Rigs with baitboats

[fishingaddict]

Anyone got any tips about suitable rigs with baitboats?? PIctures might help. Curious as the lead and rig will fall differently through the water.

[Guest Anonymous]

I've had a lot of success using a standard running rig but with hook lengths down to 4" but never more than 6".

 

No picture required, I'm sure you know what 4" looks like

[stoogi]

Fall differently how? Lead hit water, lead go down

 

As Jay says, with shorter hooklinks there should be no problems.

[fishingaddict]

Different falling with speed and angle at which it falls in the water. WIth casting the lead it will keep going forward and land further forward unless you feather or hold the land back on impact.

[stoogi]

unless you feather or hold the land back on impact.

 

Which is what most people do to kick the hooklink out, & to make as little disturbance as possible. I wouldn't of thought that a lead travelling a foot or two would make much difference.

 

Having said all that i don't use a baitboat. Maybe you're right?

[salokcinnodrog]

Anyone got any tips about suitable rigs with baitboats?? PIctures might help. Curious as the lead and rig will fall differently through the water.

 

I use the same rigs as my mate, in fact he is the only person other than myself I trust to tie my knots, and vice versa (if that makes sense).

On the waters we fished together he has been known to bait boat his gear out, whereas me with my Aversion to bait boats have always cast mine

 

I know and agree with what you are saying about lead impact and how it drops on contact with the water.

To be honest if its tangle free on a cast then it is likely to be tangle free on a bait boat, especially if you use the imagination of PVA (to keep some bait and rig together) instead of just bait and drop as most do.

In fact thinking about it, with a bait boat you could use longer braided hooklinks with less problems than casting them.