Circle hook skipbait

[John F]

Found this interesting tut on rigging a skipbait for marlin on fishtrack.com.

I keep a file of these rigging tuts and thought I'd share it.... I reckon it can be used as a pitch bait as well (for dorries for example, if one makes the bridle a bit shorter). I usually snell my circles but other than that it looks like a very easy and versatile rig.

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Found this interesting tut on rigging a skipbait for marlin on fishtrack.com.

I keep a file of these rigging tuts and thought I'd share it.... I reckon it can be used as a pitch bait as well (for dorries for example, if one makes the bridle a bit shorter). I usually snell my circles but other than that it looks like a very easy and versatile rig.

its interesting to see that the circle is not snelled, wonder what the reason is ??

[Cam Mundy]

Snelling a Circle is important when you feed a bait to a fish for example pitchbaiting or drifting with freespool/minimum drag while the rod is in your hand and you can feel whats going on. The fish will approach the bait and swallow it without moving much in the process. When trolling everything is moving the bait the predator the boat etc. so fish will generally steam up to the bait and swallow it then turn left or right from the direction of troll allowing the hook to set itself. Small dead baits such as ballyhoo for sails will also swim better when trolled without being snelled an the hook is able to move more and won't restrict the movement of the bait.

[John F]

Thanks Cam! Makes perfect sence!

[sardinella]

Thick nylon becomes bulky around the shank, and the the rig starts to behave like a stiff rig, hindering free movement of the hook in the mouth of the fish.