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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Jun 13, 2011 19:18:41 GMT -5
How do you rig your live bait in current or river's ? I have tryed through the back like in lake's and i think i drown them? I have tryed to rig through the eye's and i kill them for sure , what is the best way to keep gill's,gold's and bully's alive in current and river situations? thank you ....Sniper
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Post by joey6500 on Jun 13, 2011 19:45:23 GMT -5
Up thru the bottom lip and out thru a nostirl
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Post by slimdaddy on Jun 13, 2011 19:52:05 GMT -5
I hook my bait in the mouth and out their nostril I dont go thru the bottom lip that way they can breath and they stay alive all nite long but you have to be careful when casting or you will throw it off
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Jun 13, 2011 20:05:36 GMT -5
I will give it a try thank you guy's now with bully's the lip is very hard and the hook wont tear through on a hook set and may be in the way to keep the hook from fully penetrating the fish's mouth how do you rig live bully's in current and river's ?
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Post by ducky on Jun 13, 2011 20:13:09 GMT -5
I hook my bait in the mouth and out their nostril I dont go thru the bottom lip that way they can breath and they stay alive all nite long but you have to be careful when casting or you will throw it off i dont think you have to worry about that,fish breath through there gills.  when i fished the river alot i never had any trouble hooking in the flesh part of the tail just like the way i hook my baits at lakes. |
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Jun 13, 2011 20:15:50 GMT -5
I hook my bait in the mouth and out their nostril I dont go thru the bottom lip that way they can breath and they stay alive all nite long but you have to be careful when casting or you will throw it off i dont think you have to worry about that,fish breath through there gills. when i fished the river alot i never had any trouble hooking in the flesh part of the tail just like the way i hook my baits at lakes. Duck.....wont hooking them that way make them go backwards in the current and flush water over there gill;'s the wrong way and kill them? i just ask because some of my bait has died hooking them like this but maybe i was fishing to fast of water? |
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Post by Smoothkip on Jun 14, 2011 11:32:34 GMT -5
I hook Bullheads through the mouth also. There is still plenty of hook to hook up well!
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Post by joey6500 on Jun 14, 2011 11:39:06 GMT -5
I will give it a try thank you guy's now with bully's the lip is very hard and the hook wont tear through on a hook set and may be in the way to keep the hook from fully penetrating the fish's mouth how do you rig live bully's in current and river's ? I hook bullheads thru the lips with a 8/0-10/0 circle hook. No need to rip thru the flesh on a hookset. On the hook up it will rip itself off |
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Post by ducky on Jun 14, 2011 15:33:40 GMT -5
i dont think you have to worry about that,fish breath through there gills. when i fished the river alot i never had any trouble hooking in the flesh part of the tail just like the way i hook my baits at lakes. Duck.....wont hooking them that way make them go backwards in the current and flush water over there gill;'s the wrong way and kill them? i just ask because some of my bait has died hooking them like this but maybe i was fishing to fast of water? I f i had to guess the baits you hooked that died you hooked too deep and hit the spine, you have to watch that or there dead. i have never had a proplem with baits in current hooked through the tail. |
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Post by Seanstone on Jun 14, 2011 16:24:57 GMT -5
We fished a local creek the other day with live baits and every bait was hooked through the back. Every single bait that was casted in the middle of the creek, where the most current is, died within an hour or so. On the other hand all of the baits we tossed up close near snags stayed live and healthy. Whether or not the drowned is questionable. We chalked it up to coincidence.
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Post by slimdaddy on Jun 14, 2011 20:57:17 GMT -5
I hook my bait in the mouth and out their nostril I dont go thru the bottom lip that way they can breath and they stay alive all nite long but you have to be careful when casting or you will throw it off i dont think you have to worry about that,fish breath through there gills. when i fished the river alot i never had any trouble hooking in the flesh part of the tail just like the way i hook my baits at lakes. I aint to smart on this but doesnt the mouth open n shut to make the gills open n close I just always thought if there mouth was held shut they couldnt breath hell I dont know lol |
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Jun 17, 2011 22:40:55 GMT -5
What your opinion on hooking through the mouth and out through the eye? Would this impose the hook from setting in to a cat, would it turn back into the bait on the hook set? Or so you think this would work? most place's i fish i must cast a bit further than a lob can reach so i have to give it a little more umpth to get it where i need it what do ya think?
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Post by slimdaddy on Jun 18, 2011 16:51:17 GMT -5
yea I would say you could hook them out the eye socket and they would still live ok I have done this on chubs and gills but dont get into the brain
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Post by rockbass on Jun 20, 2011 17:13:03 GMT -5
I'm not saying it's the right way, but beings I fish heavier current most of the time in the river, I hook the fish in the mouth out the eye socket. If I hook them near the tail, it kills them. I never have my baits die on the hook by hooking them the way I do. It is also a lot harder for a fish to rip them off the hook.
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Post by Varmint_Sniper on Jun 20, 2011 19:24:29 GMT -5
Rock......t/y man i was trying to remember how you were hooking them that night at the river but hell that was 2 summer's ago i believe? just couldn't remember ...Sniper
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when i fished the river alot i never had any trouble hooking in the flesh part of the tail just like the way i hook my baits at lakes. 
