Check this little guy out...

[Ace1st]

Thanks for the report.....amazing seeing something survive and regenerate like that. Still looks like it would have dificulty swimmin though.

[Captain Michael Buffington]

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The will to live is certainly strong. This fish lost his propeller long before the Captain caught him. To this day though, CAPTAIN thinks he set the hook so hard he jerked the tail off the fish. Cool pics Captain Buff.
Holwachagot

What kind of rig is that Geoff? I have never seen anything like that for inshore fishing.

Mike

[HOLWACHAGOT]

What kind of rig is that Geoff? I have never seen anything like that for inshore fishing.

Mike

It is just a plain old bottom rig. You attach two snelled hooks to it and a weight at the bottom. I'll take a pic. Gimme a few minutes.
I use mono on my line most of the time. My son likes the metal bottom rigs, they tend to keep the hooks apart a little better for novice anglers anyway.
Holwachagot

[bigfish4me]

What kind of rig is that Geoff? I have never seen anything like that for inshore fishing.

Mike

Buff...thats a fairly common top and bottom rig use up and down the east coast, the wire stand offs have a loop , all you do is attach a pre snelled hook, lots of people vary the leader length with a longer one on the bottom...or the top, what ever floats your boat, i will say this these rigs are probably the most tangle free top and bottoms around.

[Finesse]

Capt Buff .... How well could he swim ?? I guess pretty well given how well its healed ?

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To this day though, CAPTAIN thinks he set the hook so hard he jerked the tail off the fish. Holwachagot

Dont doubt the Captain .... he'll keel haul ya

[Captain Michael Buffington]

we use something similar for deep dropping for warsaws in the gulf. I have just never seen it on such a small scale, we call it a spreader bar.

Finesse, I guess pretty good. I heard him splashing alot and looked behind me to see a snapper that just didnt look right being hauled upstairs. It was dark so I did not see him swim off.

Mike

[Honey Hole]

Cool pics guys... I've got one of a "Bull Nosed" Striper somewhere.... just plain weird looking.

[SERprise]

It is crazy to see how some of the animals in nature can adapt and overcome. Pretty cool looking fish.

[tunatamer4]

we use something similar for deep dropping for warsaws in the gulf. I have just never seen it on such a small scale, we call it a spreader bar.



Mike

Mike-

I'm guessing the spreader bars you're talking about are the same design as the ones we use to use for winter flounder in the northeast. The mainline is attatched in the center of it with the weight below that and the hooks are spread off to either side. I think The Capt. is just holding the leader in that pic and the rig is sideways. You can see the swivel off to the right side of the rig for the mainline.

That's hows I sees it anyway.

[Captain Michael Buffington]

Mike-

I'm guessing the spreader bars you're talking about are the same design as the ones we use to use for winter flounder in the northeast. The mainline is attatched in the center of it with the weight below that and the hooks are spread off to either side. I think The Capt. is just holding the leader in that pic and the rig is sideways. You can see the swivel off to the right side of the rig for the mainline.

That's hows I sees it anyway.

ours was shaped in an L, with the weight on the short part and a 10' 400lb leader and a 12/0 circle. It just helped to keep it from tangleing as it was dropped 4 or 500'.

Mike