boat rigs

codcatcher3000

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looking to start boat fishing in 2014 and wanting to advance from feathers and hokkais. what sort of rigs should i have to be able to cover boat fishing situations and what sort of lengths and strengths ? Thx in advance folks
 
Nobody replied, so I will do it

I personally get away with mainly one rig for boat fishing, which is the standard shad-rig.

Use 40lb braid and depending on tide and depth a 6-14 oz sinker on a heavy svivel. Then tie a 3ft mono leader (40lb on roughs and 60-80 on wrecks) to the top eye of the swivel

var.1: tie a shad to the end

var 2: tie a penel 2 hooks 4/0 and 6/0 to it and use mackerel or other bait

var 3: tie a 4/0 - 6/0 treble to the end and use bait (that is my principle summer ling rig)

I hardly ever use anything else. I also never carry pre-tied rigs. I have svivels, mono, shads and hooks available and always tie it new

One alternative is what I call a Whitby rig (its probably called different)

Again use 40lb braid and tie a svivel to it, then a 3-4 foot mono leader and a svivel/ring at the end with a 8-14lb lead. in the middle form 0ne or two loops and thus you have a paternoster rig, which might be less snaggy on the wrecks. I hardly use it, but my mates do. I reckon they get the same number of snags and less fish
 
cheers kartonkel , the rigs must be more secret than cod and bas marks lol. so am i right in thinking that its a paternoster of sorts with a braided body ? is there anyreason braid is preferred as the rig body ?
 
Nothing complicated or top secret about boat rigs...learn to tie a stand off loop and you can then tie your own three hook rigs

Also 3 way swivel rigs in a long flowing trace can be used to fish shads or baited hooks from 6/0 to 10/0 for inshore Cod or big Ling

Bait is squid, mussel, mackerel, bluey...anything you like!
 
Black Hokkai shrimp are a killer up Craster way, never fail on those. White or rhubarb and custard shad also a good option tipped with dirty squid.
 
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boat rigs

Hi Mate
heres a few i made up over the weekend - 50lb line 6/0 hook tryed these over the Summer on my boat trips out of Amble bigest fish were a 9lb Ling and a 6lb Cod on these rigs so i know they work. My two mates also had some nice fish useing these. Also make up my own Macky rigs, dont bye shop ones anymore saves a lot of money making your own.

john.
 

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Hi Mate
heres a few i made up over the weekend - 50lb line 6/0 hook tryed these over the Summer on my boat trips out of Amble bigest fish were a 9lb Ling and a 6lb Cod on these rigs so i know they work. My two mates also had some nice fish useing these. Also make up my own Macky rigs, dont bye shop ones anymore saves a lot of money making your own.

john.

Can I ask where you get all the bits to make up the rigs and what size hooks are they?

Thanks
 
boat rigs

Hi
i use shrink tube - plastic milk bottles - parra cord - washing line - flexie tube 3 4 5 mm - 5/0 6/0 hooks - super glue - sparkle nail varnish & clear nail varnish to finnish off.

john.
 

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No doubt these examples are amazing and I bet it feels great when you catch on homemade rigs, but I keep thinking, they are 75p per string of four on Ebay! :)
 
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