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Originally Posted by tngbmt
what's the most efficient way to rig the bigger bait for bottom? thru lips, on back, tail .. ? single or with trailer hook?
i had many instances where the strike left me with just the head (lip hooking). i have a few times when i hook it thru the eyes and the the hook fail to break the ridge of the bait or the bait didnt slide up the line and often the fish threw the hook & bait. i lose more bait using the tail or back hooking on the way down but had more fish boated if i made it to the bottom.
thanks for the help.
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If fishing a pinfish or a blue runner with a Carolina rig (fish finder), I like to hook them on the bottom just in front of the anal fin. Since the weight is sitting on the bottom the fish can swim around above it more naturally. A fish hooked through the eyes or in the back swims cock-eyed (it is pulled head down or on its side and tires out easier. I've checked this out scuba diving, so that is why I do it that way. Also the caudal peduncle (the wrist of the tail is narrowed back there, so a circle hook pretty much always gets the job done as the tip doesn't get buried in the side of the fish.