Well thanks for that, last Sunday I brought 4 fish home and found 3 of them still had eggs. I was single poling with jigs along the edges, and released I think 4 also, and had a few that got off. So I actually hooked more than 10.
What surprised me was some of the fish were quite a ways from the weeds when they hit. Yesterday I went to the same place and caught only 3 specs, all released, and two of them were 10' or more from the weeds. Mainly accidental catches just because the jig was in the water. So next time I'm going to leave the jig rods home so they don't tempt me to jig fish.
I think I might try some casting near the weeds with my ultra lite with a jig hanging under a bobber, and also some trolling from the front of the boat using jigs or maybe a rode runner? I currently have 2 8', 2 10', and 2 12' Pro Angler trolling rods. They consider them all purpose rods, but I find them a bit heavy to hold while jigging. I didn't buy them all at the same time. Sorry now I didn't get all 12', but Ed over at Pro Angler said for now, try with the 2 10' pointing front, and the longer ones to the sides. Later, either get all 14s, or move the 12s to replace the 10s, and either add 14s or more 12s.
I might find I like pulling from the back better anyway using my 6 hp motor, in which case I wont be needing any more rods.
I have a pair of those out roders, which fit into the gunnel rod holder, and hold a rod pointing out to the side.
I'm planning on using the other 2 rod holders located in the corners, and which would hold the rod pretty much at a verticle, but then use light weight rubber bands around the line and to the reel handle to get the line low to the water.
I also have some DuBro line holders I have used for open bail live bait fishing I could try.
I have made up another setup which would allow for using even more rods horizontaly, but for starters, I'm thinking 4 is enough for one person who will also be controlling the boat and doing the gaffing. lol
Again, opinions on all this would be appreciated.