Single Poling what do you know?

[deathb4disco]

I guess one could say it’s like spider rigging or spider rigging is more like it but with more rods. One/two poling or as I call it dipping I’m mostly using artificial bait whereas spider rigging I’m mostly using minners.

So what is it? Is it trolling or casting or dipping or jigging or something else? I can fish all those methods with a "single pole". There was another recent thread asking the same question. Apparently, it means different things to different people.

"Single poling" just says how many rods you're using. It doesn't say how you're fishing.

[CrappiePappy]

For me, "one poling" is either casting, vertical jigging, Vertical Casting, or "flipping" a jig (* what I do when Livescope fishing). And then there's those rare occasions when I troll with "one pole" in hand.

I think it's mostly a reactive name to distinguish between using "one pole" and using multiple poles, in most people's minds.

[deathb4disco]

For me, "one poling" is either casting, vertical jigging, Vertical Casting, or "flipping" a jig (* what I do when Livescope fishing). And then there's those rare occasions when I troll with "one pole" in hand.

Same for me, but that's obviously not the consensus.

Question for any "single polers": is either your big motor or the trolling motor moving the boat when you're "single poling"?

[deathb4disco]

For me, "one poling" is either casting, vertical jigging, Vertical Casting, or "flipping" a jig (* what I do when Livescope fishing). And then there's those rare occasions when I troll with "one pole" in hand.

I think it's mostly a reactive name to distinguish between using "one pole" and using multiple poles, in most people's minds.

Based on this:

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/tenn...hing-drumking/

… it's any method you choose as long as you're only using one rod at a time.

[Ketchn]

I am not sure what the answer is but I typically try to ketch crappie with just one rod at a time

[catchNgrease]

Does spotlock count? LoL

Single poling to me is dipping in the brush very slowly feeling every limb and every fish. But yeah I suppose all of the above could be single poling. The others are casting(with bobber) pendulum casting and finesse without bobber. Trolling is all together different.

Same for me, but that's obviously not the consensus.

Question for any "single polers": is either your big motor or the trolling motor moving the boat when you're "single poling"?

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[deathb4disco]

Trolling is all together different.

This sounds like trolling:

I guess one could say it’s like spider rigging or spider rigging is more like it but with more rods.

[DrNip]

I'm thinking too much thought has gone into this and making it more than what it really is.

I took it as the user was watching some Youtube videos or whatever and watching guys livescope with long rods and was referring to this as single poling. Where I come from this is a technique where you use a long rod to jig. As previously stated I call this dipping, two rods would be double dipping. Sometimes you can sit on structure, sometimes chase fish down and sometimes troll with it. You are making use of the trolling motor while doing so. I wasn't saying it was the same as spider rigging but simply somewhat agreeing with the original posters statement that one could say they were similar in that both techniques use long rods with x amount of line out, both can be done sitting still or moving, both make use of trolling motor, differences are spider rigging you are using more rods and rods aren't in hand. I make use of several different techniques that cross over into other techniques. For instance one technique is casting and dragging a drop shot minner through cover. Very deadly. I get where one might say that they are single poling while using different techniques as they have only one pole in each hand. To each their own.

[deathb4disco]

... I call this dipping, two rods would be double dipping.

Not everybody likes double dipping.

[DrNip]

Not everybody likes double dipping.

Haha about made me spit my soda! That was a great episode.