Just Learning Longlining...Another Question
I've geared and been longlining for the past couple weeks now with some pretty good catches but now I need a few questions answered so I know what to do next. From the few guys I've talked with out there on the water that's longlining it seems most of them only pull a single 1/16th jig per rod megven if the fish seem to be showing more on the depth finder at 12'-15' deep. I started out pulling double 1/16ths and have been doing well. Now, as the water is warming and the fish are moving up in the water column, and even moving gradually into shallower water, I'm wondering how many of you guys go to something like 1/32nd jigs so you can keep pulling doubles to keep alot of different colors coming thru the water. I'm only trolling with 8 lines out the back of my boat and by using doubles I can mix the colors better than just picking 8 colors trying to pattern what they want on a given day. So....for the ones that pull singles over dougbles...what's your reasoning on just pulling single jigs over running doubles? AND...How, out of a hundred different colors (exaggerating, I know:p) do you pick the colors you are fishing for a given day? Do you just go with the tried-and-true old faithfuls you learned from experience or what?
As the water warms do you guys continue pulling @ .8 or does anything trigger pulling faster or slower other than where the fish are at in the water column? Or do you change jig weights and still try to maintain your speed of .8 to keep the jigs in their face?
So....what's the skinny on all this longlining? Am I trying to put more into it than it is and am I overthinking it? Or is it really that complicated (and that includes the color thing too)?:o
Thanks guys.
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