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Thread: Trolling an Umbrella Rig for crappie

  1. 12-29-2009, 12:23 PM #11
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    Tried the umbrella rigs for striper one time. Pulled them in 60fow in the main river chanel thinking I was avoiding snags. Lost the first one in 5 min! 10 min later I lost the other. Haven't fooled with them since. I was pulling them 100ft behind the boat with the big motor in Idle so there's no way they were close to the bottom. Just my luck!! I could get hung up in a swimming pool!! LOL
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  2. 12-29-2009, 06:52 PM #12
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    Umbrella rigs work great for hybrids, stripers and crappie. I am going to the lake in the morning and will be umbrella rigging. I am using 1/8 ounce jigs and i'm using the umbrella rigs that are 20". You must stay in the creek or river channel if you are going where there are snags you must use light test line on your umbrella rig versus your rod and reel line. IE. if you use 30pd on your reel, use 20 on your umbrella rig. if you are fishing for crappie, make them all the same color and ensure you make your lines on the umbrella rig longer than you would for striper as crappie spook easier. At least 18 to 24 inches. My umbrella rig at 2.0 mph with about 60ft of line out will run about 25ft. I have lost one rig in three trips. The best way to get these are from bass pro shop, buy your swivels and do them yourselves, you will save about 15 dollars per umbrella rig if you rig them yourself. At walmart they are 22 dollars each with some rubber shads. I will post pictures of mine shortley. Carlos
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  3. 12-29-2009, 07:23 PM #13
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    I knew someone would have tried this My rigs are the 20'' wide rigs also. In no way would I have pulled them anywhere but in a deep water channel that I know there is nothing to get hung up on. I'm also thinking on trying minnow rigs, not running the the rigs so far out behind the boat. Would like to run em around the 15 to 20' depth.
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