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Looking at getting my first bait boat. Don’t want to spend a lot on my first one. Is there any anyone can suggest that I can dip my toe in the water with. An start off with as an entry level bait boat please ? I did try to make one from a remote controlled model boat but found the bait dispatching mechanism hard to build. Went for a piece of guttering on the back where you can place a pva bag. Then slowly pull it off once the boat is in place. Came unstuck when I drove the boat out of range an could not retrieve it. Think the proper bait boats return themselves when they get out of range.

If you use a rig ring on the hook shank, with a line aligner and a bead to stop it, you can change hair length if required. This has been my version for years. Rob Maylin called it revolving or extending hair with the rig ring. It can be fished as a snowman (hence an orange Monster Crab pop-up as top bait) or bottom bait rig