How do your chains look?

[Good Stuff]

How do your chains look when you pull them? I hear people say that you have to do this and that to get them to pull right.
Either I am real dumb or I got it on the first try because when I pull mine they all flutter on top with the chaser (a Island jr.) following down below. I pulled them for the first time last summer and they raised some sails and looked good to me, but I was wondering if I was missing something.

[BTH284]

I will rig my chains with egg sinkers in the head of the first few squids. I have noticed that when pulled the whole chain will go under the water a few inches for a second, especially on any type of turn then re-surface and keep fluttering on top. Also, the chains I have used before seem to have a slight "s' turn track to them. Looks good to me.

[Good Stuff]

I did put egg sinkers in mine but they don't go under like you say. Should I put larger eggs in them?
How far back do you run yours?

[BTH284]

Using larger sinkers to get them to dive is your preference. If what you have been using in the past works for you ...stick with it. This is just what has worked for me in the past. What may look good to us may not look good to the fish.
I run mine off the stern cleat (no riggers yet ) about 20-25 feet back just on the outside edge of where my whitewater wake starts to fade out. I think that this presents a better outline of the squids against clearer water rather than have their outline washed out looking in the whitewater. Remember this is what works for me. May be different for you. Try different things and keep a log of your trips to reference what was going on those days when you got tore up with bites vs. the slower days.

[Reelhope]

I have something to fix the problem:
I carry aluminum cedar plugs that run great in a three chain.
I also have them in a 3 squid 1 aluminum with egg sinkers in the squid and they seem to run fine, never had a problem. We are coming out with an all steel chrome plated cedar plug in 5 days that can get down 6 feet!! Yes 6 feet if your interested in broadening your hook up range or depth! I will post some pictures for ya if you would like. These new ones are true gems and have had a better hookup ratio than anything I pull along side of them. All of these chains are from Catch Mo' Fish!!
Todd

[Deep C]

Get enough weight in the lead squid and the others will stay down. If you have weight in them all the rear ones create drag enough to lift the front... Depending on how I'm fishing I usuall find a couple ounces in the front one will let the chain lay down and slither like it should. Some days I'll tuck a 24oz trolling lead in the lead and let it really get the chain down... One problem there though is often fish will nail a squid or two with noone seeing...

[Good Stuff]

Get enough weight in the lead squid and the others will stay down. If you have weight in them all the rear ones create drag enough to lift the front... Depending on how I'm fishing I usuall find a couple ounces in the front one will let the chain lay down and slither like it should. Some days I'll tuck a 24oz trolling lead in the lead and let it really get the chain down... One problem there though is often fish will nail a squid or two with noone seeing...

One thing i'm not clear on here is, are you guys trying to get them under the surface, because I thought the purpose was to make them spit and sputter on the surface?

[johnseafood]

i run two different kinds of chains one i use a dropper method where you have your main line and you attach a piece of line running back up to the front of the rig then put your squid on that i put 6 on the chain the last one being inline with a weight and snap on it to pull a different color behind that is run off the short rigger and set it up where the first squid is out of the water but when coming side to a wave it dips in and out of the water looks sweet and tuna will come right under the lead squid and actually jump out of the water chasing it i usually run a weighted ballyhoo right next to it but under the chain the other one we run is off the cleat as a teaser and that one is to put some depth in your spread i can take a pic of the dropper chain if you like i made 3 more up last night

[Good Stuff]

i run two different kinds of chains one i use a dropper method where you have your main line and you attach a piece of line running back up to the front of the rig then put your squid on that i put 6 on the chain the last one being inline with a weight and snap on it to pull a different color behind that is run off the short rigger and set it up where the first squid is out of the water but when coming side to a wave it dips in and out of the water looks sweet and tuna will come right under the lead squid and actually jump out of the water chasing it i usually run a weighted ballyhoo right next to it but under the chain the other one we run is off the cleat as a teaser and that one is to put some depth in your spread i can take a pic of the dropper chain if you like i made 3 more up last night

BRING IT!!

[johnseafood]

the first pic shows you how the line is ran back to the front of the rig i put a 1/2oz weight in the first one to keep it from flipping over the line when splashing

here is a pic to show you how i crimped the line the top is the main line and the bottom is for the dropper

here is a pic of the whole chain last squid you can't really see but it is inline with the main line

here is the last squid

hope this helps you out