Spider rigging forum?

[Slab]

And it's done, we have ca new forum. Tracker81 volunteered to moderate it, thanks. And this is the first thread I moved here. Since one of the premises was that it would be for beginners, I made it a sub forum under the Beginners/Mentoring forum. Not sure if that's the right place for it long term, but that's where it'll start at.

I know some may say that there are too many forums already, but there are a couple ways to see everything that's going on here, at any time and that's with:

the ALL STUFF tab at the top: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/activity.php

or the New Posts tab at the top: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/searc...e=vBForum_Post

[Quailtail]

I am an old man. I started fishing on Lake Cumberland with my dad and Grandpa. Got sea sick and threw up at the restaurant at breakfast. We had a Alumacraft 14' boat, an eighteen horse Johnson, and a skull paddle. No trolling motor, no electronics, and them waves from Rowenna Ferry to Otter Creek we're huge. This was back in the late 50's and early 60's. Now, 60 years later, I started Spider Rigging. Bought a 20' Triton TA 196 made for spider rigging. Invested a bunch if money, and I think we caught as many fish with that little boat and that wooden paddle.

[Tracker81]

I am an old man. I started fishing on Lake Cumberland with my dad and Grandpa. Got sea sick and threw up at the restaurant at breakfast. We had a Alumacraft 14' boat, an eighteen horse Johnson, and a skull paddle. No trolling motor, no electronics, and them waves from Rowenna Ferry to Otter Creek we're huge. This was back in the late 50's and early 60's. Now, 60 years later, I started Spider Rigging. Bought a 20' Triton TA 196 made for spider rigging. Invested a bunch if money, and I think we caught as many fish with that little boat and that wooden paddle.

Could you imagine what it would be like if everyone took there electronics off for a weekend and everyone posted a comment on their thoughts and how many fish were caught. I think it would be interesting. Every now and then I don't use mine for a little while and it is tough.

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[Bigskyfisherman]

I am an old man. I started fishing on Lake Cumberland with my dad and Grandpa. Got sea sick and threw up at the restaurant at breakfast. We had a Alumacraft 14' boat, an eighteen horse Johnson, and a skull paddle. No trolling motor, no electronics, and them waves from Rowenna Ferry to Otter Creek we're huge. This was back in the late 50's and early 60's. Now, 60 years later, I started Spider Rigging. Bought a 20' Triton TA 196 made for spider rigging. Invested a bunch if money, and I think we caught as many fish with that little boat and that wooden paddle.

Sounds like me back then, except I used a rowboat and fished for trout in Montana. I still use the rowboat when in Montana, and there are no electronics. Other guys have ALL of the latest stuff, including downriggers and cameras focused on the baits. The technical equipment does everything but pry open the fish's jaws and insert the hook. I still catch a limit and release a lot of trout.
Crappie, on the other hand, are a LOT easier to get when you have good electronics. My son has good electronics, and they have really helped his catch rate.

[broharrell]

Go to youtube and watch Ed Duke videos to learn the basics of spider rigging. Very educational & entertaining. Do what he does & you will catch some.

[jigfisherx]

I have switched to a Terrova from cable control. What do you do when fishing timber?


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[CrappiePappy]

I have switched to a Terrova from cable control. What do you do when fishing timber?

If the timber is submerged, you fish over top of it. If it's standing timber that's showing above the surface ... I wouldn't spider rig it (but I would cast around them or jig beside them, using a weedless jighead)

[jphogfan21]

Well she ain’t the prettiest girl at the dance, but I just built my own spider rig rod holder. Figured since I’m just starting out and I’m on a budget, I’d just build my own. $40 later and a few beers I have the finished product.


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[CrappiePappy]

Well she ain’t the prettiest girl at the dance, but I just built my own spider rig rod holder. Figured since I’m just starting out and I’m on a budget, I’d just build my own. $40 later and a few beers I have the finished product.

Just a word of caution : if you intend to pick your rods up out of the holders between the O & U of your brackets, when setting the hook, you might want to consider turning those bolts around or using shorter ones .... otherwise you're possibly going to have some skinned up knuckles.
I say that because I fished out of a friends boat, with rod holders of a similar design, and quickly learned that I'd either get my knuckles scratched on the bolt head in the cradle of the holder (if I picked the rod up there) or get my inner wrist poked if I reached over the U forks of the front of the holder. Both places were rubber coated, when new, but the coating had worn away or had been torn off from years of use ... leaving bare metal ends. That was one reason why I opted for Hi-Tek rod holders when I decided to purchase rod holders for my own boat ... and I even replaced the bolt that holds the holders onto the T-bar with knobs (and ran them from under the T-bar, rather than in the cradle of the holder, as shown in the picture below).

[jphogfan21]

[QUOTE=CrappiePappy;3579335]Just a word of caution : if you intend to pick your rods up out of the holders between the O & U of your brackets, when setting the hook, you might want to consider turning those bolts around or using shorter ones .... otherwise you're possibly going to have some skinned up knuckles.
I say that because I fished out of a friends boat, with rod holders of a similar design, and quickly learned that I'd either get my knuckles scratched on the bolt head in the cradle of the holder (if I picked the rod up there) or get my inner wrist poked if I reached over the U forks of the front of the holder. Both places were rubber coated, when new, but the coating had worn away or had been torn off from years of use ... leaving bare metal ends. That was one reason why I opted for Hi-Tek rod holders when I decided to purchase rod holders for my own boat ... and I even replaced the bolt that holds the holders onto the T-bar with knobs (and ran them from under the T-bar, rather than in the cradle of the holder, as shown in the picture.



Thanks for the heads up! Was already planning on cutting those bolts down and putting rubber caps on them. Thanks for the info.




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