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9-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, as a daisy chain, or as part of an umbrella rig.

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
9-Line

Rainbow Jet

Now we are trolling some lines. When you get to nine lines in a spread you introduce lots of options. A first consideration is line handeling. For our purposes we will assume at this point you plan to make use of planer boards. You will significantly increase your hook ups by putting out more lines and making use of planer boards to get those lines as far away from the boat as is safe.

With nine lines we keep the spread limited to tandom rigs off the boards and umbrella rigs off the transom and down the middle. Remember, with tandom rigs you have two hooked baits working for you, one deep and one a bit shallower. You should always have as many tandem rigs in the water as possible.

The line lengths listed here are a good place to start. 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!

9-Line Striped Bass Spread

Three 9" Diameter 6-Arm Umbrella Rigs
Six Daisy Chains

Packed in several black mesh Tackle Bags

$120.00

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Can we Kick it up? You Bet!

The Full 9-Line Boat Spread including our Custom Bay Troller Rods and Line Counter Level Wind JC20 Reels.
Thats right, you get NINE rod/reel combos in addition to the 9-line spread described above AND we'll ship it at no charge.

$795.00

Rod/Reel Combos include four light 10-20# rods and five heavier 20-40# rods matched with the JC20 reel. Email us if you are looking for a deal that includes the lures and reels without rods.

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
Select Head weight / Shad Size
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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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