Certainly one of the most prolific baits you can have in the water today is the old style bucktails. Having them in tandems may double your chances of catching. Size and Color combinations have everything to do with the success rates so try different combinations. I like some contrasting colors as well as matching. You just never know what day they will want white head/yellow bucktail or white head and white bucktail so they have plenty on hand. Also, if you want to run all day with little to no hang ups you need to create a spread. You create the spread for two reasons, one they wont get tangled and two you are fishing at two different depths which is a good idea as well.
Setup, I like to choose the leading weight based on where I want to place the rod in my four rod setup, heavier at the front so I can run it less behind the boat and then lighter weight out the back further back. Then off of a 3 way setup I tie or clip the lure. One very important thing to do is separate the length of line and weight of the two lures. I seperate the weight of the lure by at least an ounce. Even if you can’t have different weights the length of the line will help keep them apart. Keeping half the weight and twice the length back will keep the top one out of sight of the deeper one and you will never get them tangled and create two opportunities to catch. This is also true when pulling in the fish, the other lure is out of the way and unless the fish is fowl hooked and spinning you should not have a problem.
I don’t measure the line with anything other than the span of my arms (casual pull not full stretch, who would do that) but I would say 5 ft and 10 ft leaders. This will definitely get the heavier one well out of the way of the lighter one.
