2nd line in portable?

[Kylersk]

What do you do when fishing alone, or with others, when it comes to setting up a 2nd line in your portable? Rattle reel? Rod holder? something else? Also, where do you typically drill your second hole?

[Duffer]

i would use a rod holder they got some new deals that will sit on the ice. placement is a personal prefrence and depends on how your portable is layed out.

[hanson]

I drill my holes about 2-1/2 feet apart so I can see them both easily and both my rods are close at hand. I always have one rod in my rod holder and the other I'm either jigging or messing with. When I didn't have a rod holder, I just kept one eye on the other rod at all times. I haven't lost a rod down the hole yet. Sometimes when the action is soooo fast, you can only handle one rod and I'll let the conditions dictate that.

[iowaboy]

Depends on how big the portable is. I fish out of a XL Twin and I always drill three holes. The outside two holes I fish in and the center hole I use for my flasher transducer. I'm usually jigging on rod while dead sticking a minnow on the other. I use a Mr. Jigger with my deadstick rod.

[CrappieJohn]

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