Jay Stone loves to feel the thump of a white perch hitting a bait at the end of a single jig pole, but he loves something else even more.
“Eating white perch,” he cracked. “We eat a lot of white perch, and spider-rigging is the best way to put numbers of fish in the boat.
“When it comes down to it, I would rather fill the ice chest than feel the thump.”
In fact, there is no better way to quickly figure out if the fish are biting after making a company move than putting as many different baits in the water at different depths as possible.
“If you’ve got out 16 poles, you can put on 16 different colors and put them all at 16 different depths,” Stone explained. “Then, if they start hitting one depth or one color better than the rest, you can put that particular color on all your poles and put them all at the right depth.”
And for Stone and his fishing partner John Godwin, spider-rigging is a lot more relaxing than standing up holding a pole in each hand all day long.
“You’re not nearly as tired at the end of the day,” Stone said. “With spider-rigging, you’re just sitting back in a chair all day long looking at poles and enjoying the day.”
