Not if I can help it!
Anybody here just using plastics/jigs?
Not if I can help it!
I will use curly tails when moving from .4-.8 mph. I will use hair and feathers from .1-.5.
NJcrappie LIKED above post
I don't do spider rigging but only use plastics or hand tied jigs . I have seen on my home lake some guys spider rigging in same boat one side using jigs the other side minnows and report same catch rates . This may not work all places or times . Sure can be cheaper and less trouble .
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I "push" jigs/plastics most all the time (3-4 pole spread) ... usually at between 0.6 & 0.8mph ... and plastics used are usually Shadpoles or Slabanator Shad bodies.
I haven't really gotten around to tipping with a minner, but I'm sure there'll be a time & place where that's necessary.
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Have you ever tried slowing down pappy.....I seem to get more hits if I stay at .2 mph fall, winter, and spring.........but yeh during summer months I speed up some.
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I basically just started "pushing" this past Spring, and yeah I have pushed at slower speeds ... I just always seem to end up running at those speeds, mostly for boat control & line angle. Most of my success at pushing jigs/plastics has come when the fish were scattered & suspended & on the move.
I was just referring to what I've done (so far) fishing out of my boat, using my 14' long poles. I have "spider rigged" from other boats with minners, hook/sinker rig on 10' rods (back before I got my long poles), and I'm sure the speeds were not as fast as I "push" from my boat.
And actually, come to think of it, I probably should have said my speed varies from 0.4mph - 0.8mph
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