What the best rig for fishing beaches?
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Paul(Hag)Hague
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personal choice for myself is a pully rig made of 80lb line and 3/0 hook, use these rigs every where, beach/ rocks/ pier.
its just simple and easy to make
its just simple and easy to make
Greys-Platinum-Gsi
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i use a pennel with bait clip works fine for me others may have more input with what they use.
Stewart 1971
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For clean beach work winter fishing a clip down pennel paternoster rig is about as good as it gets. 18" to 2' snood with a 4/0 hook and 2/0 penel though others will have their preferences. Absolutely no need for a pulley fishing clean ground and the paternoster will give you a better bite to hook up ratio.
If you are scratching around a two / three hook flapper rig is perfect, small hooks (size 1 - 2) will catch most fish. If you need to fish at range the flapper can be built with cascade swivels and clipped down. If targetting Plaice then a wishbone rig with 1/0 hooks and plenty of bling tends to score best.
Other rigs I like are a Portsmouth Loop Rig especially in summer looking for Bass or Ray (allows a very long trace on the bottom and a shorter trace on top) and I sometimes us a Bomber Rig as well.
Just my HO like
If you are scratching around a two / three hook flapper rig is perfect, small hooks (size 1 - 2) will catch most fish. If you need to fish at range the flapper can be built with cascade swivels and clipped down. If targetting Plaice then a wishbone rig with 1/0 hooks and plenty of bling tends to score best.
Other rigs I like are a Portsmouth Loop Rig especially in summer looking for Bass or Ray (allows a very long trace on the bottom and a shorter trace on top) and I sometimes us a Bomber Rig as well.
Just my HO like
Iva-Cod-on
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My pref is main body 60lb shockleader impact shield rotten bottom, sinker link 20lb, hook snood 25lb attached to swivel crimped between two beads just above shield stop then clipped up and down on cast see pic of top clip so when hit water all comes apart then left with a long flowing hook snood tight on the bottom plus when fish hooked the weight of fish lifts lead more off bottom the length of total hook snood is anywhere from 4 to 6 foot and always 4/0 hook and pennel.
hope all that makes sense
top of rig with hook snood over clip as ready to cast
bottom loose
bottom clipped up
hope all that makes sense
top of rig with hook snood over clip as ready to cast
bottom loose
bottom clipped up
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My pref is main body 60lb shockleader impact shield rotten bottom, sinker link 20lb, hook snood 25lb attached to swivel crimped between two beads just above shield stop then clipped up and down on cast see pic of top clip so when hit water all comes apart then left with a long flowing hook snood tight on the bottom plus when fish hooked the weight of fish lifts lead more off bottom the length of total hook snood is anywhere from 4 to 6 foot and always 4/0 hook and pennel.
hope all that makes sense
top of rig with hook snood over clip as ready to cast
bottom loose
bottom clipped up
just made aload of these, realy good rigs although wouldnt use rotten bottoms on a beach:exclam:
Iva-Cod-on
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There's always a chance of a snag Shaun on our coast the way I see it personally I would rather lose a sinker than a fish I like to play it safe
Codcodcod!
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Mate use a 2 hook flapper..1up, 1 down..If u need distance a loop rig.
Theres no need for pulley rigs and rotten bottoms on clean beaches...
The Great Wallsendo
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agree - two hooks all the way...want to use bigger baits? use bigger hooks - simples
big sid
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A Bendy Pointy Thing With A Lumpy Heavy Thingy'M'jig
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Put Wiggly Wriggly Creepy Crawlies
On To The Bendy Point Thing.
Turn Facing The Cold Freezing Wet Stuff And Launch Through The Air NOT :exclam:Forgetting To Attach To The String On Your Winding Winchy Thing Making Sure That This Is Cellotaped Securley To Your Garden Cane. Think That Covers the Basic's.
.Put Wiggly Wriggly Creepy Crawlies
On To The Bendy Point Thing.Turn Facing The Cold Freezing Wet Stuff And Launch Through The Air NOT :exclam:Forgetting To Attach To The String On Your Winding Winchy Thing Making Sure That This Is Cellotaped Securley To Your Garden Cane. Think That Covers the Basic's.
