Thread: Pics of final rigging for SS SkunkedAgain

While we are waiting for Brad to post some pictures of the rigged SS DaveChaser, here are a few of the final rigging I did to my boat. I had the spider rig holders in since last October, but never did anything to store the rods while trailering or running on the water.

During the Holidays and while I was waiting the arrival of my permanent license, I decided to tackle the job of creating storage holders for my rods while not fishing. I used 1x3 spruce and pvc pipe to make the holders and mounted them to the vertical surfaces on my boat adjacent to the gunwales. I have space for 16 rods in the spider rigs and made the storage racks big enough to hold 16 rods.

I currently take 12 rods with me: 8 for the front set of spider rigs, 2 for cast and retrieve, and 2 for slip floating in shallow waters.

Here are the pictures:











I tested everything out at Beaverdam today. The attendant at the concession indicated the crappie are still widely scattered and not many are being caught. Bass are hitting crank baits trolled in the main channel. I have used that pattern on many occasions to catch a mess of nice crappie. The water temp was 45 and the water was slightly stained. I marked fish 10-15 feet deep in several places. They would not take my jigs or minnows. The front two rods were set at 10' and the second set were set at 9'. I had just moved into 8' of water when I took the last photo so the rods were dragging bottom. That is what they look like when I have a fish on though.:D

I think I'm ready for the 28th and for a few runs to Kerr in March/April.