Double rigging

[Toby from MO]

We run weights on the bottom. I'm not sure that I have a reason other than, "we've done it this way for years". It is easier to change weight. Given I now have livescope I can see my lines on screen so finding bottom/snagging is a non-issue with either style.

One thing we do a bit different from others I see...we do not run our hooks on leaders. We simply tie hooks directly to main line with a dropper loop. This significantly reduces tangling. We tie hooks, approximately, 12" and 30" from weight.

[yobuck]

Never tried the Capps & Coleman type, but recently bought a pack so i could copy them.
For sure they work well for them. Lol
But i do like having the ability to change things without changing the whole rig.
I mostly use just one hook or jig, and i do prefer using just a short light leader of about 12” for the hook or jig.
Again, i can change it out easier as i use those little pita hooks on the ends to connect to the 3 way and the hook.
I also think the minnows work better on the short leader, and that’s what the Capps & Coleman setup amounts to.

[ezgoing]

We run weights on the bottom. I'm not sure that I have a reason other than, "we've done it this way for years". It is easier to change weight. Given I now have livescope I can see my lines on screen so finding bottom/snagging is a non-issue with either style.

One thing we do a bit different from others I see...we do not run our hooks on leaders. We simply tie hooks directly to main line with a dropper loop. This significantly reduces tangling. We tie hooks, approximately, 12" and 30" from weight.

This is the way I have always fished a double rig. Two hooks on a dropper loop, weight on bottom.

[patrapper]

I like to use a Mr Crappie slab stacker. They come in different weights and jig colors and a sharp red hook about the jig. It's a feathered jig. I use a minnow on top and spray slab sauce on the jig and I'm good to go.

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[Just_Bass]

Dang, there are many things I need to learn about crappie rig. I know about drop shot with weight on bottom, even used it a couple times myself when slow trolling or general cast and reel. What is double rig with weight in the middle between hook? When to use this type rig? Jigging above suspended crappies?
I just recently used double rig myself but with two of 1/32oz tubes no weight for cast and reel type. I gave up after awhile the #6 hook is small and often time get deep hook where hard to get hook out.
This video showed my double rig hook with two swivels.

[RogerA]

The double rig with the weight in the middle is referring to what a lot of people call a Capps & Coleman rig. It is used when spider rig trolling.

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[Techno2000]

So I believe that there are two primary ways of double rigging: one with the weight between the hooks, and the second one with the weight on the bottom. Which one do you use, and why?


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You can also just tie two jigs together one a foot long and the other two feet long connected by a loop knot.We use this for speckled trout,but it works for any fish.

[CrappiePappy]

The double rig with the weight in the middle is referring to what a lot of people call a Capps & Coleman rig. It is used when spider rig trolling.

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Yes, it is ... but, it's also used a lot when Pushing double rigged jigs. It "could" be used for casting, but the weight would be considerably smaller in most instances.

IMHO .... the idea is to present more baits/colors & cover a wider range of water depth, with the intention of possibly catching two fish at one time. I fished this way once, with a member buddy, and out of the 100+ keeper fish that were caught, a double on one rod occurred only once (that I remember). In fact, whenever the double rigs got snagged & lost a jig (or the whole rig) we kept fishing with a single jig on that rod, and still got just as many hits. And, in almost 95% of the cases, the fish hit the bottom jig, anyway.

[Just_Bass]

Yes, it is ... but, it's also used a lot when Pushing double rigged jigs. It "could" be used for casting, but the weight would be considerably smaller in most instances.

IMHO .... the idea is to present more baits/colors & cover a wider range of water depth, with the intention of possibly catching two fish at one time. I fished this way once, with a member buddy, and out of the 100+ keeper fish that were caught, a double on one rod occurred only once (that I remember). In fact, whenever the double rigs got snagged & lost a jig (or the whole rig) we kept fishing with a single jig on that rod, and still got just as many hits. And, in almost 95% of the cases, the fish hit the bottom jig, anyway.

i agreed and also disagreed, agreed on when snagged most of the time you lost both, another reason I used two swivels instead of dropper rig, disagreed on the fish hit on bottom jig, I got hit both top and bottom, I leave gap about a foot apart. I use bottom jig to feel and remain contact to bottom of the lake and oftentimes they just hit the top jig. I also agreed on single rig is as effective or even more, I haven’t got double on both but I’ve never leave the lures in water long after got bite. I’m gonna start rigging with different color or shape next time.

[CrappiePappy]

i agreed and also disagreed, agreed on when snagged most of the time you lost both, another reason I used two swivels instead of dropper rig, disagreed on the fish hit on bottom jig, I got hit both top and bottom, I leave gap about a foot apart. I use bottom jig to feel and remain contact to bottom of the lake and oftentimes they just hit the top jig. I also agreed on single rig is as effective or even more, I haven’t got double on both but I’ve never leave the lures in water long after got bite. I’m gonna start rigging with different color or shape next time.

That may be so, but YOU are "casting" your double rigs .... while all of my double rig fishing has been done from a boat, Pushing jigs on long rods with 1oz weights @ around 1mph. And when Pushing jigs (double rig or single jig rig) you don't normally have the single jigs (or lower jigs, in a double rig) touching the bottom, reason being that it's more inclined to get snagged & the fish are less likely to dive down to get them.

Also, as I noticed in your video, your jigs are not that far apart & with no weight between them ... so when you're retrieving them, they are almost at the same depth, just one following the other. So, they're not covering much of a depth range. When using a weight between them, the weight determines how deep they run ... plus it maintains more separation (depth difference) between the two jigs.

Even so .... you seem to be doing quite well with your rigging, so keep up the good work, my friend !! I'm in no way dissing your methods or rigging choices, just explaining the differences.