Thread: long lining

That marked line sounds handier than a shirt pocket BRM.. it's looking like everyone develops their on technique / preference to long lining, but it all seems to include some type of math, figuring and calculations. I may be in trouble it looks like.. LOL.. but like Dee mentioned and like everything else I've read or heard on the subject it's basically trial and error and developing your on niche for it. And if you have a friend who knows a little it wouldn't hurt to go witness it first hand. I look forward to learning about it, I've done a little earlier this year with limited success.. I do like the idea of pulling jigs from time to time over cranks.. at least with jigs you can troll at slower speeds and still be getting the lure action needed to attract the bite. And that's what it's all about :-)

"Thanks" to all that responded. A lot of information I will need to disgust and put in play.

You can't catch em longlining. At least that's what my friend tells me about Norfork.

Originally Posted by Speck

Enid???

Nonono, Tunica cutoff.

Shhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Originally Posted by KnightShadow10

What is a slick jig mid spin? Never heard of it. How about a picture

Creekslick on the AR board makes them.

Interesting, thanks for the post and the answers!

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

I kinda do and have done fairly well. I use nothing but 1/4 oz jigs, 2 on each line. 1/2 oz of weight at 1 mph will run half as deep as the line out (in theory). In other words, if you have 10 feet of line out your bait should be running 5 feet deep. Not much line out but I peg a cork above it to set depth and then let them out off the side just like pulling cranks, short pole less line to the cork, long pole the most line to the cork.

I like that idea .... seems more precise than other methods also since you know exactly how much line is out at the point it enters the water.......When you bring a fish in, do you un-peg the cork once the cork gets to the pole or just bring the rest of the line in by hand?

If you are fishing deep you would have to unpeg the cork but most of the time the line behind the peg is shorter than your pole, if I need to fish deeper than that I start pulling cranks