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Location: Madison Wi. Chain | Found a couple of red october tubes yesterday on the shelf. Wondering how others are rigging these tubes, i.e weights, hooks, etc. Thanks BG |
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| regular bulldawg harness. |
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | Check out their website they have a how too video and pic of the riggings.
www.redoctoberbaits.com google it if I have the address wrong. |
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Location: Tonka, MN | I use a rigging system that I learned from one of Gregg Thomas's videos which I think was called "Spring Ideas". Its kinda of hard to explain (but I will try anyways) but he does a great job in the video.
You have to make your own harness and here is how I remember it but I dont have all the specs on the wire and weights.
You take a nice piece of guage wire, make a loop at one end by rapping the wire around itself. Place an O-ring in the loop attach a treble (after harness is complete). Next you have to thread the opposite side of the wire up through the body and out the head, making sure to leave excess wire. Next you locate the middle of the bait and bend the wire slightly to mark where the weight will go. Following that, you pull the wire back out and slide the weight (weight depending on how deep you want to fish it) down to the bend. Next, bend the wire up around the weight and straighten the excess. Following that, you need something to sit in the inside to prevent the weight from slamming through. What he used in the video is for fly fishing...its called a popper? Basically it is a rounded plastic piece with a hole that will sit right at the top (inside) of the bait (you can make your own if you chose). Next, thread the wire back through the head of the bait and seat the bottom treble right around the base of the bait by the start skirt/tentacles. Make another loop but wrapping the wire around itself with the wire that was put though the head of the bait. Attach another o ring to the loop and place one more trable at the top and bury the hook in the body.
A little confusing, but the best rigging system I have used so far. |
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| This is a good way to rig them. Gregg used Edgewater popper heads (made of high density foam). I believe they were Master Blaster popper heads. The foam will keep the bait riding high, which may take a bit of counterbalancing to keep it from popping out of the water. I think I bought 1" diameter heads and they were too bouyant. I'd try 3/4" again, or keep the 1" and add more weight in the middle of the bait. To correct for the added buoyancy I just clipped a 3/8 oz. sinker to the lure eye and it solved the problem.
You may also consider trying to add a hook around the middle of the bait. I have had a few fish T-bone it and not get any hooks because the two hooks cover only the head and tail of the bait.
Have fun with these. Work them like a Suick or Bulldawg and hang on. In my experience, the fish seem to either lazily follow them in or absolutely crush them. |
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