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7-Line Rock Fish Spread by Capt Ken Lahr
Its no secret when it comes to trolling for Striped Bass (Rock Fish) Umbrella Parachute rigs, Daisy Chains, Tandem Parachute rigs and solo Parachutes rule. They account for more fish brought over the rail than any other set of lures, that's a fact, period. This is why you will only see parachute rigs on our site; rigged solo, in tandem or as part of an umbrella rig.

A 7-line spread is considered a small spread by most bay trolling standards. This spread assumes that you are trolling all boat rods, no planer boards or you have outriggers for one or two lines or a single otter board to get one line further off the beam. If you are using planer boards, you are probably just sending two lines out on each board.

Reel Draggin' Tackle
- Quality Where It Counts!

Premium 150# mono line (tests at 244#)
Quality shads in variety of hottest colors
Low drag 9" 6-arm Umbrella Rigs
Hot Tandem Rigs

Rock Fish after a Daisy Chain
RDTKL Rock Fish Spreads, for serious Trollers
7-Line

Rainbow Jet

This is one step up from the standard 5-line spread. Many small boats successfully pull seven lines all season long. On a small spread like this, consistency and high production rigs like Tandem and Umbrella rigged Parachutes are important.

This spread consists of Tandem rigged 12oz and 4oz Parachute rigs and Umbrella rigs. The combination of these lines will cover the water column. The daisy chain will tend to run in the upper 10 feet. If you want to run it deep, let it out another 50 feet.

If you have downriggers, we would recommend that you use them on the short umbrella rigs. Set them for 30 feet deep and run the line lengths back as indicated. The longer line will be slightly deeper then the short line.

Exact line length will change with type of boat and sea conditions. You will have to experiment to determine what works best. What is important is that when a line gets hit, you can put another one back out at the exact distance. This is where our Line Counter Bay Trolling reels come in handy. If you don't have a line counter reel, you will have to come up with a method like counting the number of times the bar on a level wind moves across the reel, or mark your line every 25 feet. No matter what method you choose, you will need a note pad to keep it all straight!

7-Line Striped Bass Spread

FOUR 9" Diameter 6-Arm Umbrella Rigs
Two Tandem Rigs

One White Daisy Chain
Packed in Two Black Mesh Tackle Bags

$80.00

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Can we Kick it up? You Bet!

The Full 7-Line Boat Spread including our Custom Bay Troller Rods and Line Counter Level Wind JC20 Reels.
Thats right, you get Seven rod/reel combos (three light 10-20# rods and two heavier 20-40# rods) with our work horse JC20 line counter reel in addition to the 7-line spread described above AND we'll ship it at no charge.

$595.00

Rod
Rod
5' 5" Custom Bay Trolling Rods
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JC30

Make sure you have the hot color of the day. Add one or more of these RDTKL Umbrella Power Packs to your tackle kit.
Includes three umbrella rigs with stingers packed in a 3-pocket tackle bag.

Shad Umbrella

Heavy Weight PACMAN Power Pack
Three Sport Umbrellas rigged with two 12oz and one 8oz PACMAN Stinger.
9 inch diameter 3oz spring steel umbrella, with SIX 6 inch shad teasers

$60.00
Includes 3-pocket all mesh tackle bag & three Sport Umbrellas

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Shad Umbrella

Middle Weight PACMAN Power Pack
Three Sport Umbrellas rigged with two 8oz and one 4oz PACMAN Stinger.
9 inch diameter 3oz spring steel umbrella, with SIX 6 inch shad teasers
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$54.00
Includes 3-pocket all mesh tackle bag & three Sport Umbrellas

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Shad Umbrella

LIGHT Weight PACMAN Power Pack
Three Sport Umbrellas rigged with two 4oz and one 8oz PACMAN Stinger.
9 inch diameter 3oz spring steel umbrella, with SIX 6 inch shad teasers

$48.00
Includes 3-pocket all mesh tackle bag & three Sport Umbrellas

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Shads
Replacement Stingers, rigged with 9 inch shads
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These are rigged and ready to snap to your RDTKL Umbrella.

Bag

Don't forget your RDTKL Umbrella Rig Tackle Bags
Multiple sizes of single pocket and two or three pocket Bags available.

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