Stackers

[GLF]

Everytime I put a rigger down, I put a stacker on the line. I believe it is a missed opportunity by not adding a stacker.

What are your thoughts?

[Sixshooter]

Are you talking a Stacker or a Slider?

A stacker is actually setting a second rod reel on a single downrigger.

A slider is adding a second bait to the exisiting rod on a single downrigger.

[McFly]

Always worth it to put on a slider- be it free or fixed. It seemed to pull a few bonus fish for us last year.

[GLF]

Ooops...I am talking sliders.

[Steve Arend]

If you’re fishing anything over 30 ft. a stacker is a good way to through extra baits in the water column to cover the range of depths.

[Sixshooter]

Stackers are SO Ineficient. I used to run them...But now I pretty much just run sliders.

[Oakley]

Sliders are the way to go. Before it gets light I will send down a free slider and when it gets light I tend to set a fixed slider about 10-12 feet above the bottom spoon.

[Dv8oR]

I think stacking is a pain in the arse as well as being inefficient.

I'll use fixed sliders and I'll vary the spread on lines.

Fixed at 5 ft on 1 side and 7-10 on the other or whatever...spread 'em out and mix 'em up.

My Sunday story, the one double I had on 1 line was on a pair of watermelons 5 ft apart.......

[IRISH56]

I definitely don't put a spoon down on a rigger w/out a slider unless they're running shallow. Haven't tried the mupp rig yet but I've heard it's productive also.

I run spoon stackers on top of dodger/fly rigs though with good seperation - I've heard of guys running sliders off dodger/fly rigs but I can see that being a real mess. Does anybody run those consistently???

DAN

[Butch]

I very rarely fish a rigger(I only have 2) without a slider. I fish alone a lot and consider it an important part of my spread. This time of year I usually run 1 fixed and 1 free. After a thermocline sets up, and/or if I want to run a dodger/fly, I run fixed sliders only.

Irish, I run fixed sliders above dodger rigs most of the time, without significant problems. I sometimes run them pretty close together(6-8') when the fish are in tight, also. A big king on the slider can make a tangled mess, and even occasionally break off the slider leader due to said tangle, but... I put up with it.

[CaptLevi]

I usually won't run sliders at dusk, dawn, or when the bite is hot. I want my main rigs in the water as quick as possible and usually catch enough fish at these times to warrant not using them.
Once the fishing slows or if I am looking for a bite pattern I will use fixed sliders to help tell me what the fish will bite, and then to complement my spread by giving the look of a school of bait.

[GLF]

I usually won't run sliders at dusk, dawn, or when the bite is hot. I want my main rigs in the water as quick as possible and usually catch enough fish at these times to warrant not using them.
Once the fishing slows or if I am looking for a bite pattern I will use fixed sliders to help tell me what the fish will bite, and then to complement my spread by giving the look of a school of bait.

Good point Levi.