Arrrgh sabiki rigs!.. I think sabiki means "tar baby" in Japanese. No one else has mentioned this, so I will. I got no shame anyway. Catching bait was no problem, keeping those microscopic hooks out of my fingers was. Those around me found it quite entertaining, I was not amused. The little tiny hooks are really sharp and bury themselves past the barb with no effort at all. When that happens ya just have to jerk 'em back out without sticking yourself with all the rest. Not really painfull, but kind of annoying with 3 or 4 of them stuck in your hand. The real problem started after I loaded the rig and managed to clear a few hooks. The remaining baits were still wiggling and thrashing, filling the air around my hand with a $hitstorm of them sharp little hooks. Well, you get the picture. After hooking, unhooking, and rehooking myself, Idonknow how many times, I finally put the last two baits on deck and stepped on 'em. It was clear, before I put that rig back in the water, I needed a plan. There was one of those extra large paper clips close by, so I unwound it except for the last loop(this was to be the handle) and bent a small J-hook on the straight end. That worked real well for shaking bait off. Maybe before you go, you might want to put one of those clips, or something similar in your pocket. Hope you don't need it.
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