This is on a 5 arm rig

What's Y'all's Spread?

Ya keep em in a tight cluster?

Ya fan em out as much as possible?

I have several set up differently, but this has been my most productive:

 

YUMbrella

Weightless LFT Live Magic Shad, #3/0 Gamakatsu Light Wire Offset Worm Hooks

Johson Silver Minnow on the middle arm

Spread out

Yelp, got the YUMbrella!

Huh, sneakie! Got rid of the jig head!

Well, I'm a sissy. I still haven't completely recovered from a trip in August.

On the first cast both me and my buddy hooked up as soon as The Rig

hit the water. He's running the trolling motor so i put my stick in the rod

holder. My striper was much bigger than his, but left unattended mine came

loose. Rick's fish weighed 28 lbs.

5 wire manns rig, spread out. Either reaction innovations skinny dippers or little dippers (depending on the bite) on the 4 outer spots and then a yum money minnow in the middle. The Middle and two bottom baits have hooks and the top are dummies. I also do the same with lft boot tail magic shads or the regular magic shads. All baits are rigged on the buckeye swimbait heads or owner screwlocks 

If the fish are more active i spread them out wide but fore more finicky fish or if theyre suspending i like the group tight

I use the Yumbrella, and I spread them out pretty far, almost at a right angle.  I use 5" swimbaits on J-Will heads, so I want to keep them from fouling up on each other.

Yumbrella flashmob jr with 1/8 j-will heads and 3.5" lft magic shad boot tail on the outside and a 4.5" in the center. I spread it out just enough where they don't get tangled up on each other.

Usually a flash mob, or something of the sort.  I tend to modify them by shortening the two upper wires by an inch or two.  I leave the middle long.  I tend to leave them fairly compact, rather than full spread.  Generally I am throwing 1/4-3/8 ounce heads on one of a variety of swimbaits, with the center arm being 3/4-1" longer bait.

I fish a home made, very much like the flash mob. 1/4oz home made casting jig heads with 5" super flukes in albino. I like to spread them out fairly well but as long as they aren't tangling too much I don't worry about it being exact.