Thread: Longlining Questions?

Stumphunter, parallel is close to the water, compared to the picture in the link above. Being a foot and a half from the water is close comapred to a 14' rod sitting at a 45 degree angle off the side. Sorry for the confusion, I don't run mine touching the water, I like them to be about a foot above so if a little wake or another boat comes by my rods don't slap the water.

Do any of you long liners use baitcasters? I've always used spinning reels and I recently started to measure and mark my line at 80ft with the fluorescent string bobber stops to have an easy gauge of how much line i have out. I can adjust the depth of my jigs easier that way and give them the proper vertical stagger. But casting them out on spinning reels, the line gets caught on the bobber stops which is a pain. I was wondering if baitcasters would be easier to do this with. The bobber stops wouldn't catch the line, in theory anyway, because of the way it comes off the reel.

Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun

Stumphunter, parallel is close to the water, compared to the picture in the link above. Being a foot and a half from the water is close comapred to a 14' rod sitting at a 45 degree angle off the side. Sorry for the confusion, I don't run mine touching the water, I like them to be about a foot above so if a little wake or another boat comes by my rods don't slap the water.

I have not looked at the link "yet" and thought that may be the case, have seen some sticking up in the air and don't care for that either. Some like them almost on the water and I don't care for that either. Some are so set on their way of running their rods that they are like my dad was in that they are set in their ways, nothing wrong with none of the setups once you get use to fishing them that way. Just wanting to let everyone know that there is no perfect setup, just need to find what works for them.

Originally Posted by Gabepeeps

Do any of you long liners use baitcasters? I've always used spinning reels and I recently started to measure and mark my line at 80ft with the fluorescent string bobber stops to have an easy gauge of how much line i have out. I can adjust the depth of my jigs easier that way and give them the proper vertical stagger. But casting them out on spinning reels, the line gets caught on the bobber stops which is a pain. I was wondering if baitcasters would be easier to do this with. The bobber stops wouldn't catch the line, in theory anyway, because of the way it comes off the reel.

You are using a lot of line behind your boat, how are you doing in your turning. While the spawn it on about 30' of line is all I will run out, other times maybe 50' or a good throw out that I'm guessing is around 40 to 50'. I have tried to run more line out but have a ton of lines cross up and other boats running over my lines in tight places.

You know, the amount of line off a reel isnt something I've ever tried to measure. Instead I just call it "a good throw" meaning it's about as far as I can throw a single 1/16th jig with 6# line on a 6' spinning rod. In the next few days I'll try getting a rod out and making a cast to see just how much line out the back of the boat I'm actually casting my jigs. There are variables though. Examples would be casting a 1/8th jig or a 1/32nd jig. I've always just given them "a good throw".

I fish Lake Lanier and the crappie I'm catching are in 30fow about 15-25ft deep so i need to get down there to catch them. Turning is not that much of a problem. Haven't got my lines crossed yet. I normally use 2) 1/16oz jigs on my line. I troll at .8 to 1.1mph.

About the same depths I been fishing also. Been running a 1/32 and a 1/16 and running at .09 been running around 10 to 12' and when slowing down to. 07 they seem to be running closer to 15' deep. Out in the deep water its hard to tell what the jigs are running as the wind may be in front of you or pushing you. I just try to speed up or slow down until I find the zone they start biting.

About the spinner. You can set your line in the stops once you get the right amount of line out then reel in three or four turns. You will be able to go back to the same distance each time.