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Rigging a stick bait for marlin

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Aaron Concord:
Being a marlin junkie among other things, I have heard Gamakatsu have done samples of 'hyperwire' SL12S fly hooks which should improve their rust resistance dramatically, plus bolster the strength.

Mustad are also redoing the 76LGS in a better carbon steel in the not-so-distant future I was told by a rep 2 days ago.

Both of these hooks, Pakula Dojo's or Cutlass's rigged as assist rigs or take the wire out of the lure to let it slide up the leader with a single assist out the bum, those are some of my thoughts.
Stick to finer gauge hooks with a turned in hook point.

Teasing and switching the marlin to the stickbait will work.
I reckon try and let the fish turn like we do when fly fishing so the hook/s end up in the corner of the jaw rather than trying to penetrate bill!!!!!

My 2 bobs.......

Aaron.

Gavin Ng:
you just wont know with marlin, are they gonna come up and scoff the whole lure down their throat, or are they gonna show interest, sit behind the lure and swipe at it with their beaks? either way, the lure needs to be able to connect- in the corner of its mouth or on the bill, personally i think if the hook is just on the bill, it would get thrown off quiet easily on a jump.

what about leader lengths? how long u reckon is sufficient? definatley needs to be longer than the fish i.e- 3m+ because the tail would definatly damage the braid, any thoughts on minimum leader length?
 

Shane Hartstone:
Robert, great minds think alike.  I'm thinking a 150g bobara, in green.  The main bait fish at home is a green Mackeral, and this lure looks the goods.

Every marlin will take the lure different, when to set the hook will be very important.  If you stuff it up, you will be huddled in the cabin in the foetal position.

Gavin, you just have to prey that the marlin will hoover the lure whole.  Im thinking at least 3 meters of 100lb twisty, to a one meter fluro 200lb bite leader.

Ashley Cotter:

 Shane,
 The current bluewater mag shows the Rapala sub-walk 15, the jigging hook set up is a Decoy double asst DJ-83, they come in 3 sizes and they are as follows.

DJ-83 #M - 50kg B/S
DJ-83 #L - 75kg B/S
DJ-83 #LL - 75kg B/S

Seening that the lure is 150mm long i wouold go for the DJ-83 #LL.
Just remember that this is not IGFA compliant.

hope this helps

Cheers
Ashley Cotter

Warwick Joyce:
Ok I have nil experience in this matter but i'll throw it out there,
has anyone considered string instead of hooks? I am not sure on what type of string you are meant to use but the theory is that it wraps around the bill when the fish swipes.

Actually thinking a bit more, that might be hopeless to cast ::)

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