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Generic Rigging Method
Gentlemen: With the help of many of you on this board, I have, for better or worse, gutted it up and purchased 3 rigs and I will complete the arsenal with a fourth rig when the Twinspin 12 is ready for distribution. I want to thank all of you for your assistance. With the rigs out of the way, I am now working my way down to the fish’s end! This post has to do with terminal rigs.
I know there is an advantage to using the correct terminal rig for each of the major methods of offshore fishing I have read about on these excellent pages. And I will no doubt end up doing just that. However, I am pretty much a klutz when it comes to fine work with my hands and I can never do complicated changes to my rigging very rapidly, especially while trying to stay on board in rolling seas.
So whenever possible, I like to do two things: (1) have one outfit serve as a quick backup for at least one other, and (2) standardize my rigging to facilitate quick changes in function for any given outfit. I have pretty much settled on taking 4 outfits on longer trips:
1. 50W/760H (Primary uses = Deep Drop and chunking/Backup uses = none) (130 Spectra)
2. 665HXC (Primary uses = Jigging and shallow bottom fishing/Backup uses = Chunking and Heavy Casting (80 Spectra)
3. Twinspin 30/700H (Primary uses = Heavy Casting/Backup uses = Jigging Two spools with (80)(65) Spectra
4. Twinspin 12/800H (Primary uses = Casting to smaller fish and catching bait/Backup Uses: None. Two spools with (50)(30) Spectra.
So I would need to have the ability to switch the 50W quickly from deep drop to chunking and vice versa. I would need to be able to switch the 665 from jigging to bottom (or maybe even casting), and so on with the Twinspin 30.
So here is my thought, and please feel free to tell me what is wrong with it (I have no pride and am always willing to learn from my betters!):
(1) On each rig, I would tie a 40 turn Bimini in the Spectra.
(2) I would attach to each, using loop-to-loop, a short wind-on of appropriate length, and appropriate strength, not to exceed 25 feet. (in other words, I would not use any reverse Albrights, which would necessitate cutting off and re-tying the Bimini to change functions.)
(3) To each wind-on, I would attach an appropriate-sized ball bearing snap swivel using either an offshore knot or San Diego knot.
(4) Onto each swivel would go a short length of fluorocarbon leader which would then be attached to circle hook, jig, popper, or pre-rigged bottom rig.
Anybody see any problems with this standardized system?
Russ
Gentlemen: With the help of many of you on this board, I have, for better or worse, gutted it up and purchased 3 rigs and I will complete the arsenal with a fourth rig when the Twinspin 12 is ready for distribution. I want to thank all of you for your assistance. With the rigs out of the way, I am now working my way down to the fish’s end! This post has to do with terminal rigs.
I know there is an advantage to using the correct terminal rig for each of the major methods of offshore fishing I have read about on these excellent pages. And I will no doubt end up doing just that. However, I am pretty much a klutz when it comes to fine work with my hands and I can never do complicated changes to my rigging very rapidly, especially while trying to stay on board in rolling seas.
So whenever possible, I like to do two things: (1) have one outfit serve as a quick backup for at least one other, and (2) standardize my rigging to facilitate quick changes in function for any given outfit. I have pretty much settled on taking 4 outfits on longer trips:
1. 50W/760H (Primary uses = Deep Drop and chunking/Backup uses = none) (130 Spectra)
2. 665HXC (Primary uses = Jigging and shallow bottom fishing/Backup uses = Chunking and Heavy Casting (80 Spectra)
3. Twinspin 30/700H (Primary uses = Heavy Casting/Backup uses = Jigging Two spools with (80)(65) Spectra
4. Twinspin 12/800H (Primary uses = Casting to smaller fish and catching bait/Backup Uses: None. Two spools with (50)(30) Spectra.
So I would need to have the ability to switch the 50W quickly from deep drop to chunking and vice versa. I would need to be able to switch the 665 from jigging to bottom (or maybe even casting), and so on with the Twinspin 30.
So here is my thought, and please feel free to tell me what is wrong with it (I have no pride and am always willing to learn from my betters!):
(1) On each rig, I would tie a 40 turn Bimini in the Spectra.
(2) I would attach to each, using loop-to-loop, a short wind-on of appropriate length, and appropriate strength, not to exceed 25 feet. (in other words, I would not use any reverse Albrights, which would necessitate cutting off and re-tying the Bimini to change functions.)
(3) To each wind-on, I would attach an appropriate-sized ball bearing snap swivel using either an offshore knot or San Diego knot.
(4) Onto each swivel would go a short length of fluorocarbon leader which would then be attached to circle hook, jig, popper, or pre-rigged bottom rig.
Anybody see any problems with this standardized system?
Russ
