SEASON 04 EPISODE 13. In this episode of BrushPile Fishing host Russ Bailey is fishing deep with Crappie fishing legend Roger Gant on Pickwick Lake. FOR MORE VISIT BRUSHPILEFISHING.COM
I'm not sure I quite understand the "spreads your lines more" argument. Looks like from the front rod to the back rod is about 12' if that is a 17' boat. So you have a spread of 12'. If you long lined with the boat going forward and used different length rods like most do.. From 5' in the back to 14'ers in the front, you would be covering 14' off the port, 14' off the starboard, and right down the middle with the shorty rods, and everywhere in between with an 8, a 10, and a 12' rod too (if allowed). So if your boat is 8 foot wide, that's a coverage of 36' vs the 12' here. I guess I just don't see the advantage, which is probably why you don't see it done very often
This allows a person to fish 3 out of the same boat. And I will say, long lining can't hold a candle to side pulling. As the boat can spin around on the fish faster. I do both, and enjoy long lining. But try to fish with Roger on a school of fish. The man will school you on how to load the boat.
It all depends on the lake you are fishing, but it is done pretty regularly from Pickwick down further South. The big advantage is turning the boat to get back on the fish. It is worth a try. Both methods work great though.
