tell me your favorite draggin setups

[fieldsj66]

i fish a lot of kentucky rig with weight on bottom and two either jigs or minnows tied directly to line up about 18" and 24" this time of year.

seen a diagram some guy had posted that he used a jig first...line...egg sinker...jig on bottom. how's that supposed to work? maybe he drew picture wrong.

seen some people like jig...crimp on sinker...jig on bottom. advantage of this? how does that pull?

[crappie cowboy]

Let me see if I can help explain it a little. If you are familiar with your lake and you know the bottom depth well, this is a great way to fish it, but if your not very sure about the depth, or it is up and down all the time, the weight on the bottom might be best.

Does that make any sense? You can still fish with the weight in the middle on any lake, and watch your depth finder just adjust you line depth, you have to know how much distance between the hooks and weight.

One of the reason's of the weight in between the two hooks , if you get hung you can just bob the weight ''straight up and down'' and the weight will knock the hook loose, most times.

It is a great crappie gett'er, and most pro tournament guys use this set up, and are very successfully with it.

Good luck.....crappie cowboy

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[BigKyd]

Let me see if I can help explain it a little. If you are familiar with your lake and you know the bottom depth well, this is a great way to fish it, but if your not very sure about the depth, or it is up and down all the time, the weight on the bottom might be best.

Does that make any sense? You can still fish with the weight in the middle on any lake, and watch your depth finder just adjust you line depth, you have to know how much distance between the hooks and weight.

One of the reason's of the weight in between the two hooks , if you get hung you can just bob the weight ''straight up and down'' and the weight will knock the hook loose, most times.

It is a great crappie gett'er, and most pro tournament guys use this set up, and are very successfully with it.

Good luck.....crappie cowboy

www.johnwoodsguideservice.com

Does the rig you are refering to use a 3-way swivel with a leader for the top hook or do you tie the top hook directly to the main line?

[CrappieKillerJigs]

i use a small crank bait at the bottom with a 3-way 18in above and then a 1/16 jig coming off the 3-way with a 12in leader

[Trout]

I like a jig on the bottom- usually 1/4 oz with a 1/O hook (big hook= more hook-ups). Then 18" above a three-way with another 1/4 oz jig and a safety-pin spinner on a 12" leader. The two jigs together weigh 1/2 oz and that is plenty enough to get me deep in the small, shallow lakes I like to fish. The water here is nearly always stained so the spinner provides flash and vibration.

By pulling 4 rods I can figure out quickly which color combos are working. And I will substitute a crank for a jig on a pole or two. For me, black curly tail jigs or black/pink usually do the best. I also use nibbles for the scent factor.

Once I find fish that are biting, I mark the spot, sit tight and fish till they stop biting.

[BigKyd]

This is the rig I was talking about:



I tried it out once, I could not keep the top leader from wraping around the rest of the rig.

[Mike Andrews]

This is the rig I was talking about:

I tried it out once, I could not keep the top leader from wraping around the rest of the rig.

Try shortening the top leader until the jig is above the sinker by 4"-6" and use a heavier line (12-14#) for the top leader only. The shorter top leader in conjunction with the heavier (stiffer) line should help. I tie my Capps & Coleman rigs with 14# on the top leader and keep it 8"-10" long...no tangles so far.

[PanMan_VA]

This is the rig I was talking about:



I tried it out once, I could not keep the top leader from wraping around the rest of the rig.

Here is a similar rig I use. The 4" hook lear and short leader helps prevent the upper line from getting tangled.



The snaps allow the weight to be changed for different conditions. Jigs and minnows on hooks can be easily changed as well.

[river slabs are better]

Here is a similar rig I use. The 4" hook lear and short leader helps prevent the upper line from getting tangled.



The snaps allow the weight to be changed for different conditions. Jigs and minnows on hooks can be easily changed as well.

pan man where do you get those wire things that makes your top leader stand out

[STUMP HUNTER]

I found some rigs set up with two of the wire spreader and a snap on the top and bottom of the line. It also come with two hooks on leaders of 20 lb line (guessing the line lb ) Found them at Academy Sports for .49 cent each. They are called Crappie Rigs, I bought all they had (15) at the store I was shopping. I use 8 to 10 rods while spider rigging and I believe they will save some time rigging the rods once on the lake.