29-04-2008, 08:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 29-04-2008, 08:55 AM by flukeprodigy.)
[quote name='Snaildarter' post='10997' date='Apr 29 2008, 05:51 AM']I'm still looking for my 1st 10+ pounder. Had an 8 last year. What is nice about the site is that the knots are animated so you can see exactly what you are supposed to do. Then follow the step by step instructions.
Here is the link for the sliding snood. A little trick I learned to help prevent slippage is tie the sliding hook with the waxed rigging floss (about 15 wraps and the hook won't slide down toward the bottom hook. I never could figure out the string piece on the boa rig. Also try putting a shiner or Killie on the hook that goes through the head of the whole squid with that double rig. It drives those fluke nuts!
[url="http://www.marinews.com/Sliding-Snood-351.php"]http://www.marinews.com/Sliding-Snood-351.php[/url]
Snaildarter[/quote]
I lost one that would've gone 13lbs + last yr. I won't cite specifics, but I'll say that I wanted to punch the rookie mate right in his face when he attempted to net this beast tail end first. It broke off literally 5 ft from me and I nearly dove in after it. That was by far the biggest fluke i've seen in my life. Last year was still pretty productive. I must've taken 6 or 7 fish to 9.5lbs last summer. I plan on doing even better this year. I'm actually hoping to catch a bunch of squid that are on the smaller side so I can use them whole. I might just have to play around w/ that website you linked and figure out the ultimate DIY boa rig.
Here is the link for the sliding snood. A little trick I learned to help prevent slippage is tie the sliding hook with the waxed rigging floss (about 15 wraps and the hook won't slide down toward the bottom hook. I never could figure out the string piece on the boa rig. Also try putting a shiner or Killie on the hook that goes through the head of the whole squid with that double rig. It drives those fluke nuts!
[url="http://www.marinews.com/Sliding-Snood-351.php"]http://www.marinews.com/Sliding-Snood-351.php[/url]
Snaildarter[/quote]
I lost one that would've gone 13lbs + last yr. I won't cite specifics, but I'll say that I wanted to punch the rookie mate right in his face when he attempted to net this beast tail end first. It broke off literally 5 ft from me and I nearly dove in after it. That was by far the biggest fluke i've seen in my life. Last year was still pretty productive. I must've taken 6 or 7 fish to 9.5lbs last summer. I plan on doing even better this year. I'm actually hoping to catch a bunch of squid that are on the smaller side so I can use them whole. I might just have to play around w/ that website you linked and figure out the ultimate DIY boa rig.
Squid: The other other OTHER white meat