Tj, the only way I have seen them done is to rig them like you would a live bonita.. wax thread through the eye sockets to a big circle hook. I am sure there are other ways.. but thats how I have seen it done on a video..
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If you are going to drift over a hot area just hook as in picture. They swim better than bridle rig. If slow trolling, bridle rig the live dolphin.
I've rigged dead dolphin in the past with good results. Splitting the tail is also productive. I rig them similar to a ballyhoo. Without showing you a diagram, just think of the chicken dolphin as a ballyhoo.
It's been a while since I've done it. Last time I did it we caught a white marlin in only 140 feet in Sept off Port A. That was about 15 years ago. Somewhere I have a really nice book on rigging dead baits. I'll look for it.
Below is a pic of a live chicken for drifting and a bridle rig dead bait. I prefer the ballyhoo style dead rig with the hook near the anus and leader coming out of gills and sewed to mouth. Sorry, don't have picture of that method.
I've rigged dead dolphin in the past with good results. Splitting the tail is also productive. I rig them similar to a ballyhoo. Without showing you a diagram, just think of the chicken dolphin as a ballyhoo.
It's been a while since I've done it. Last time I did it we caught a white marlin in only 140 feet in Sept off Port A. That was about 15 years ago. Somewhere I have a really nice book on rigging dead baits. I'll look for it.
Below is a pic of a live chicken for drifting and a bridle rig dead bait. I prefer the ballyhoo style dead rig with the hook near the anus and leader coming out of gills and sewed to mouth. Sorry, don't have picture of that method.
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