Stowage ??? for you that spider rig or troll with double minnow or jig rigs

[tnriverluver]

I keep planning to start doing a little trolling this year and one thing that popped into my head today was how to stow these rigs during transport to keep them from becoming a tangled mess. What do you do with your lines when you get done? Especially the rigs with the 3-way swivel and 3/4 or so ounce weight dangling below.

[wilbur]

I wrap mine around a pool noodle.

[Cmj]

If I am just moving to a different spot and dont want to break my rods down, I put one hook in the eye of my rod and the other in the handle, then wrap the weight around the rod to keep everything tight. If I am breaking them down, I double the sections together, put one hook in the eye, the other in the handle and either wrap the weight around the rod, or wrap the line around the rod and hook it on one of the eyes. I normally use Fasnaps for quick change of weights and colors, so I can just pop the hook off instead of hooking it into the handle. Clear as mud?


C.J.

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i wrap mine around a pool noodle.

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[tnriverluver]

I had never seen the fasnaps before until looking at different rig options last night. I think that may be one of the best solutions. Keep em coming, I like what I am reading so far.

["G"]

fasnaps make it easier to quickly change jigs

[tnriverluver]

fasnaps make it easier to quickly change jigs

Yeah I think that is the route I will try first. Easier to just remove the upper bait and the weight and just hook the bottom bait as normal. Thanks for the suggestions!

[MrPaulAR]

I have a rod rack that one of the members from the Mississippi board makes. I am always getting compliments on it. I never break down any of my rods... they just stay in the rack unless I'm fishing.

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[tnriverluver]

I have a rod rack that one of the members from the Mississippi board makes. I am always getting compliments on it. I never break down any of my rods... they just stay in the rack unless I'm fishing.

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My issue here is not so much how to stow the rods as it is how to stow the lines, hooks, and weights without them becoming tangled especially with multiple rods rigged this way.

[crappiehoarder]

I put my bottom hook in the hook eye on the rod. Then take the top hook and pull it up tight away from the bottom hook,mark the spot where it will touch the rod,then wrap electrical tape around the rod in that area,to stick the hook into.I've done this to all my rods works pretty good.