I meant to say 12" not 15"........12" to 15" apart.

One.

One Jig

And if you get hung up, most of the time u will lose only one jig instead of both tied with a swivel. I like the 3 way swivel cause you can also change a lure if you want , without having to re-tie both lures. All the ways mention are great and works. Try them both and see which one works for better for you.

usually 2...I hate to get snagged and lose just 1...I been using 10 pound test, 3 pound diameter, spider wire recently and ripping logs off the bottom an straightening out hooks here and there.

If you fish 2 or more jigs in a brushpile, you better be using sliders.

If you would like to get more chance by using more hook w/o tangling together, you would try this Standout hook which sale at Cabelas or Bass pro shop. You can search on their website or click on the link below.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_58058____SearchResults

I don't during the spring. Shallow fish.
Post spawn, yes 2. Mostly to find depth and color pref.

I prefer loop knot. I don't like too much hardware between me and the fish. I can feel them smell it, lick it or rub it.

Thanks for taking the time to take pics BigMack and pepop. As a visual learner that helps me tremendously.

I have learned so much here, already.

I would like to see how to use a slip bobber. The bobber is not set and adjust to water depth. Always wondered...

I most always fish with one jig. First, you don't get hung up as easily and second you can control the speed your jig falls much better. It's always best in my opinion to fish the lightest jig you can for the slowest fall rate and with 2 jigs you can drop right past the crappie that may be suspended.

It just depends on conditions, time of year, and most importantly
location of fish, I agree with Stucky 76 when you are finding
suspended fish. But when they are hugging the bottom,the double rig works great. Good Luck

This is a typical setup with the "stop" above the cork being adjustable.

Personally I don't use the swivel above the jig but that's just me.

pepop mentioned standout hooks

you can tie on a regular J-hook with a palomar knot with extra long tag end & then run the tag end through the eye from the hook-point side to get the same effect.

Surprised no one mentioned wire spreaders

(hope the pics show up!)

I always thought the wire spreaders were 'the standard' for fishing tandem live minnows for crappie. (but I never used them ).

I was at Academy yesterday and couldn't find any of the "Stand-out" hooks. I'd really like to rig a minner above a jig using one. Blakemore has the Stacker Rig with a Slab-Daddy jig pre rigged but I didn't see any of those either.