Squid Chains?

[costaricasportfishing]

I use a bit of both. Squidnation of course! I think I would go with the dropper if I had to chose. Looks like little pink Hula Girls!

[Captain Fred Archer]

Bait travels in schools, not in long lines like soldiers lined up and parading. And the longer the chain, the more that they give me the tangling shivers, especially on hard turns to run feeders. Doesn't happen with nice, natural looking schools of natural looking baits only four feet long. But to each his own.

Just in from Hawaii.

[sancocho]

Originally Posted by Captain Fred Archer

Bait travels in schools, not in long lines like soldiers lined up and parading.

suerte,

[pitch bait]

Originally Posted by Squidnation

Also I have seen lots of mates ad weights to their droppers instead of float or just beads. Poncho on the Prime Time in Venezuela suggested I add weights to my droppers because it will create a bigger splash.

When using in-lines I like lots of squids. Some of the big dogs we fish with prefer inline chains and will measure for the rigger to the water and then will make a chain placing a squid every 12 inches. Makes a pretty long impresive chain.

BIll I use 3oz of lead in my droppers. If I could get 4 in there I would. In my opnion marling fishing using them as a teaser It makes a differance. TUna fishing and leaving the chain in the water I would probley use floats in them and leave them out while fighting the other fish.I only use two droppers. I also measure mine from the rigger to the water so nothing is hanging in the water when the teaser is cleared. For two reasons one if a fish goes up the side of the boat it is less likely to tangle and also if the fish wont come off the teaser and follows it all the way till the teaser is jammed in the pulley and there is still a bait in the water it will be tough to get it to eat if it is fixated on the teaser bait.

[sancocho]

Originally Posted by pitch bait

I also measure mine from the rigger to the water so nothing is hanging in the water when the teaser is cleared. For two reasons one if a fish goes up the side of the boat it is less likely to tangle and also if the fish wont come off the teaser and follows it all the way till the teaser is jammed in the pulley

I rig my daisy chain for my bridge teaser lines with the firts 2 squid droppers with the difference that a rig the firts squid with the leader little bit longer than the second squid and and i use a 2 onz lead in the firts dropper and a 3/4 onz lead in the second one, the rest of the squid i rig in line probably 4 or 6 more depends what size boat i am,

All this becouse the angle from the rigger to the position where i run my daisy chain affect how the squids made all the splash,

suerte,

[ncbillfisher]

Inline for me, jumpers aren't worth the extra time. I haven't seen where they are that much better. I think when they are on the chain they don't care if they are jumping or not.

[Captain Fred Archer]

Fall in!

I like the front ones going in and out of the water, the school of teasers swimming in the wave, and the chasebait underwater and a very visible target. Note that this bar is running flat, one of my favorite positions on any boat that I have ever owned or driven.

[Capt. Brian Daley]

I use both jumpers for clam days & inline with a little more wave height

[Captain Fred Archer]

Makes sense, Cappy Brian.

These work for me in all conditions, especially short & flat.

Point Pleasant, one of my two home ports back in the day. Lottsa good memories.

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[neilinov]

Originally Posted by Capt. Brian Daley

I use both jumpers for clam days & inline with a little more wave height

What is a clam day?