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The Craft of Fishing Gear => Lure & Rig Crafting Board => : JayRay November 28, 2017, 09:58:08 PM
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To bad all the posts under this topic got bombed by photobucket, I wanted to try and tie up some of the other posts.
Here is my critter rod rig.
Since I started using this rig I am only on the squid for a short time before the fresh cut bait arrives. I usually put a big piece of bait in the bucket and then change out the hook and bait size till I figure out what is around. I will run from #6 to 6/0 hooks on it and then move to the long rod for anything bigger, never met a hungry fish that was line shy.
I have used them on mono for a long time but work much better on wire.
(http://www.twentythreered.com/Images/chum_bucket.jpg)
(http://www.twentythreered.com/Images/chum_bucket_2.jpg)
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Reminds me of a UK style carp rig. Dig the little skulls, what's the dirt on those??
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Funny, I had the same type of rig for the east coast spring stripers and flounder. It was just mono though and my chum bucket was a drilled out old 35mm film cannister. (God, I sure hope most of you know what they were... Most people used them to hold their weed. LOL )
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Jay, that's a pretty sweet rig!
I'm building a reel for my critter rig set up now and always looking for new ideas :D
Where do you get the chum cage and the cool beads?
Do you just clip your hooks directly to the snap swivels?
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I bought the cages last year on ebay. I got like 20 of them for like $2 and free shipping but took like a month to get here from China. The beads I found at hobby lobby and make a nice click sound when they get bounced around. I don't know if it actually makes any difference to the fish but heard the audible click attracts fish so I have always used them with good results and put them on all my rigs.
Yea I will just clip my hooks directly to the swivel, makes it easy to change out hooks and sinker sizes during a session without changing leaders. I will step the hook sizes up or down depending on the bite. When I fish bat rays with it I will usually put a 6/0 on the bottom hook and then a #2 treble hook on the top to catch the smaller fish trying to steal my bait.
I am working on a rig now to make conditions like the grinner gathering fishable and will post it up once I have given it a few successful trial runs.