Spider Rigging Questions

[Roper Outdoors]

What are some things you would like to know about spider rigging? If you would, post some question about things you would like to learn about spider rigging.

[EFslabs]

I have tried this method a few times on suspended fish over flats during the summer, but it doesn't do us much good in Ohio with a 2 pole limit. It is a good method to locate fish, but once I find them I'll normally cast jigs with a single pole. Also, some of our lake have so much standing timber it's difficult to manuever through without getting hung up.

[Nightprowler]

Is spider rigging the best crappie fishing method at this time of year in Ohio? If not, When? Can you show a typical rig set-up? What are some typical baits used and favorite colors of pro tournament fishermen using this method? How many rods can legally be used in Ohio? Can I spider rig with my 5-1/2' fishing poles or do I need specialized equipment? Do you hook the minnows through the dorsal fins also? Thanks for the advice.

[Yates]

do you use real or fake Spider?

[Hillbilly910]

[QUOTE=EFslabs;1331686] but it doesn't do us much good in Ohio with a 2 pole limit.QUOTE]

Love vertical trolling, do it alot, maybe to much, but i can tell you, most of the time if we tried to run more than 2 rods an angler, it would be more trouble than help. If we tried running 6-8 apiece like the boys down south, id just slit my wrist's and get it over with.

HB

[Roper Outdoors]

I have tried this method a few times on suspended fish over flats during the summer, but it doesn't do us much good in Ohio with a 2 pole limit. It is a good method to locate fish, but once I find them I'll normally cast jigs with a single pole. Also, some of our lake have so much standing timber it's difficult to manuever through without getting hung up.

Hey EFslabs when I first started to learn how to spider rig I never used over 4 poles. The best rig to use when working around structure is called the Kentucky lake rig or also know as the bottom-bouncing rig. There is bell sinker at the bottom and above that there are two hooks spaced about 12 to 18 inches apart. Once you locate the crappie I would do the same thing you said I'll normally cast jigs with a single pole.

[Homebrew]

Is spider rigging the best crappie fishing method at this time of year in Ohio? If not, When? Can you show a typical rig set-up? What are some typical baits used and favorite colors of pro tournament fishermen using this method? How many rods can legally be used in Ohio? Can I spider rig with my 5-1/2' fishing poles or do I need specialized equipment? Do you hook the minnows through the dorsal fins also? Thanks for the advice.

2 rods per angler in Ohio. Makes for a funny looking "spider".

[REDBOAT]

Two poles kinda makes it and "antenna" rig LOL... but seriously, if you guys really want to do it, I would rig up a way to fish two people (like with the "add a seat" that used to be available anyway) then fish the 4 poles (two to a man). All you are doing with the spider rig is trying to mimic a school of bait. so take the 4 poles and double rig them and BAM! you have 8 baits down.

[CrappieCrazed]

do you use real or fake Spider?

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[Buckeyemusky]

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