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[Bay Fishin]

Can someone explain the dredge? Is that just another name for a planer?

This is a dredge. Got the pic from the site.

[Gut Wrench]

or 1 of these.

[RIKTRONIC]

wow, i never thought i would get this much info..thanks for all of the pics.

capt. fred, i like your set up. thank you for the pics. i i will take some of these tips to the cockpit!!

[Captain Fred Archer]

Don't forget those SuperBar Spiders you see in my post on spreads! They are WAY lighter (5# sinkers?), far easier to deploy and handle, troll like feathers compared to the huge ones, you can and do catch fish on them, even with quite light tackle, you can easily troll both corners with them, they are unbreakable, won't rust or corrode and won't dink up you or your boat, they store in a drawer and they are far less expensive than the big models, all of which lets you run one on each stern corner to expand the width of the image you are trying to create.

The purpose of a dredge is to portray a school of bait swimming along under the surface. Many are teasers only; you have to see fish raise on them (not so easy on a small boat), then you have to get the fish to switch off the dredge and go after whatever you pitch back to try to catch him. There aren't a lot of private boat crews around who can handle that sort of stuff smoothly, especially in areas where there aren't a lot of billfish and crews don't get a lot of practice. It can be all automatic if you do it like I posted OR in the case of hunting billlfish only or the biggest tunas only, you can keep the pitch baits in the boat, then present them as explained when "the kind" shows up. If you troll the Spider on "full automatic" it will catch anything that comes along, which for most fishermen is just fine.

If you choose to fish a dredge or dredges, be sure to study them all, including taking a hard look at what is being presented here and make direct comparisons, then choose what makes the most sense for you, your particular boat and crew.

[ancient mariner]

Hi:
I love to put a small bird(7-9 inches long) right back where the white water of my prop turns to champagne bubble and ends. The bird rides in some clear water and BEHIND ir runs three(3) T'ZERS...4,3/4 inch doubled squids in front of a 6-11 inch lure. Almost any good lure will be deadly back there. In the early A.M. a hot running MEAN JOEY or Purple/Black or GYO colored feather OR plastic straight running lure will draw strikes. HINT...HINT...HINT... I love to put a THIN strip of PORK RIND on the back of these . It should be 3-5 inches long and be COLOR matching too. If not , the WHITE. HINT...HINT...HINT... SPLIT the last 2-3 inches of the PORK RIND. It works better.
Some guys run a CHUGGER behind a three(3) T'ZER setup. This will spurt white water and noise all over and draws strikes. I have not had the opportunity to do that enough to make a comment on how good it works.
Around mid morning I try and switch colors if I havent gotten any hits. WHY? 'Cause I BELIVE(can't PROVE IT) that Tuna CAN SEE different shades of GRAY and that color changes as the sun gets O/HEAD. I try and change agin in early afternoon as the SUN gets LOWER on the HORIZON again. I BELIVE that the SUN CHANGES the ANGLE thereby changuing the strength of any color the fish can see.
If your partial to JETS AS I AM. Try a MID SIZED JET. Colors that I hAD SUCCESS WITH WERE Red/Black , Purple/Black , Gyo and last but not least Black/green.
On the above, I found that this rig pulls nice and steady and draws hits first then teh others up closer get hit.
WACKM 'N STACKM
Joseph B...aka...Ancient Mariner