Coral bay bottom bouncing rig
Submitted by dinghy fisherman on Sun, 2012-09-02 22:05
Is this a good rig to use in coral bay bottom bouncing, for emperor and stuff. A paternoster rig 60lb leader with a snelled 5/0s. If it isn't good can u give me another rig I should use
trymyluck
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Sounds good, however you
Sounds good, however you might find yourself changing to single hooks to limit the number of hooks you will lose. Snags,sharks etc. Snelled quality 5/0s are fine though.
tim-o
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For shallow drops say <15m
For shallow drops say <15m all id use is a running ball sinker down to a 4/0 or 5/0 hook, simple, easy to re rig. I have not been to CB, but fished exy mainly sports fishin for trevs and queenies and had a ball. As long as the tide is flowing, ie not dead high or dead low, youl catch fish, troll bibbed lures ova bombies and trout etc will come out and smash em, even close in shore and reef systems, trolling lures should produce trevs and queenies even macks etc. Halco twisties are a good, cheap trolling or casting lure, we even troll poppers, the surface strikes are the best! Im sure some local knowledge up there will help u out more. Some good diving up there too.
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dumper
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I'd be using 120 pd + while
I'd be using 120 pd + while targeting reds.
Rig
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up your leader
I would use minimum 80lb up there, hook size is fine
MattMiller
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Yep
upgrade that leader. We had a hard time this year with 80lb let alone 60lb.
120lb seemed to be the way to go.
sea-kem
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We used 200 lb black magic
We used 200 lb black magic this year with a combo of 10/0 stainless circles(offset) and 10/0 gamkatsu big bait series (recomended by Snappermiles) as we were getting chewed by the big reds the previous year. This rig improved our catch rate markedly.
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dan1
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I second 200lb
for sure 200 lb i use jinkai 150 minimum but usually 200 lb when chasing reds and still loose gear