Ok,
So I am convinced now that this is the best soft plastic to use thus far. The few times I've used them this year they have produced. However, I am terrible at rigging them and make them pretty much unusable if i ever wanted to use one for a second time, trying to make it lie straight on the hook is a bit of a challenge that I know will become easier with practice....

question: Is 4.20 -5.00 bucks the going rate for a three pack of 9".
Does anyone know of a place that offers bulk rates? S-B sponser or not??

The other question i have is, does everyone use the hook supplied with the 3 pack or do you use a something else? Im not looking to do the two hook rigging just yet... one hook seems to work just fine.

thanks guys.

Go with the two hook method, they just work better that way..and its not just the added benefit of the extra hook, its the action. They really arent that hard to rig. Look at the instructions on SRI, they help alot. Use the glue on any tears u form from rigging it, after u rig a few ull be able to do it in a few minutes flat.

http://www.surfcasting-rhodeisland.com/StoreImages/sluggos/single_rigging_sluggos.htm

I must be honest, the first time I tried rigging them myself, I gave up quickly. The second time around I took more time and printed out the instructions. Whipped 3 rigged sluggo's out while watching the Sox game in 15 minutes.

Jim White & Steve demonstrated the sluggo rigging techniques a few years back at Quaker Lane.
Jim showed the single hook rigging. If I recall he used a Limerick-bend mustard. The bend was first straighten out with a pair of pliers, then shank was wrapped with dacron, then inserted in the sluggo with zap a gap. I don't recall where and if he used weights, probably only the tail. This method works for him but note that he fishes from boat.

I must be honest, the first time I tried rigging them myself, I gave up quickly. The second time around I took more time and printed out the instructions. Whipped 3 rigged sluggo's out while watching the Sox game in 15 minutes.

two hook or one hook method?

the two hook method is going to take some time to get down i thnk.

Give it a try, it's not that hard. The first time I read those instructions I thought it was wayyy too complicated. I am by no means the kind of guy that is good at stuff like that, but it's actually quite easy.
With the two hook method, it doesn't have to be absoultely perfect either, as bassboy said, just glue up any tears. To make sure it's ok, after I finish rigging it I hold it vertically from the top and make sure there are no kinks and it hangs straight down.
by the way, there may be some guys on this site that dissagree that it is the best soft plastic!!!

I did the 2 hook method. I use dacron on my icefishing tilts so I had it on hand. Just go slowly through the process. After I got the first one, the second 2 went quickly. The middle hook is easy and I found that if you put the head hook in where you liked it and allowed the sluggo to lay straight, you can then remove it halfway and finish the half hitches.
I took a piece of thru wire that I use in plug building and made a point on the end on the belt sander. Made the smallest loop I could on the other end to tie the dacron through.....
Once you do one, the next ones are a breeze. I gave up the first time I tried it.

by the way, there may be some guys on this site that dissagree that it is the best soft plastic!!!

perhaps.. but its the only one ive had some success with. :grins:

Hi,
On the Water issue that they gave away at the NE boat show has a good article on how to rig. I just did 5 or 6 without any problem. The coat hanger trick works. I paid about $5-6 for a 3 pack.

john

I know some people hate Wal-mart, but they do occasionally sell black sluggos and the price tends to be better than any tackle shops. Down here they only sell white.

i only have seen white as well

In Wareham... is sponsor here.... has the lowest price...even better than LunkerCity...and the guy is the best...shop loaded with stuff you don`t find elsewhere and the best prices :love:

Has tons of great stuff...online or go there.

Another Mike :)

already have my shopping car ready for checkout from CC tackle just waiting to see if any has lower...i like that website :)

they don't have the dacron line however... and was looking for more than 30 feet... wanted to fill a reel as well.

call Mike...he can get any thing and a great deal :smash:

k,
first question
"Double back 36" of Dacron Line so you have an 18" length of double line
Cut Darcon - now you have a natural loop on one end and two single strands on the other end.
Tie an overhand knot (shoelace knot) on each end
Tie the loop end to the 5/0 tail hook with an improved clinch knot"

after you tie the overhand knot at the loop end how do do a clinch knot... how do you do a clinch knot on the loop end anyway for that matter. I think i might be reading what to do there wrong.

same way you would do a clinch knot..except instead of a single strand use the end loop (doubled up, clinch knot I suppose) ;)

I couldnt figure out at first either..till I watched one of steve's seminars..

let me explain.. double up, tie your overhand knot, then push your loop end through the hook eye, then..do your clinch knot wraps, and pull tight

k,
first question
"Double back 36" of Dacron Line so you have an 18" length of double line
Cut Darcon - now you have a natural loop on one end and two single strands on the other end.
Tie an overhand knot (shoelace knot) on each end
Tie the loop end to the 5/0 tail hook with an improved clinch knot"


tie the unlooped ends together with a single overhand knot

Don't want to insult your intelligence but here is a clinch knot.......

K,
so in my head now so bare with me... I have the double line clinch knot complete but there is still a loop at the end i have to deal with.. once i bury the hook up to the shank do i cut the loop off? the loop is essentially the tag end so I assume you would??? no?

Don't want to insult your intelligence but here is a clinch knot.......

tough to do... :)

I understand how to do a clinch knot but being doubled up is what was misleading me.

Yeah I was told you can snip it off after if you want..I make my knot so the loop (uncut) is small enough to slip right in with the hook.

Don't think of it as being doubled up. Think of the loop as being the end of your line. Put the line (loop) through the hook eye, then proceed with the knot wraps. Pull tight. And yes you can trim the excess loop...just don't trim it too short. Allow for some tightening of the knot. Leave a 1/2" pigtail to be safe or don't even trim it. It will be hidden inside the sluggo anyways.

gotcha!
now all i need to do is find a wire hanger.... threw all of them out years ago... who would of thought they would come in handy.

just put in my slug-go order on cc tackle. ill practice with my chewed up ones tonight.

Is there a reason to use the clinch know instead of a palomar knot? Isn't a palomar stronger than a clinch knot?

Is there a reason to use the clinch know instead of a palomar knot? Isn't a palomar stronger than a clinch knot?


sounds good to me, but i started this "i don't have a bloody clue" thread :huh: :tm:

I use a palomar on the tail hook.Then a surgeons knot on the front hook followed by a few square knots down the hook shank.

gotcha!
now all i need to do is find a wire hanger.... threw all of them out years ago... who would of thought they would come in handy.

just put in my slug-go order on cc tackle. ill practice with my chewed up ones tonight.


Have any chop sticks or skewers for cooking :uhuh:

Have any chop sticks or skewers for cooking :uhuh:

good idea my friend

sluggos suck:grins:

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Sluggo Instructional Pages
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Rats! where were you 4 hours ago :)

went to #^&#^&#^&#^&s and got 300 yard spool for 15 bucks. 50#

that zap de bonding stuff will come in handy though... ive seen some pretty bad perdicaments where razor blades were needed... :)

book marked :)

sluggos suck:grins:


hahahahahaha true...not as good as a Surf Hog :uhuh:


See FFs post :biglaugh:

^^
I'll give them a shot too :) anything in black that squiggles seems to produce

however FF didnt put the whole fish in the pics soooooo ;)

think hes trying, as if he doesnt already, to get some street cred so he can hop on someones boat :):rotf2:

here are my first six attempts...
it does get easier as you move along.

what do you guys do to keep the needle straight while going down the slug-go.?? i kinda bob and weave until i hit the tip.

anything i should be doing differnt?

Hunters, you wanna try and keep the sluggo as strait as possible..the more you do the easier it will become.
I use a long piece of thru wire with a loop and a sharpened end. You just gotta feel ure way thru, if it starts to go off to the side, back the needle up and try again.

Hunters, you wanna try and keep the sluggo as strait as possible..the more you do the easier it will become.
I use a long piece of thru wire with a loop and a sharpened end. You just gotta feel ure way thru, if it starts to go off to the side, back the needle up and try again.

my next 6 went alot better. I didn't add the zap a gap until i buried the shaft of the top hook into the slugo.

I am using a wire hanger with a filed point on one end.. seems to work ok.

:huh:

what do you guys do to keep the needle straight while going down the slug-go.??


Lay the Flat side on the table, Look down as if a birds eye view and just slide it straight.....and its not a race, take your time and it will go straight

I use the top of old CB antennas for needles. They are useally made of stainless steel and are a lot stiffer than old coat hangers!! Beat one end flat and drill a pin hole in it, the other end sharpen to a looooong point, the longer the better. I even polished the point and flat end with a buffing wheel. Makes it slide thru very very easy!!!!

thanks guys, next batch will be be smooth sailing :)

do you think that the smell of zap a gap might deter the fish?

uffah 3:16?? you coming or going? :)

...or just buy Hogys with the 2 hook system and rig them in all of 30 seconds. With your eyes closed after the first couple of times.

...or just buy Hogys with the 2 hook system and rig them in all of 30 seconds. With your eyes closed after the first couple of times.

I have to second that one. Be sure to hit the back hook with a touch of glue to keep it in place.

Or even better fish any of these plastics off a Pt. Jude Wobble Head. I like the 1.5 oz. and the 14" Hogy. Fish hit it violently, just like they often do with a real eel. That combo worked very well for me last night, till the bluefish moved in.

[ sailing :)



uffah 3:16?? you coming or going? :)[/QUOTE]

I am neither coming or going! I am staying PUT!!

I have to second that one. Be sure to hit the back hook with a touch of glue to keep it in place.

Or even better fish any of these plastics off a Pt. Jude Wobble Head. I like the 1.5 oz. and the 14" Hogy. Fish hit it violently, just like they often do with a real eel. That combo worked very well for me last night, till the bluefish moved in.


Do you guys weight the Hogy? I agree, the hook system is great, but the belly cut-outs make it hard to weight near the front hook like the Sluggo. I'll be swimming them tonight for the first time. Thanks in advance - Chris

Do you guys weight the Hogy? I agree, the hook system is great, but the belly cut-outs make it hard to weight near the front hook like the Sluggo. I'll be swimming them tonight for the first time. Thanks in advance - Chris

Try split shots or rubber core sinkers on the mono connecting the hooks.

Try split shots or rubber core sinkers on the mono connecting the hooks.

Perfect. I'm prepping right now for tonight - Thanks Pete - See you at the shop soon.

Don't use the hook in package. A good one hook alternative is the Mustard limerick in 8/0 no. 31022. This is tube lure hook and needs to be straightened out before placed in the 9 inch Slug-go. Also , close the eye and wrap the shank with thread or 50 lb. dacron then super glue and push into sluggo. The guy who originally introduced me to the sluggo 4 seasons ago uses this hook/method and is happy with it. It is a ALOT easier and quicker to rig and effective but I have found you will miss some fish , epecially dinks, because of the one hook. He doesn't care as he is looking for cows. His best is 47 on this rig.

When fish hit, they tend to rip the glued, stringed hook out of the plastic. I don't think you can re-glue, on the spot, due to the saltwater intrusion and prefer to replace it with another from the bag. What is your experience?