Trolling Lures

[Andaman Andy]

LET ME START WITH THE UZI............THE UZI ON THE SHORT RIGGERS......PERSONALLY I HAVE SWAM THE UZI WITH A MED BALLYUHOO ON THE SHORT RIGGERS AND THE RESULTS WERE ....QUITE REMARKABLE.....

YES I SAID REMARKABLE.....THE UZI TRACKS AND DOES A "MINI-DART" MANUVER THAT IS EXCITING TO WATCH!

NOW YOU ASK WHY HAVE I NEVER MENTIONED THE PAKULA UZI IN MY STORIES OR WHY IT IS NOT A REGULAR IN MY SPREAD......I'LL TELL YOU

IT PULLS ON MONO SUPERB AND I JUST COULDN'T AFFPORD THE WAHOO CUT-OFFS....PLAIN AND SIMPLE! THE UZI IS A BIT PRICEY FOR A CHARTER BOAT OPERATION AND WE ALLL NOW HOW I LOVE DA WITCHES....BUT IF THE WALLET IS THERE FOR MEAT FISHING ......THE UZI IS AWESOME!

Ditto on the Uzi but the Fluzi i find even better, it has a small cupped face and a SOFT head i have had some good results with that one, they are now made by "Zakatak Lures".

[Andaman Andy]

Im curious how far others run their lures behind birds and the effectiveness??

I run mine @ 10ft and never had a fish hit the bird.

[Captain Fred Archer]

For birds to "do the bird thing" they have to be in the water, which means that the bar is in the water too. The day that I see a school of bait pushing a metal bar in front of them, maybe I'll consider putting some birds on our bars. Don't hold your breath on that.

Want to have a helluva commotion going on with a bar without attaching birds to it? We do, especially in calm water conditions. Here is how we do it and with a main bar that almost never gets in the water fast, slow, or in between - The Spider RuckusRaiser Bug...(Our 2008 e-catalogs are out. The SuperBar one has over 400 bars in it. To get them, email RNRBOB@COX.NET)