Another Sluggo thread...

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I fish rigged sluggos just bout eveytime i fish and i get tons of hits on em. Thats the problem, i get a ton of hits but the hook up ratio is prolly 5-7:1 fish. Whats the deal, i know some are schoolies, i can feel it. How do you guys set the hook, do you give them a second or so before ya lay into it? Its getting frustrating. 3 hits last night in a row on a less than action packed night and i didnt hook up on the sluggo. Got a couple on eels but the fish were 18-20 inches on 14-16" eels. Weird and frustrating evening. Maybe using mono would be better with the stretch factor but im a slave to braid. Im using a 1207, abu 6500 with 40 lb PP. If that helps...

[steve]

Try a 1/0 treble in the rear instead of the single 7/0. I keep a couple with the treble in my bag just in case I get into dinks. The hook up rate increases dramatically.

[steve]

Also, set the hook hard when you get a hit. Cross there eyes as an old timer used to say.

[Clogston29]

are you fishing it rigged with two hooks? gamis? I find that I miss very few fish on them.

you might want to try throwing a 7.5" double rigged one two, if they're small fish they may just not be getting the 9" into their mouth when they try to inhale it.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Yeah, they are double riged with gamis, 7/0 in front 5/0 in the rear. Maybe i will try the smaller guys, dont know how well they will cast but its worth a shot since ive been stuck in twinkapalooza for the last month.

[LeCounts1099]

Why would you want to hook a dink at all... let alone change to treble- hook them??

Maybe another "negative" of the quickly- retrieved 9" Sluggo is that it encourages/ draws Dinks? (at least more so generally than a 3 oz. Danny or A40, or big Needle would?)