spider rigging line setup

[jwilson48]

i have played with rigging a little and have had some really good trips. i am a stump jumper by heart and love the thump so I haven't done it a whole lot but planning on trying it again this weekend. i have always done the caps and coleman style rigging but why can't you just tie a couple loop knots for the two hooks 18" apart and a snap at the bottom for a bell weight? would be a lot easier setup less time consuming. what are the advantages to the c/c style? also, what are the advantages to keeping the weight as light as possible for the boat speed? seems easier just to slap a 1 ounce on there and be done with it. help a newb with some dumb questions. thanks

[Eagle 1]

I ALWAYS USE MINNOWS .

[jwilson48]

can't believe i haven't gotten more feedback. so many people spider rig anymore.

[shadboy]

I don't like the double rigs, too many tangles. I would probably use them where the law limited the number of rods I could use to 2 or 4. Here in the Carolinas, there is no limit and most use at least 8 rods. It seems to me that, at this time of year, the most productive rigging I do is hovering over brush. Since there is (ideally) little boat movement and since I have confidence that lighter gets more bites, the weight does not have to be very heavy. The heaviest I use is 1/2 ounce. I use a #7 split shot a lot. My rig is a standard Carolina rig. If I were moving fast in search of scattered fish, I wouldn't hesitate to tie on a 1 ouncer or even heavier. Good luck!

[SIcrappie]

For our purposes in most cases we use 1/2 oz weights. But we are typically pushing in at 14-8 ft fishing depths. If I were to go up shallower especially in thicker cover, we use 1/8 oz because it seems to keep the weights from getting tangled in the brush, whereas heavier weights tend to wrap up, the 1/8 will bump off. This is specific to double minnow rigs.

Generally I tie my own cc style rigs. I find them easy to tie, and they have worked well, so I've not had any reason to venture out to other setups. I do use tru-turn #2 hooks in place of the 214 el. I tie them in an "eye balled" close length and go.

[Cray]

I have fished them all and no expert by any stretch but I started fishing like you are suggesting with a 2 oz weight on bottom. Found when I went to C&C rigs I got more bites and hooked more fish. Think it is because you can run longer more limber leaders for hooks. Also think lighter weight help with hook ups. But your idea will catch a lot of fish. Have been on a local to me lake and out fished by guys using that rig verses the C&C rig plenty of times.