Three Way rig for spring browns?

[SusanJames]

Anyone ever tried a three-way rig in shallow water? I'm thinking a t-turn swivel to 4-6' main leader and 12-18" dropper leader. I would run shallow diving crank on one leader and small spoon on the other. I know I'm not the first to try this. Walleye guys, I think do it regularly. I'm just not sure whether to run the stickbait on the main (longer leader) or the shorter dropper leader? These would be run off inline boards. The other option I'm thinking about would involve a barrel swivel with a bead above and a "slider" type dropper for the second bait that could be clipped on to the main line after the first bait is deployed and allowed to slide down to the bead above the barrel swivel. Either of these sound viable or am I just asking for a tangled mess?

 

I should add: my motivation for doing this is to get more baits in the water. I often fish alone in a small 16' boat so am limited to three rods.

Edited February 17 by SusanJames

[Kingfisher06]

In shallow, it seems like too much. Ive run deep diver stick on bottom and lite spoon (stinger) above rig for walleyes many times and its decent, but I think in shallow for browns you are running shallow sticks that dont dive hard enough for good seperation from spoon. Maybe after the early bite and you slide out to 20' of water and can run a deep diver it may be worth it. just my two cents...

[SusanJames]

Thanks Kingfisher....The lack of separation was my concern also. I could envision the spoon literally skipping on the surface when in shallow also. I think my plan of attack will be to run three baits all on the beach side to get the maximum number of baits in the good water for the early stuff.

[Gill-T]

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