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Rigging a stick bait for marlin

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Shane Hartstone:
Hi Guys, with summer fast aproaching New Zealand, the dream of a 120kg striped marlin on a stick bait has returned.  I'm just wondering what peoples rigging arrangement would be, particulary in regards to swivels in front of your hooks.
I've seen rigging videos in regards to trolling stickbaits for marlin, but I'm casting.I'm looking at SJ51's on the belly, and a jobu on the tail.  Should I have swivels in there?

Cheers, Shane.

Travis Heaps:
Never done it but thinking it through I think the setup would be similar to the trolling setup wouldn't it?  The swivel on the front is to stop the twisting or spinning of the lure.  The swivel on the rear therefore can only be to drop the hook back further off the rear of the lure as an torque/twist on the components will be handled by the front swivel.

What about taking the through wire out and rigging it sliding style, could that work?  Unsure if it would effect the swimming action?  May help after hook up though as that's a big weight to have swinging around if the stripey is jumping around. 

To that end you'll be wanting to run barbs i'd say, the SJ51s are a bulky hook - the "cutting point" is dubious to say the least (i think any way).  Personally i'd sharpen the point with the dremel and while you're at it knock the sides off the "cutting point", help with the penetration but keep the strength of the solid Sj51.  Saying that isn't there a 13/0 Shiden now which is closer to the profile of the SJ41 but strength of the SJ51?  That could be totally wrong...grasping at the depths of my memory.

More questions raised than answers sorry  ;)  Good luck with the hunt!

Andy Rowe:

--- Quote from: travis heaps on November 26, 2009, 12:28:00 PM ---
  Saying that isn't there a 13/0 Shiden now which is closer to the profile of the SJ41 but strength of the SJ51?  That could be totally wrong...grasping at the depths of my memory.

More questions raised than answers sorry  ;)  Good luck with the hunt!


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The Fisherman Siden in 12/0 or 13/0 are brilliant short shanked hooks for rigging on GT sized poppers/sticks. the 13/0 is a very big hook. As you say Warwick, similar in profile to the SJ41 but I think a little more 'round' and perhaps a little more robust but I doubt whether you you would say it is as strong as the SJ51, It may be fairer to say the siden sits in between the 41 and 51. I must get a vernier and check thickness of the SJ41 vs the siden just for my own curiosity.

Gavin Ng:
whats wrong with the sj 41's? do you guys think they will straighten on a marlin? You could imagine the ammount of pressure requred to set a sj51, just want your opinion on wheter the 41's are up to the task. 

The issue with marlin on stickbaits/poppers is they will jump, when they jump they shake their heads and alot of the time this throws the lure and hooks off the bill or mouth.

To get around this you may consider buying some assist chord and tying some assist hooks at a length to suit the lure, that way, there's a bit of play allowed when the stickbait is violently getting jolted from the fish's mouth. 

NathanMcNiece:
the sj 41's are definately up to the task, I use them when rigging trolling lures.

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