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Originally Posted by Nebe
I wish striped bass tasted as good as blackfish... mmmm....  |
You ain't kidding! Beer battered, deep fried..
How do you guys make your rigs? I've seen multiple different ways to tie them. The way I learned was to tie three dropper loops on a single line. Two loops get the hooks, one loop gets the weight(bottom loop), end of the line gets a barrel swivel. Weight sits on the bottom with two hooks above it, and I find I get a really good feel for the fish. This has served me pretty well, though I fished next to a couple of Montauk boats over last weekend and saw some different ways of doing things.
We outfished them on Saturday, but they cleaned up on Sunday, while we were struggling. They were using green crabs, as we were, but rigged differently. Looking at the thread with Clammer's fish, the rigs they were using looked a lot like the Montauk guys. Single dropper loop (I think) with the weight on it, then a foot and a half or so of line after that with the hook on it. Looks like with that rigging technique that the weight sits nice on the bottom, as does the bait, yet I wonder if you lose some feeling of the fish, since the bait end is swinging freely. Fish has to start off with the bait before you feel it hit, but again, those guys did pretty well with it on Sat. while I was struggling just 15 yards away from them(and I was marking piles of fish). Most of the store bought tog rigs I've seen work that way. I would guess that if the fishing is slow and the fish aren't aggressive, it presents a cleaner look to the bait(without the doubled up line from the dropper loop). Could anyone comment on that?