Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
How to rig your poppers with hooks
PeterD:
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on June 21, 2009, 10:24:50 PM ---On snaller poppers, I just tend to go with trebles generally. I tend to change to Owner ST-66s on most but relaistically, I'm not sure how necessary that is on small poppers. It is more a case that I can't be bothered making up Bakers of this size. I have use some of the opposite eye Owner and Decoy hooks and found these to be good too as singles. On the last serious barra trip I did, I fished quite a bit with singles and found these to work reasonably well. I'd actually like to rig some barra lures with hooks attached with assists to see how they go.
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Interesting you say that about the Barra lure's i have been thinking about doing the same. I have been spinning for Jew with hard body Barra style lure's locally and i can't keep the things connected. They all seem to come to the surface and with big barra head shakes throw the lure across the river.
How did you find the single's hook up rate compared to the treble's Brandon?
Brandon Khoo:
to be honest, I found the singles very effective on the hook-up and no less so than trebles. I wonder whether this may be the way in which the barras suck the lures in.
You may find it worthwhile trying a small baker rig on the hardbodies you are using for jewies or perhaps even attached singles wiith an assist. From my experience, the single hooks attached by an assist are a lot harder to throw than trebles
David Clumpner:
Brandon, I noticed your sample popper got pretty beat up as the pictures went along. :D
Also, you mentioned that you wouldn't bother with a baker on smaller poppers. Can you define 'smaller' poppers? (Actually, all I want to know is where does a Sea Frog 120 fit?)
PeterD:
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on June 23, 2009, 12:34:35 PM ---to be honest, I found the singles very effective on the hook-up and no less so than trebles. I wonder whether this may be the way in which the barras suck the lures in.
You may find it worthwhile trying a small baker rig on the hardbodies you are using for jewies or perhaps even attached singles wiith an assist. From my experience, the single hooks attached by an assist are a lot harder to throw than trebles
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Thanks for that Brandon ill give it a go.
Brandon Khoo:
Sorry David, I should be more careful with my language. By not bothering, what I meant was that smaller fish are a by-catch and I personally wouldn't bother doing it as bakers need to be made up.
I remain of the view that fish that jump and shake their heads aggressively may be better targeted with singles and bakers, especially with the flexibility of assist cord.
A 120 Sea Frog will go fine with a baker made out of 11/0 SJ41s.
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