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I've thought a little about this myself, and have tried similar setups. I trolled a herring this spring and had a second rigging (prawn and spin'n'glo) about three feet above it. Netting a fish on the lower rigging does become a huge nightmare (and I was using a 10'6" rod. I'd never try it without a rod at least 10' long, and I wouldn't use a lower leader longer than about three feet.
You also have to make sure you are using two opposite styles of lures or two of the same, stacked accordingly. Kwikfish are risky because they do a lot of random movement, sometimes floating upward, sometimes diving deeper than normal. Using a combo like an alvin with a spin'n'glo on top is more predictable. The alvin will pretty much always fish a little below where it is tied to the mainline, and a spin'n'glo a little above or even.
Also consider that a pair of K-15s in water that is moving with much pace at all is going to probably take twice as much weight to hold within a reasonable distance of the boat- likely a pound worth, be a bear to retrieve without a fish on, and add sometimes create a situation where you are pulling on a fish one direction, the fish is going the opposite direction and the kwikfish resisting a third direction= not good.
All in all, I'd say with kwikfish, it's more trouble than it's worth. Trying it a few times couldn't hurt though!
You also have to make sure you are using two opposite styles of lures or two of the same, stacked accordingly. Kwikfish are risky because they do a lot of random movement, sometimes floating upward, sometimes diving deeper than normal. Using a combo like an alvin with a spin'n'glo on top is more predictable. The alvin will pretty much always fish a little below where it is tied to the mainline, and a spin'n'glo a little above or even.
Also consider that a pair of K-15s in water that is moving with much pace at all is going to probably take twice as much weight to hold within a reasonable distance of the boat- likely a pound worth, be a bear to retrieve without a fish on, and add sometimes create a situation where you are pulling on a fish one direction, the fish is going the opposite direction and the kwikfish resisting a third direction= not good.
All in all, I'd say with kwikfish, it's more trouble than it's worth. Trying it a few times couldn't hurt though!
