Big Rigs for Big Fish

[The Great Wallsendo]

What are the favoured rigs out there for catching the (elusive?) Doublers?

[codseeker]

big hooks and big baits lol

[KeithB]

I agree, 8/0 - 6/0 pennel with half a macky or a 10/0 with a flapper.

or you could ask Steve

[The Great Wallsendo]

I saw one rig whereby it had two hooks (not a pennel)

It had one small hook/daylite on the bottom to catch a small bait fish then slightly further up it had the much larger (bare) hook to catch the big fish that took the live bait....anyone tried that one?

[welly]

big baits

i always put 2 squid on the bottom of a orange jigger with a 8/0 trebble hook and never seem 2 fail catchin them big 1s

[davem2005]

I generally fish a mackrel with its tail cut off to stop it spinning on an 8/0 with a 12" length of wire just in case.

Some pictures of the results are here

http://www.nesa.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=14147

This got us ling to 18 and cod to 15lb last year and at least you know you wont get pestered by whiting.

I prefer a whole fish as opposed to a flapper because the scent takes longer to wash out and there are no loose ends for the tiddlers to nibble on.

I know Oblikta has a picture of a BIG bait he may like to post

Cheers
Dave