more often than not.
Great in my book. I love to pull size 6 Rapala Husky Jerk cranks in Glass Minnow color along edges of protected south facing flats adjacent to deep water on calm warmer sunny days in winter. Now, all I need is a day nice enough to get out after 'em.
Jim
I’m going to try long line this year has anyone used a float on your rig while trolling?
You haven't long lined until you've long lined off a submarine...
I use Carlisle 790 floats but they only work well with 1/4 oz jig or weight. Pulling very slow. .2-.4 mph.
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Thanks chuckQuote:
Originally Posted by Chuck Adams