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How to rig ballyhoo in under 30 seconds

By Sportfishermen.com - July 8, 2006

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By Captain Joe aka "Offshore Custom Tackle"

Start off with a few color and style choices. The hook is the new ballyhoo hook by Owner; the lure's are Dr. Jekyll's.
Step 1: Work the ballyhoo to loosen it up.
Step 2: Run your finger along belly from head to anus to remove bile.
Step 3: Break the lower beak.
Step 4: Figure out where the shank of the hook will lay once the pin is lined up where you will push it up through the jaw.
Step 5: Poke a hole in the belly once you determine the location.
Step 6: Open the gill plate and insert the hook point, working the bally up the hook.

Step 7: Work the hook out of the hole you pre-punched earlier.
Step 8: Once the hook is through, push the wire pin up through lower and upper jaw. Put a rubber band over the exposed pin and wrap around the ballyhoo's head twice, then put the end of rubber band back over pin.

With that you're done in less than 30 seconds.

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