THE ILANDER PRO...WORLD CLASS

[Washashore]

THose bad bitches work up here in the Great White North, eh! Marty and one of yer boys turned me onto those 3 years ago when a few of us Ynaks came to AB/MHC. Our peeps thought we wuz touched to fish them here, so we never did tell anyone that we caught fish on 'em rigged Carolina style-big ones too. Doubters are silly. Best regards,

Washashore

[WAHOONBOX]

[Capt. Jon Tennant]

I would love to have 5 if there is any left.

[ocnslr]

Found my box with five waiting when I got to the office today.

Now, I could use some advise on rigging these beauties.

Leader type/weight, hook type/size, anything else to have them ready to pull some big 'hoos...
THANKS!
Brian

Warm weather - and water - is coming soon.

Could still use some info on rigging.

THANKS!

[ocalex]

send me an all pink or a pink and blue and ill show u super seacret way...jk, 10/0 7691 momio 530 xtra hard leader (dont wanna lose a classic) no weight pull from ur left short and watch the blue ones come

[SeaBiscuit]

Hello Brian,
since the pros are not yet talking, I'll give you my very limited and amateur experience consisting of having fished with a couple of good Carolina crews who like to use these.

Typically, Illander pros are rigged with horse balyhoo (single hook) or spanish mackerel (double hook), no chin weights, and run off the short riggers. Wahoos will certainly eat them, however, when targeting wahoos you are likely better off with heavier straight tracking lures (with meat) run either just below the surface, or down through the use of trolling weights and/or planers.

Hoping I can shame some of the pros to chime in here!

SeaBiscuit

[ocnslr]

Hey 'Biscuit,

Appreciate the response, understanding, support and info.

Marty's initial post had noted the flats and short rigger positions, and your perspective helps.

Just spent a good bit on these and want to make best use of them. And not lose any unnecessarily...

Brian

[Cowboy]

Brian glad you brought this back to the top, after 2 days of hard core rigging school it has now dawned on me I didn't see a Pro rigged in class either. I did get the advise needed but I am thinking that rigging an Ilander Pro has the potential for a grand new video production
What do you say Box, burn some tape and clip in some music and Rock our World?

[WAHOONBOX]

NO VIDEO YET ....I SWEAR I THOUGHT I MADE ONE A WHILE BACK! I HAVE LOOKED AND LOOKED AND CAN'T FIND IT

LEADER RANGE: 400 MIN - 540 LB FLUORO NOT NECESSARY

CRIMP..................2.2mm - 2.3 mm

HORSE BALLYHOO....MACKERAL....EVEN A LARGE MULLET WILL WORK

HORSE: 11/0 7731 MUSTAD

WHEN TARGETING BLUE MARLIN...I USE 11/0 IN ALL HORSE

WITH THIS LURE HEAD....I DO TRIM A SECTION OF THE HORSES BILL OFF BEFORE I WIRE IT DOWN WITH MONEL TO THE LEADER


THIS RIG WILL CATCH ATTRACT AND SOMETIMES CATCH EVERY MAHI WITHIN 20 MILES UNFORTUNATELY AND BFT AND BIGEYE WILL DEVOUR IT

[Glenn W]

NO VIDEO YET
THIS RIG WILL CATCH ATTRACT AND SOMETIMES CATCH EVERY MAHI WITHIN 20 MILES UNFORTUNATELY

Oh so true. If I may add a tid bit so that this awesome fish raiser is used by weekend warriors more than once a season-----
Brian, when the White Boys show up in the Norfolk Canyon, do not hesitate to use your Pro as a teaser w/ a hookless horse. I have had the white Ones ingnore the dredges, Ilander chain, and/or squid chain just to wallo all over the Pro. Not just as an incidental surprise, but on a regular basis. Something about that pop that drives the White Boys nuts on some days. I will note, it is a ***** to get him off the Pro and switch over to your pitch bait, but hey, that''s your problem