Thread: almost a spider rigger

also ran into a gentleman who had caught 7lb bass showed me his picture thats the biggest one i have heard of out of taylorsville

keep the drag on reel set light enough so you can strip line. raise fish up out of water, strip line and swing fish back to you.

10ft rods work well [for me] much easer to handle

Originally Posted by bkgooch

10ft rods work well [for me] much easer to handle

I agree. I’m using twelves now but started with tens. I’ve tried fourteen but they’re not for me. Can always sell the sixteens if you choose to go smaller.

Originally Posted by chaunc

I agree. I’m using twelves now but started with tens. I’ve tried fourteen but they’re not for me. Can always sell the sixteens if you choose to go smaller.

yes i bought 8 16' southern crappie's but i am struggling with them going to keep trying but like i said it ain't easy lol i am only using 4 of them so far lol

I started with 12 footers a couple years ago. Have 6 14 footers as well now. There's no way I could have started with 16's. 4 is usually the most I ever run by myself anyway. It's too easy to miss a bite if you're looking at your other poles. It's hard. I tell people at work that I work way harder fishing than I actually do at work. They laugh but I'm serious. It takes a lot of concentration and coordination. Like was mentioned previously, run your drag light enough that you can strip line from the reel. That is, if you're fishing shallower than the length of your poles. You may try using 2 poles then 3 then 4. It takes some time to get it down pat. Just keep at it. A springtime trip to green river will break you in the right way!

Originally Posted by dannyr3_8

went out to taylorsville today i think this is trip 4 spider rigging, anyway i got my first hit but i had a lot of trouble trying to get ahold of fish at the end of 16' pole and he got away lol. i'm still trying but getting a bit frustrated this is not as easy as it looks.btw water 53degree f water is high but no debris floating lots of blow downs but they are against the banks settlers trace ramp is barely showing its not easy but can be done

I take it you have spinning reels on those 16' Southerns ?? You might consider changing them out for some baitcast reels w/thumb bars ... then you can simply push the thumb bar and let your thumb control the line spool and let the fish down to the level where you can swing it to you or to a net.

Originally Posted by JLSandusky

I started with 12 footers a couple years ago. Have 6 14 footers as well now. There's no way I could have started with 16's. 4 is usually the most I ever run by myself anyway. It's too easy to miss a bite if you're looking at your other poles. It's hard. I tell people at work that I work way harder fishing than I actually do at work. They laugh but I'm serious. It takes a lot of concentration and coordination. Like was mentioned previously, run your drag light enough that you can strip line from the reel. That is, if you're fishing shallower than the length of your poles. You may try using 2 poles then 3 then 4. It takes some time to get it down pat. Just keep at it. A springtime trip to green river will break you in the right way!

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