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Fisherking
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Posted: Thu Jun 15th, 2006 12:52 am |
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My dad and I made a couple of trolling "feathers" and now it's time to rig them. Because they are lead heads, and because we are planning on trolling them at around 15 knots, we are going to go with a wire leader. But, we haven't decided on hooks yet. My dad wants to go with the double hook that Boone feathers have, but I think we should use a single hook, or make our own double hook setup using two hooks set 180 degrees apart. So, if we go with the double hook at 180 I think that Owner Jubo Big Hooks in a 7/0 would work well. If we go with a single hook, I am thinking an 8/0 in the same style. What do you guys think. Attached is a picture of two of the feathers.
Thomas Gascoigne
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Note: The coin is a quarter for size reference
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Stuart
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Posted: Thu Jun 15th, 2006 06:00 pm |
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Single Owner 7/0 or 8/0 set far back in the tail would be my preference and I rig a LOT of lures.
I've never been big on two-hook setups or the dual style tuna hooks. Just one extra hook to impale you when you gaff and swing that hot fish into the boat. If the fish sets both hooks, it's a bigger pain to get the lure unhooked from the fish. I'm all about getting the fish unbuckled and into the box as quickly as possible. Especially in a hot bite or if you've got multiple fish on. Over the years, I haven't found a single vs. double to make any real difference in my hook-up ratio.
I always love posting this picture:
Backstory behind the picture - My friend Audi's boat. We were both fishing at the 51 in Puerto Penasco. Audi's boat hooked up on a big black seabass. They worked it to the surface, gaffed it, and three of them were trying to swing it into the boat. The black was hooked on the bottom hook of a two-hook deep-drop rig with 16/0 circle hooks. As they were lifting the fish, the gaff broke and the black fell back into the water, driving the top hook through Paul's hand. We could hear the scream from our boat, just a short distance away. We went over to render assistance. Neither of us had anything big enough to cut through the circle hook. Audi filed the barb off and pushed it back through. I now carry a small set of bolt cutters on my boat at all times, just in case. Amazingly, the hook missed the tendons and Paul healed up just fine. He was lucky.
That's why I prefer single hooks on everything I fish -- there's only ONE hook and I know where it is -- in the fish's mouth! 
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Posted: Thu Jun 15th, 2006 06:59 pm |
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I will agree with you on the fact that it is kinda nuts to have two hooks dangling 6'' or more away from eachother. But, when you rig a lure with 7/0's set at 180 deg. there isn't much chance of those two hooks seperating. Problems arise when you hook into a Sailfish or a Striped Marlin with one of these bad boys. For that reason I believe that a single 8/0 is the correct hook. Now Stuart, if you knew prior to rigging a lure that all you were going to catch were keepable dorado, what rig would you use?
Thomas Gascoigne
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Posted: Thu Jun 15th, 2006 07:05 pm |
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Wow...a bloody mees. The same happened to a buddy on my boat, sturgeon fishing. Went paralell into middle finger just as he grabbed fish. Had to fillet down to hook to remove. Lucky I had a bottle of whiskey for meditional purposes.  We fished the rest of day. He had a bad hangover.
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Stuart
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Posted: Thu Jun 15th, 2006 09:52 pm |
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Fisherking wrote: Now Stuart, if you knew prior to rigging a lure that all you were going to catch were keepable dorado, what rig would you use?
Same choice I mentioned the first time - a 7/0 or 8/0 Owner Big Game hook, beads on the leader to set it back in the tail, crimped with a spring loop protector around the leader where it goes through the hook. It's how I rig all of my dorado lures.
It works. I should take a picture of the Owner hooks from our last trip. Know how they have the nice, black teflon coating? At least one of the lures has none of the black left on it; the lure got hit so much that dorado chewed the coating right off the hook. It's now a shiny silver hook! We didn't miss a single keepable fish and shook a couple peanuts off at the boat.
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