GLF Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixshooter Posted May 6, 2006 Share Posted May 6, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLF Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Ooops...I am talking sliders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Arend Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixshooter Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Stackers are SO Ineficient. I used to run them...But now I pretty much just run sliders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dv8oR Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 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....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRISH56 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptLevi Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLF Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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