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Stop staring at my Avatar.
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sunset Marina, OCMD
Posts: 371
Credits: 2,159.1
Boat: Current Affair
Best Catch: 13 Sails (Isla) 8 Sails (Isla) 4 Whites (OC)
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Squid Chains?
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If Ignorance is bliss, Why aren't more people happy?
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Raleigh, MHC
Posts: 5,946
Credits: 8,636.1
Boat: Luhrs 36
Home Port: MHC
Occupation: Supporting my Tackle habit
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I have a few of each - I personally think the inline swim better - they make a sweeping swimming S - but I run both at times.
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Got fish
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Nags Head
Posts: 183
Credits: 841.9
Boat: Haphazard 61' Holton
Home Port: Manteo, NC
Best Catch: Grand Slams
Occupation: Mate
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Inline!!!! Tunas wearing them out on Fri and Sat!!!!
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Sit down Shut up And fish
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Morehead City
Posts: 532
Credits: 10,703.7
Occupation: Mate
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We use the droppers and they give great action. The only downside is if you get pitch bait to close to chain. There is nothing worse than having one of the droppers do a loopty loop around your pitch bait line, so I hear......
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Stop staring at my Avatar.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Apex
Posts: 369
Credits: 2,475.1
Home Port: MHC
Occupation: Student
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A dropper on the first squid then the rest are inline.
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Crab mustard is good
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: OC Maryland
Posts: 646
Credits: 2,504.3
Boat: What boat? You call that thing a boat?
Home Port: Ocean City, MD
Best Catch: The little guy in the pic!
Occupation: That's a good question?
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Droppers if the last one has a hook in it. Inline if used just for a teaser.
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I think Admin is going to let me have this space
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: So. Cal and Cabo San Lucas
Posts: 1,419
Credits: 3,787.3
Occupation: Author, writer, marine artist, charter captain, lure manufacturer, ind. consultant
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Used to run lots of cedar chains. Made and sold plenty, too, but no more. Me and the boys like this a lot better. The short length takes up less room in the pattern and there are a lot less tangles than we used to get with the longer chains. We fish 'em anywhere from clipped down in the short holes, all the way back to the long riggers.
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Team Canada Rocks!
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Tyaskin, MD
Posts: 6,792
Credits: 68,991.1
Boat: Squidnation
Home Port: Ocean City, MD
Occupation: Team Canada Wannabe!
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For billfishing I prefer to use dropper chains. I run three droppers and two inline with a swivel and something differnet chasing the squids. But don't just add droppers to add droppers. If you really want the best performance then customize and build to suit your boat. figure out where you want to run the dropper. then add the droppers to your chains so the first squid is barely hitting the water, second is jumping in and out and 3rd is mostly skimming the water. then add the two inlines. This will take a little trial and error. 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. |
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Stop staring at my Avatar.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 352
Credits: 1,917.4
Occupation: Professional Mate & Journalist
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inlines
short enough to get them out of the water....
Don;t know why inlines..but what I've always used |
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