How to hook a soft bait
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Topic: How to hook a soft bait
Posted By: got no boat
Subject: How to hook a soft bait
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2010 at 3:10pm
What are the hooks to use when you use the soft baits? Size, style etc. Keen to have a go from the rocks but I have not even seen a soft bait out of the packet so I don't know what to get and how to set it up. Picks would be handy ------------- If a 6 was a nine... I don't mind |
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Posted By: Raging Bull
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2010 at 12:28pm
| Keep an eye on the soft bait charity thread in the briney bar, you could be a contender! ( I think it might be a page or two old now but will be revived shortley.) |
Posted By: got no boat
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2010 at 2:18pm
50 views and counting. Seems like i'm not the only one interested in this topic or otherwise there must be a big secret on that you all arn't telling me ------------- If a 6 was a nine... I don't mind |
Posted By: B razz
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2010 at 2:13am
| i just put the hook stright thru the head ( jerk shard and crazy legs) and push it untill half way thru the bend of the hook . then push the hook shard out of the side of the soft biat or underneath it. works for me. it looks just like the drop shot picture on gulp packs |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2010 at 10:32pm
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Apologies in advance for the quality of the cell phone pics Basically there are two types of hooks, jig heads and worm hooks. Jig heads are probably best suited for shallow water. They are easy to put the softies on to, you just push the hook through the nose and push it out through the top of the soft bait. If you push the hook through too far the bait will be all crooked looking, it should lie nice and straight. Some pics for worm hooks: The lower one is the worm hook  Start like this with the hook going through from the top of the bait   A really fuzzy pic showing how the hook fits into the slot on the bait...  If you push the hook through too far it looks like this the pic shows a jig head but its the same thing for a worm hook  The Cyclops type sinkers are a great way of fishing in deeper water  Or a 'Captains Rig' you can make yourself and still works well, it's easy to change the weight for the conditions. You can just tie your trace to the split ring  I have laminated photo copies of knots that I keep on my boat, if you forget they make a handy reference and you can pass them on to your crew after you've tied their knots for them 5 times when the baracouttas are hungry  You should learn to tie the uni knot, albright knot or yucatan knot and the lefties loop. Tie one to two metres of 20 to 30lb mono or flurocarbon to your braid using the albright or yucatan or back to back uni. Use a lefties knot to tie on a jig head so it has a loop that allows movement and a uni to attach your line to a Cyclops or the ring of the captains rig. They will have enough movement as they are. That is only a few ideas and they aren't cast in stone but they all work well. |
Posted By: got no boat
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2010 at 12:46pm
Thanks Smudge, will def give them a try. I can tie a uni pretty good so will give that a go. Might learn the others aswell as you can never know to many I guess. Thanks again the pics worked a treat in helping to explain  ------------- If a 6 was a nine... I don't mind |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2010 at 8:49pm
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We have 19 articles on softbaiting in our Advice and Info section - everything from getting started to the tricky stuff. Smudgie has made a great job of his reply and you may also be interested in some of those articles as well. More [ http://www.fishing.net.nz/index.cfm/pageid/56/view/yes/editorialID/943 - here ] ------------- Online... |
Posted By: SamMcK
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2010 at 11:05pm
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Here's a youtube for rigging a jerkshad with a jighead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRCUJve8bXk&feature=related Do a search in there an you should be able to find most different rigging styles  . |
Posted By: Toad2
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2010 at 4:27pm
| Are there any easier ways of sliding softbaits on jigheads? At the moment I'm having a real hard time jamming the soft bait up onto the head and often get my finger gnarled by the hook. |
Posted By: DIY!
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2010 at 6:24pm
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Nice post smudge - the biggest tip is to keep the bait straight else it will spin and will not present natural. ------------- http://www.actionstations.co.nz Berkley 2009 and 2010 S/B champ |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2010 at 10:08pm
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Thanks DIY :) Toady ... not sure what you're doing wrong but lay the lure alongside the jig head so you can judge where the hook should come out. Push the hook into the lure and feed the point through until it's in the right place to exit the lure. Then ease the lure along the jighead until it is on fully. Hope that helps. |
Posted By: SamMcK
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2010 at 9:42am
What kind are you using Toad, some are easier than others. Sometimes it's harder to push them up that last bit if they are not on directly stragit, and they probably wont swim as well also. |
Toad2 wrote:Posted By: Toad2
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2010 at 4:25pm
| Thanks Smudge. Is it a lot easier to bend the hook into the soft bait instead of pushing the softbait onto the jagged edges of the lead? Cause every time i push the softbait pass 2 edges( on the jighead) it then gets stuck and is really hard to push it right up onto the main lead bit. |
Posted By: PJay
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2010 at 8:34pm
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