Friends ... I am curious ... how many of you would say that you have moved away from spider-rigging as a primary tactic due to Livescope?
Friends ... I am curious ... how many of you would say that you have moved away from spider-rigging as a primary tactic due to Livescope?
Following. I haven’t changed from trolling but curious.
I never was involved in Spider Rigging very much, but I have just about dropped Pushing jigs in favor of Livescope flippin' jigs.
(but ... NO, I'm not in the mood to sell any of my Pushing equipment :Rofl )
And even if I was a diehard Spider Rigger & had Livescope, I'd still keep doing it. My buddy t.slabseeker (guide on Green) has LS and still Spider Rigs almost exclusively.
Been dipping 10’ or longer Huckabee rods for about 8-9 years now and still do. If anything I only use one rod most the time instead of one in each hand.
I got suckered into this by a hummingbird rebate, after saying I wasn’t gonna try to learn a new trick.
But I’m thinking I’m gonna try to incorporate it into my trolling, try to stay on schools of open water fish better instead of just blindly making passes. But we’ll see where it ends up :) I know that when I started crappie fishing over 30 years ago, casting jigs, I would have loved to have this available!
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Fish most of the same spots I did before Livescope but I don't spend the same amount of time fishing them now that I can see activity or lack of better. Also do open water fishing which I never did before.
LS definitely changed the game for me. Really all I do now is vertical jigging. Never jigged before. It can be quite effective, but not as easy as I thought it would be when I purchased. There is still a trick to it if you know what I mean. Usually I employ the LS to find em and then fish without staring at the screen. It can wear you out all the screen time. Lol. I love it though, game changer!
Tight lines,
Slab Apprentice
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I spider rigged and long line trolled for years and caught tons of fish but when LS came out l eventually sold all my trolling equipment. LS change it all.
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I vertical jig on livescope but also troll. If you mainly fish brush and structure then livescope is where it’s at. If you fish a structure-less lake where fish just roam around in the middle of nowhere trolling is better imo
Have never spider-rigged. Started out using minnows but over the years have moved more to vertical jigging and/or casting jigs. LS has changed the amount of time I spend looking in an area (if they are not there, you can't catch them). I have also been exploring more open water fishing for schooling fish and then casting/pitching to them. Did not look for open water fish before LS.
I am still fishing brushpiles 90 % or more of the time. The only thing I have noticed , I do a lot more pitching to the far side of the pile than I used to.
I remember saying most of my bites came while deadsticking the jig. Not the case any more , most of my fish lately have come on the pitch.
It is a wonderful thing to see a crappie charging out of the pile to attack the jig. Doesn't always work that way , but cool when it does
MO
never actually spider rigged myself , looks kinda complicated and for sure takes tons of tackle , so not really on my end is my answer .
I couldnt disagree more. This is largely how most larger fish are caught. Id wager most tournies outside of a clear lake, and in my area, dead of summer, are caught out in open water and "middle of no where".Quote:
Originally Posted by Charman03
I do a lot more pulling than pushing. LS is for when I want to target some big fish and other methods are for numbers. Not that you can't load the boat with LS, but it is more work than pulling thru them. LS is a complete game changer for sure. Especially in understanding fish behavior. :twocents
Went total livescope and had a great set up (1222) . Sold it and have gone back to spider rigging , power trolling and pulling cranks . I still single pole when they are shallow in the spring also . Once I saw that riding / searching for large fish was the trend I decided looking at a screen all day was not for me . Not fishing tournaments any longer either .
I have spider rigged for 20 years. I have not got Livescope and don't intend to. Enjoy doing what I do and don't want to change at my age. Don't have any bad feelings toward anyone for the way they want to fish, to each his own. Y'all have a great day. Attachment 461845
I read a pretty interesting article by Kent Driscoll yesterday on BnM’s webpage. It was about how some folks aren’t abandoning their proven techniques, but incorporating live sonar into them. Kind of where my interest lie.
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True enough for a certain guide friend of mine. Got LS & still Spider Rigs !!Quote:
Originally Posted by J White
Everyone around here changed! Now our lakes are full of zombies staring at screens!
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I use to spider rig 3 seasons and pull jigs and cranks a lot in the summer. I kind of miss just kicking back, watching the poles and checking out the scenery. Now, its all about the screen hunt and scanning out 50-70 feet trying to get within 30 ish feet of a target to pitch at. I don't miss the hangups and all the tackle lost with up to 12 poles out at a time though. I can say the scope changed my way of fishing totally, so much I sold my 50 horse tin boat, bought a 10 yr old bass boat and just keep 3 long rods on deck. I can cover a lot of areas in the big clear lakes now without having to set up poles and then taking them down to change spots. When you have 8+ poles out and the realization hits you that you have to move, it sucked and wasted time. Its a perk, because you can lose a lot of bulk in and on the boat. Now its just a hassle of pulling the troller up, strapping one rod down and you're out of there.
I did enjoy spider rigging and pulling, but now that the curtain has been pulled back with the scope on the fish, you just need one rod in your hand. You can break down football field size areas very quickly and know pretty positively if fish are there and active or not. No more estimating with side scan and trying to hit the depth. Once you chase a jumbo roamer 40-50 yards after a hit and miss and whether you finally get her or not, the shear thrill is there like no other.
That's good!! While the "ZOMBIES" are staring at screens you can catch THEIR fish :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Erin Brewer
Zombies that know what they are doing are killing the fish, like it or not .:twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman
If you have the skills you can murder open water fish with a single jig and pole . Most good with livescope have been hammering big ones right behind spider riggers without it .Quote:
Originally Posted by Charman03
That's my opinion, guess we are simpler souls Outlaw. I just now learned to turn on the FF I have had for years just to see depth of my home lake. Too busy ketchn single pole than in buying and storing all that equipment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketchn
Your absolutely correct! Killing the whole lake day by dayQuote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
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