Mo tandem rigs
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 1:48 pm
In line with Conley's post about double fluke rigs, I discovered a tandem rig that's been used by others, but I thought I'd post it anyway because it has proven itself for school fish.
I tie my own 1/8 oz hair jigs but instead of using a dropshot wt., I used the jig to weight the line.
Last month I anchored and started fishing a wind swept rocky point after the sonar showed a monster school of mixed species and fish sizes. I started out nose hooking a curl tail grub 14" above the hair jig and let it sink to 12'. The grub got bit immediately with a nudge of 1' (turned out to be a 11" crappie). So I decided to shorten the leader to 9" and work the lure off bottom closer to the surface. Immediatley 2 crappies hit - one then the other. Cool!
I went to the calmer side of the point and caught a bass on the hair jig and another crappie on the grub at the same time.
I didn't catch tandem bass, but usually a bass and a panfish or two panfish. 15 tandem bites in all.
My user name is the name of the soft plastic lure I invented last month using a tablespoon as the mold and melted soft plastic. In place of the grub, I used the spoon minnow (1.5") and it got clobbered on the first to the eigth consecutive cast with less hits on the hair. I tied on a ballhead jig and rigged it with a spoon minnow. Doubles again!
I fished the point for over an hour, indulging in the easy bite I don't often see. The tandem rig has worked ever since that day though usually one or the other bait gets hit depending on the depth of each fish.
Thanks for reading.
I'll post a pic of the spoon minnow.
FrankM
I tie my own 1/8 oz hair jigs but instead of using a dropshot wt., I used the jig to weight the line.
Last month I anchored and started fishing a wind swept rocky point after the sonar showed a monster school of mixed species and fish sizes. I started out nose hooking a curl tail grub 14" above the hair jig and let it sink to 12'. The grub got bit immediately with a nudge of 1' (turned out to be a 11" crappie). So I decided to shorten the leader to 9" and work the lure off bottom closer to the surface. Immediatley 2 crappies hit - one then the other. Cool!
I went to the calmer side of the point and caught a bass on the hair jig and another crappie on the grub at the same time.
I didn't catch tandem bass, but usually a bass and a panfish or two panfish. 15 tandem bites in all.
My user name is the name of the soft plastic lure I invented last month using a tablespoon as the mold and melted soft plastic. In place of the grub, I used the spoon minnow (1.5") and it got clobbered on the first to the eigth consecutive cast with less hits on the hair. I tied on a ballhead jig and rigged it with a spoon minnow. Doubles again!
I fished the point for over an hour, indulging in the easy bite I don't often see. The tandem rig has worked ever since that day though usually one or the other bait gets hit depending on the depth of each fish.
Thanks for reading.
I'll post a pic of the spoon minnow.
FrankM