Quote Originally Posted by gabowman View Post
Gabepeeps, all I can say is "you da man"! Back when I first started longlining I pulled a many a double jigs and caught my share of fish. I also had my share of tangles while pulling those doubles. I still get enough tangles pulling singles. The major problem I always had was when multiple rods had fish on them and you was only able to get to one at a time. Dont get me wrong...lots of fun but also alot of work. I much prefer single jigs per line now and compensate for the doubles when I need to be deeper by using larger jigs or adding weight to get them there. Them 18'ers must be something else. My longest poles are 14'ers and about all I can handle hauling without breaking rods down for traveling. Dont care to do that but that's because I'm just lazy.
The 18's aren't that bad. It's a lil harder to judge how much line to leave out to swing the fish in at first but you get the hang of it. I am switching to all 12's instead of tens for the middle ten rods. If I am doing really well, I will put the 18's away and fish with just twelve or ten rods when I'm by myself. If I have a partner, he's in back with 6-8 rods and I'm up front with 6-8 rods depending on how deep I'm fishing. I will use 2 tens, 14s, 16s as down lines, and 18s. I will add a swivel and 1/2Oz egg sinker 4-6 feet in front of jigs. Keeps them away from the 14 and 18 and not much line out either. More like pushing but rods are out to the side. Catch some big fish on them usually. Really depends on the skill of my partner which usually isn't very good. I like taking novice anglers out and putting them to the test with 6-8 rods. Comic relief most of the time but keeps me busy. They reel one in and throw the fish and pole at me so they can reel in another. Back of the boat catches more most of the time but I catch bigger from the front.