Ballyhoo

[Uncle B]

I was trying to think of new ways to make of a easy rig for ballyhoo on circle hook. How about a a small zip tie through the eyes of the ballyhoo with the circle hook on the top? Anyone have any critiques?

[Bert Rodgers]

You have to have a way to close the bally's mouth. But give it a try and let us know how it worked.

Bert

[Squidnation]

Originally Posted by Bert Rodgers

You have to have a way to close the bally's mouth. But give it a try and let us know how it worked.

Bert

Two weeks ago in the canyon kickoff I talked to a bunch of guys and watched how they experimented on circle hook rigging. I wish I could have taken pictures but most of the conversations were by phone.

One friend zipped tied the hook to the top of the head and put a matanza, b/w ilander and mini chugger on the front to keep the mouth shut. He went two for two on bluefins with one coming on the matanza and one coming on the b/w ilander.

It seemed to work very well for a few others that did it with the little b/w ilanders.

Others just bought huge circle hooks and rigged them up like a normal chin weighted ballyhoo.

[Bert Rodgers]

Originally Posted by Squidnation

Two weeks ago in the canyon kickoff I talked to a bunch of guys and watched how they experimented on circle hook rigging. I wish I could have taken pictures but most of the conversations were by phone.

One friend zipped tied the hook to the top of the head and put a matanza, b/w ilander and mini chugger on the front to keep the mouth shut. He went two for two on bluefins with one coming on the matanza and one coming on the b/w ilander.

It seemed to work very well for a few others that did it with the little b/w ilanders.

Others just bought huge circle hooks and rigged them up like a normal chin weighted ballyhoo.

Interesting, I may give it a shot. BTW, your pink mini chugger has accounted for most our dolphin bites this year.

Bert