</font id=“blue”>Hey did anyone save the directions I posted for how to rig a “Patented Redfish Slayer”? YakontheFly was asking for them again and I could not find them on my computer.
Thanks for the help.
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Sure enough as soon as I asked for help…I found the directions in an email of mine. Sooooo…for anyone who is interested here they are:
Slide a Bobber-Stopper on to 10 pound Power Pro line which is on your reel, slide a 8 mm bead on to the Power Pro, slide one of the small Bobber-Stopper beads on to the Power Pro (the 8 mm bead prevents the smaller Bobber-Stopper bead from going through your rod tip), thread the Power-Pro through a weighted sliding bobber, tie 6 foot of 40 pound mono to the 10 pound Power-Pro using a Double Surgeon’s knot *http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php), 1/3 of the way down the leader material tie a Single Surgeon’s knot/loop about 1 1/2 inches long, don’t trim the tag end,( http://www.animatedknots.com/indexfishing.php), push this loop though the eye of a 3/0 circle hook and then over the circle hook to secure it, 2/3’s of the way down the leader material tie another Single Surgeon’s knot (don’t trim the tag end) for the second 3/0 circle hook, and secure the 2nd circle hook the same way as the 1st, and at the end of the leader material attach a small ¼ to ½ ounce sinker (the small tear drop type with a brass swivel built into the sinker(the package doesn’t list he actual weight). Also a 3rd Single Surgeon’s knot can be tied at the end of the leader material, so that small weights can added or removed for real shallow water.
Put a live bait (shrimp or mudder) on the top hook and a half a frozen finger mullet (head or tail) on the bottom hook.
The last and most important step - toss this double bait rig to where the redfish are. 
Note: If you haven’t used them, circle hooks are much better for the fish than J-hooks, circle hooks usually hook the fish in the corner of the mouth, you don’t really “set” circle hooks like J-hooks, talk to you local bait/tackle store about how to use them. Another nice thing about circle hooks is they are less likely to hookup on the bottom.
Hope that helps.
Sti
Stinky,
What’s up?
For anyone wanting to catch “Red” from a yak, this rig works very well. I think I lost one fish due to the circle hook not setting, and lost a couple due to line failure. I would say at least 95% of the time the fish makes it to the boat. Although I do use frozen mullet on both hooks no live bait. Live bait usually dies on me anyway:dizzy_face:
TB2
TimBuck2
Native Watercraft Ultimate 14.5
Jimmy Buffett can have Margaritaville, I’m going to Redfishville!
Another great unsolicited “PRS” testimonial!!!
Here’s one more trick to make re-rigging a “PRS” much easier. 10 pound wet Power Pro is almost impossible to thread back through the weighed float so here is what I do: get a 16 to 20 inch piece of 44 pound wire leader material (or the lightest you can get), in the middle of the wire make a 180 degree bend, folding the wire back on its self, use pliers to flatten the bend out, now place the two loose ends of the bent wire into the top of the weighed float, push it through until the two loose wire ends exit the other end of the float but the bent end is still sticking out of the top, the bent end now looks like a needle, so now stick the wet Power Pro through the needle and pull 20 inches or so of Power Pro through the needle, grab the two loose ends of the wire and pull the wire completely out of the bottom of the float bringing the wet Power Pro with it, now rig another “PRS”.
PS: If you have a big ol’ Red on the bottom hook of a “PRS” watch out for that second higher up hook when you grab the leader to wrestle the Mr. Red out of the water or Mr. Red “may” hook you.
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