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Originally Posted by oceans brew
Mark
thanks for the great advise, thats a lot of squid shell.
ok, so your spreader bar is completely teaser squids than no hooks on the spreader bars right? also, is there any need for just the daisy chain style if there are two nice size spreaders out there. i guess what i am asking is even if everything is same size can you over do it obvisely in the since that you have to be able to clear all lines if you get a Big one hooked. 7-11 rods include pitch bait or that 7-11 trolling the whole time.
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OB,
The spreader bar itself is hookless. The middle strand of the spreader bar has a snap swivel on the end where you attach the trailer bait which is on a ten foot flouro leader. I like the ten foot leader because it allows the trailer to sink a little. My spreader bars all have red floats in the squid.The red is important.This keeps the bar with squid on the surface and the trailer is heavier so it runns a little deeper this lure attracts the bite. If you are running these big spreader bars I would suggest adding a few rod holders on the gunnels near the bow of the boat. If you have to clear these big bars you can walk the rod to the front and put it in the rodholder then take the trailer and hook it on the rod somewhere. This keeps your spreaders in order out of the boat and ready to deploy without much trouble.
With Tuna we do not clear many rods when we get bit. the tuna tend to sound so the only line I really worry about is the planer rod and somtimes it doesnt get cleared at all. If someone fishes on my boat you will find I always like to gaff or boat the fish on the starboard side of the boat. Most people are right handed and this is the best place to gaff a fish walk it down the side and right into the foward fish box. No mess and no fuss if we do it this way.
Multiple hookups on tuna can be interesting but not a problem if you think about what you are doing and watch to see what the fish are doing. We always work the closest fish in first unless we have a extra big fish on. when we get a hookup on Tuna we keep trolling for about a 20 count to try and intise more strikes. I dont think you can have to many lines in the water no matter what boat it is. Once again you are trying your best to imatate a school of bait and the more baits in the water the better. We do run daisychain and they work great I normally run them on the short riggers and longer than the flats with the spreader bars. I try to stagger my spread at 50-100 intervals depending on the water conditions. I also dont keep a pitch bait around when trolling for Tuna, everything is in the water. Tight lines Mark
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