how do YOU rig sluggos? (9 inch)

[DRUMCORPFAN]

do not fish it like you would a live eel, you know reeeelllll sllllloooooowww pick up the pace a bit and keep twitching every couple turns of the reel. it stays flexible when rigged up just like it does out of the pack.

[Fish On]

Listen to DCF, he knows his sluggos....

[Christian]

i just became a beleiver in sluggos last night.
around 30 keeper size fish.
i was just using a single 6/0 siwash with em, and they were destroying the sluggo. rigging some up tommorow morning to have for the night shift, lots of short strikes.

[kippy]

I agree with DCF on using the trailer hook. Take his advice, they work!

[Clogston29]

I use a single Mustad 8/0 O'Shaunessy hook (sharperened often) with two 3/16 oz weights on each side of the hook and one in the tail and have missed very few fish so far. I wrap thread around the hook shank so that I can glue the sluggo to it. I think the O'shaunessy style is better than a siwash because it puts the point of the hook further back in the lure. I am going to rig up some double hook ones this winter and experiment to see if its worth the effort. These things really work great and the point about retrieving them relatively quickly is very important. I was fishing them too slow for a while and never had much luck. The first cast that I spead up the retrieve and held the rod parallel to the ground (to prevent the sluggo from rising up too much in the water column) I was rewarded with a 35 lb bass.

For the people who are already using the double hook rig, about how many fish do you catch on the average sluggo before its too torn up to use? I'm lucky to have a sluggo last 2 or 3 fish the way I rig them.

[RIJIMMY]

Clogston, that was my question too, I rigged some ala Steve Mc style. I caught one schoolie and it tore the front hook down which made it un-usable. I think thsi was becasue I did not use enough glue.
Intersted in others who have more experience.
Also, Leo, looks like you're still in the lead at MVD!

[DRUMCORPFAN]