Thread: Rod holders

Originally Posted by oobuck

What do you mean you push jigs or cranks this is only my 3rd or 4th year fishing with my own boat and only been after crappie or pan fish starting last year always have liked catching muskie catfish and bass

Basically .... "Pushing" is spider rigging at higher speeds. It sometimes requires heavier weights, also. It's done out the front of the boat, so it's referred to as "pushing", as opposed to "pulling" which is done out the back of the boat.

I use three 14' rods & 1/2oz weights above a 18" leader line with my jigs ... usually moving at 0.4mph - 0.8mph ... and try to keep my lines at ~45deg angle. I can assume the depth of my jigs by multiplying the length of line out by 0.6 ... so, if I let line out the length of my rod (14') then my 1/2oz weight would be approx. 8ft deep and the jig would be slightly deeper. I measure the "length of line out" from rod tip to the weight, not to the jig.

Pushing cranks is when the heavier weights come into play. Some use 2oz, while others use weights up to 5oz. And boat speeds are usually from 1.5mph - 2mph constant speed. Length of line out is much greater, also.

Originally Posted by Crappy Attitude

This summer during the hot season I was playing around trolling your home lake. Once I figured out that my 24V trolling motor was only operating on 12V, I was able to get enough power to troll. I simply installed several of the cheap Walmart screw in rod holders in different areas of the boat. I sat up front and steered and let the poles hang to the side running around 1mph. The rod holders worked good for running crank baits 100 yards off the back of the boat. I caught crappie, cat fish, perch, and a white bass.

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Gonna have to give it a try maybe go out to the lake when your there and watch how you fish and get pointers

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