trolling, spider rigging speed

[guest01]

what speed do you troll jigs at and spider rig,i see pic in the magazines and there line are verticle but they dont look like that when i do it. i run with 2 jigs per line with 1/4 once drop wieght at the bottom but the slowest i can troll is .9 - 1. mph by my gps. am i going to fast or need more wieght

[driller]

Dead slow here, at least for now. We havent caught any fish when the line is angled backward while trolling yet this year.

[frank lawhead]

What Pound Test Line Are You Using ?--the Heavier The Line The More Weight You,ll Need
With Jigs Or Minnows I Very Seldom Go Over .4-.6

[slabbandit]

Hey there Crappieday,

That sounds a little fast to me for spiderrigging. I don't think you should have over a 20 degree angle where your line enters the water. I sometimes troll with styrofoam slip floats on shallow flats and if you troll to fast your line will pull up thru the floats.

I have a variable speed on my trolling motor and this allows me to run my motor a lot slower than the #1 speed. I've never noticed on my GPS what speed I run when spiderrigging but I would guess it's around .3 to .5 mph.

By the way when I am tightlining minnow or a jig/minnow combination while spiderrigging a 1/4 oz. pinch on lead is what I use.I place the lead about 12 inches above the jig or hook.

[guest01]

i use 4-6 pound line but dont have a variable speed motor, on number 1 its at or just below 1 mph, i,ll probably have to get a drift sock to pull in order to slow me down

[dwightparks]

For the people using older style motors you can buy a box that converts a 12 or 24 volt motor to variable speed. They are called a moto-max. If my trolling motor wasn't variable speed I would have one of these. WWW.Vexilar.Com TO SEE THIS PRODUCT.

[slabbandit]

Mine is the old "Maximizer" made by Minn-Kota many years ago. After they had been out of production about 10 years I called Minn-Kota to see if they possibly knew where I could find an old one.

The lady said " You know, I think we have one brand new one left in the warehouse that had been returned as a store credit." Been there for several years.

They sold for $100 at Bass Pro back in the early 90's and she sold me this brand new one, the last one ever sold by Minn-Kota, for $60!!!

[guest01]

the vexilar moto-max looks like the perfect solution, i have a endura 40 pound i bought last year that works great for me, i can move it to the front where it is most of the time or to the back

thanks for the info.



tight lines everyone

[ShilohRed]

Winter time spider rigging. So slow you think you will need to shave as time stands still.
Fish like to have the bait in front of them for a little while before hitting.
I drag a anchor to keep me still in the water. then only pull the boat foward 3 to 5 ft and stop agian.
PEte

[guest01]

do you target deep or shallow water for spider rigging, i have been in 7 - 17 feet but no signs of crappie yet, water today was 46