They will work but they are quite stiff. I have a couple that I use for pulling cranks and they are great for that. Spider rigging, they are too stiff in my opinion. You will miss some light biters especially on rough windy days.
I have several of the crappiemaxx tight line rods w/line counters on them that I use to troll cranks with. Does any one use them for spider rigging?? They are a fairly stiff rod so I'm unsure if it would be hard to see strikes.....figured if I could use the tight line rods I got to pull double duty it would give me a few more rod length options w/out any money out of pocket. I know they market them to be able to do it, just wasn't sure if they are to stiff to show strikes or not....or if there's a down side to the line counters that's on them.....still figuring this spider rigging thing out, appreciate all the answers thus far....have a great one all, God bless.
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They will work but they are quite stiff. I have a couple that I use for pulling cranks and they are great for that. Spider rigging, they are too stiff in my opinion. You will miss some light biters especially on rough windy days.
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I have used my B'n"M Protrollers with my line counter reels to spider rig with when I was not pulling cranks......but I think I am missing some fish with them.....I am going to use some more sensitive rods next year to spider rig with so I can see the bite better. Its just money James you know we cannot spend too much on fishing, lol
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used to use them in spider/slow trolling. They work...Ok. good part is you can load them up with weight when the fish are on a reactionary bite. ie speed. But they are not very sensitve at all.
Try the BnM Capps&Colemans if you want rods designed for slow trolling/ spidering in mind.
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I'm like feelay I like a limber tip pole for spider-rigging, too many light bites for the stiffer tips. I use the regular BNM graphic jig poles that you can buy at WM, about the only place around here that carries crappie poles.
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thank you sir!!! Im still planning on heading your direction for a few days of crank trolling next summer (we talked via pm)...will holler when time gets close...
I know you cant spend to much on fishing Thumbs Up.....now if I could just teach my wife this lesson Rofl.....
I will check one out thanks......I do prefer BnM rods over any honestly, I got a gift card for the local BPS, thats how I ended with the tight line specials....but I do like em to pull cranks....
yea I think a limber tips prob better for us (my son & I )..... as we learn how to do this espically....is it the bucks jig pole your using???
guys thanks for the info, I know FELAY...DAS-SPECK...and "G" have answered quite a few of my slow trolling questions and I do appreicate it, makes figuring this out alot easier.....Stevej thanks for the input.....God bless all
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"yea I think a limber tips prob better for us (my son & I )..... as we learn how to do this espically....is it the bucks jig pole your using???"
The ones I have been using are BGJP, they may call them something else now like ultra-lite, don't know. Got them at WM.
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James, I am planning on getting a set of the B'n'M Capps and Coleman trolling rods.....everybody that I have talked to says they are great for spider rigging as well as longlineing. They are designed for slow trolling. Check them out at Grizzly Jig www.grizzlyjig.com
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they look great....go ahead and buy 4 extra and send em to me :p.....I will look at them soon, they do look niceOriginally Posted by G";1624527]James, I am planning on getting a set of the B'n'M Capps and Coleman trolling rods.....everybody that I have talked to says they are great for spider rigging as well as longlineing. They are designed for slow trolling. Check them out at Grizzly Jig [URL="http://www.grizzlyjig.com
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