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09-10-2000, 04:33 AM

Slipknot, the picture shows a couple of my favorite striper baits. <img src="http://www.rgsiroisco.com/striperbaits.jpg" border="0">

I doubt there is a handful of people rigging plastics the way I do and that's ok by me, but they are missing the boat. Not to say rigging them on a lead head will not work, but the difference is that a lead head presents the bait in a more vertical presentation and my rigging method is more of a horizontal presentation. That is the key difference and based 14 years of experimentation a big one, because I've found the horizontal presentation will outfish the vertical 5:1. I think it's more natural to the striper, blues or any other game fish for that matter. By using the large 5/0 Owner 90 degree jig hook and weighting it with 1/16 diameter solder, the weight is spread out over much of the length of the bait and not all forward of the bait. If I see trailers and I kill the bait with the big flat bait, it will fall in a large 8 foot diameter circle and that tactic will usually get some of those trailers to just kill that bait as it falls. The flat bait used to be my staple, but the new split tail has just be a killer this year. I switch back and forth, some days they want the bigger profile, but most days the split tail does the trick.

The other key is the corkscrew like device I clip to the eye of the hook. By screwing the head of the bait to that little baby, I increase the life of my plastics tremendously. My most productive day this year (bait shredding wise) was 20 fish on one bait, but usually I get between 5 and 8 fish per bait. Now for me it's not all that critical, because I pour my own baits and melt down all my used baits, but for anyone buying them commercially it's a big money saver. You can get them in Bass Pro Shops, or at Bassing Specialties on Rt 128 in Abington. Steve Carty the owner knows me and he also carries those 5/0 Owner hooks. In fact the flat bait is a design of his and you can get them in his store as well. I knew it would be a killer for stripers when I first saw it and copied it immediately, much to his dismay, lol. Try this method of rigging your own plastics, I guarantee it will put more fish in your boat.

It's 5:30 and I pumped to get out again, tight lines.

09-10-2000, 04:33 AM	#5
Got+Stripers Guest Posts: n/a	RE:Fisherwomen, Baitcaster & Got Stripers met this morning Slipknot, the picture shows a couple of my favorite striper baits. <img src="http://www.rgsiroisco.com/striperbaits.jpg" border="0"> I doubt there is a handful of people rigging plastics the way I do and that's ok by me, but they are missing the boat. Not to say rigging them on a lead head will not work, but the difference is that a lead head presents the bait in a more vertical presentation and my rigging method is more of a horizontal presentation. That is the key difference and based 14 years of experimentation a big one, because I've found the horizontal presentation will outfish the vertical 5:1. I think it's more natural to the striper, blues or any other game fish for that matter. By using the large 5/0 Owner 90 degree jig hook and weighting it with 1/16 diameter solder, the weight is spread out over much of the length of the bait and not all forward of the bait. If I see trailers and I kill the bait with the big flat bait, it will fall in a large 8 foot diameter circle and that tactic will usually get some of those trailers to just kill that bait as it falls. The flat bait used to be my staple, but the new split tail has just be a killer this year. I switch back and forth, some days they want the bigger profile, but most days the split tail does the trick. The other key is the corkscrew like device I clip to the eye of the hook. By screwing the head of the bait to that little baby, I increase the life of my plastics tremendously. My most productive day this year (bait shredding wise) was 20 fish on one bait, but usually I get between 5 and 8 fish per bait. Now for me it's not all that critical, because I pour my own baits and melt down all my used baits, but for anyone buying them commercially it's a big money saver. You can get them in Bass Pro Shops, or at Bassing Specialties on Rt 128 in Abington. Steve Carty the owner knows me and he also carries those 5/0 Owner hooks. In fact the flat bait is a design of his and you can get them in his store as well. I knew it would be a killer for stripers when I first saw it and copied it immediately, much to his dismay, lol. Try this method of rigging your own plastics, I guarantee it will put more fish in your boat. It's 5:30 and I pumped to get out again, tight lines.
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