jonocoogee wrote:
Thanks For the advice guys,
Alan, sounds really useful, I wont be running riggers so no problem there, maybe 3 rods in a spread. Is running them in the short make them run better or is it to minimise the lines cutting each other if they cross.
Good Idea about the safety clips too, Best go invest in a couple before its too late.
Do you have you drag set just on or at strike or somewhere in between. (I understand there is no strike mark on a spin reel but just at that kind of tension.) |
Agree with what has been said, sharp hooks & run the lures where they look best for your boat and in your wake, this can change for different sea conditions and different lures, no set exact length, but one that gets the lure swimming well.
On my spin reels/braid I run a hard drag that I can pull line of the reel but it is firm and takes a bit of force. When fish hit jigs hard I guess that there is more initial shock than that of a crash bite by a game fish via trolling, and I figure that if my leaders and knots can handle the forces put on them in a tug of war with big Kings/Bass vertically, then they should be up to the task. I am not a fan of putting a lot of excess line/braid in the water if I do not have to (especially on a spin reel), and if possible prefer to keep the fish on a shorter line if possible by having a harder drag from the outset. Not everyone's cup of tea and plenty of very successful people do it very differently.
Once the initial run is over, you can dial up the pressure and really bully fish with a quality spin/braid set if you like to fish that way, it can however work against you though as they can be very green boat side. Not advising you to do this,,but some like it this way.
You probably already a have a fishing style/technique that you are comfortable with mono, so maybe transfer that to what you do with braid?
Good point regarding IGFA stuff, for me I don't worry about any of that as I am not in a club and not fishing comps. I run a usual jigging leader with FG knot to a swivel to a 'normal' full length or slightly longer leader, so it is like a wind on initially in that I can wind the heavier leader onto the reel but then the fish is still leadered by hand, so its not a wind on. Once gain plenty of others do it very differently to me and are very successful.