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rigging for doggies

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Brandon Khoo:
I've used them but not yet on doggies. They really do look and feel quite flimsy though. Not sure I'd want to use them on really big fish

Ash Neale:
Used the shout assists and they are ok, only concern is the wire kinking, and the swivel attachment.
 
But yesterday we had the R2Sea rep in and they are toying with an idea but did not get enough positive feed back so they may shelve the idea but we put our 2 cents worth in and asked them to do some.
49 strand wire crimped assist's. Sounds over kill but same thing with toothies of minimal bite off's. I managed to comondeer one to scan and put up for some feed back. They are using 7/0, 8/0 and 10/0 decoy cuttlass hooks and shogun wire and crimps, the only other mod other than a shorter version was a solid ring on the end of the attachment loop. Comments??
Ash.

Luke Wyrsta:
I have just returned from a trip where we did some small sessions of jigging for dogs. Boy did we find some big ones - only pulling heads in. What I have found is that where Dogs are, there are usually sharks not far away - the amount of dyneema assists that came back up minus a hook was ridiculous. So from now on, only split ring > swivel > split ring for me.

Neil Griffiths:

--- Quote from: Luke Wyrsta on January 31, 2008, 09:35:06 PM ---I have just returned from a trip where we did some small sessions of jigging for dogs. Boy did we find some big ones - only pulling heads in. What I have found is that where Dogs are, there are usually sharks not far away - the amount of dyneema assists that came back up minus a hook was ridiculous. So from now on, only split ring > swivel > split ring for me.

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The only prob here is that you're hooked up to the bloody shark until you land it or you break it off, there goes a hour of fishing time.
I reckon most dogs are landed on dyneema assists ok, they don't have cutting teeth. My own assists have two chords of either 500 or 1000 dyneema, sort of like having a back up system. The sharks are welcome to the hooks!!

Brandon Khoo:
that was exactly what I was about to post!  :D  Luke, if you enjoy a tussle with a shark, then this rig will almost certainly ensure you get one!

Neil I have found that while the doggies won't bite through the dyneema, they do shred it bit by bit and a couple of fish tends to neccesitate a change. I have some zylon cord but I can't seem to catch a fish with it so I can't say whether it works better - but it is supposed to

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