I’ve been using 20# and 40# floro with a 1/0 or 2/0 circle, a couple of beads and a egg sinker(anywhere form 1/4 oz to 1 oz). What size sinkers are you guys using? I know it depends on current etc, but what is the typical size? Also what is the usual length of the leader? I have been experimenting with anywhere from 12" to 24". I’m boatless for a week or so and am tying up extra rigs to kill my time.
Also, I stoppped in at Charleston Angler and they suggested the Zman plastics…what size/type jig head is everyone using?
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You’re right about the current and different sizes for depth and current, but I have most of mine set up with 6 - 8oz egg sinkers. The leaders are all 40# flouro and usually 24" long. The hooks I use are determined by what I want to catch, but generally they are 1/0.
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I use 1/2oz. to 3/4oz lead for almost everything inshore… unless your really deep you shouldn’t need more than that. As far as leaders, I only go to 30lb or 40lb if i’m around a dock or something… most of the time I use 15-20lb fluoro… about 18"-24" is perfect. And for redfishing an Owner Mutu Light 2/0. Every circle hook is measured differently depending on the manufacturer so a 1/0 from one company may be the size of a #1 from another. You pretty much just have to look at them. If you after whiting or something back down the size of the hook, and leader…
Beads aren’t necissary either… most of the time your rig is just sitting there, so the beads don’t add anything. Bass guys use them like that with artificials to add some noise to the rig. For bait fishing its kind of pointless.
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A large trout, flounder, or bluefish will have little problem chewing through 15-20# line especially in a little bit of current, so I like to use 40# flourocarbon for the toothy critters. The lighter line is good for redfish though and just using the lighter leader can sometimes make the difference between getting bit or not.
PioneerLouie
Pioneer Venture 175, Johnson 90
Summerville, SC
I use a 1/8oz trigger hook or flutter hook with z man plastics rigged seedless. I also use the smallest egg weight possible. Just feels better when I cast it, but that’s just me.
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Originally posted by PioneerLouie
A large trout, flounder, or bluefish will have little problem chewing through 15-20# line especially in a little bit of current, so I like to use 40# flourocarbon for the toothy critters. The lighter line is good for redfish though and just using the lighter leader can sometimes make the difference between getting bit or not.
PioneerLouie
Pioneer Venture 175, Johnson 90
Summerville, SC
Never have lost a trout or flounder to light leader… Fluorocarbon is pretty abrasion resistant… now bluefish are another story, and I second using 30 or 40 if i’m targeting them or spanish… but I very frequently use 10lb fluoro when trout fishing… and I’ve landed some 4-5lb girls like that… the snagle tooths wont chew it up… even flounder are fine as their teeth are more pointy than jagged… a bluefish or a spaniard have teeth like the blade of a saw… short, jagged, and sharp… they cut through about anything…
and your right, i’m absolutely positive that lighter leader will get you more bites…
Mad Mike
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Reds along the ICW require a very short leader.Mucho trasho and many break offs due to long leaders.My 1/2 oz barrel is good for me and my 20 pound 6 inch leader is perfect.The distance from my leader to the swivel is 4-6 inches.This way I can throw right to a spot void of trash.
Stonoman
Typically I will use 1/2 to 3/4 egg sinkers. Leader length is no more that about 12" using 20# test. Anything longer than that tends to get hung up/wrapped around oysters and stuff too easily. If the current and wind isn’t too bad I will do away with the carolina rig completely and tie a hook direct and use a couple #5 splitshot about 6-8" above the hook which give a more natural presentation and gets hung up less often. I also like rigging like this because I can quickly attach or remove a Comal float without having to re-rig.
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