Do you pull a Dredge?

[Squidnation]

Thanks for the recommendations. Here is a shot of a dredge with our http://squidnation.com squids in action

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Squidnation......hands down.
Holwachagot

[Wabostyle]

Squidnation......hands down.
Holwachagot

Ditto..... Squidnation dredges have always produced for us.

[John from Madison CT]

I've played with a bunch of different dredges in the past few years. I would highly recommend you look at the Tournament Cable brand. He has many options to suit your budget and tastes.

My personal favorite, because we troll at 7 knots +, is the Holographic teaser baits. They flash extremely well, but also don't drag very much, which at higher speeds can be an issue.


www.TournamentCable.com

[gtrfred]

maybe a dumb question - but when you guys are rigging the natural baits on the dredges, using a single tier dredge, are all of the baits placed close to the arms of the dredge?

i have seen the premade pin rigs or the short wire rigs sticking out of the mullets. does that connect directly to the dredge arm? or is a length of mono or wire used to space it from the dredge arm?

I think i have seen guys set them up with two baits off the outer arm position, one tight and one about a full length behind the first one. it looks like both baits are attached to the outer position on the dredge arm. Is this a normal configuration or was I seeing things?

Thanks

Fred

[MARLINMASTER1422]

SQUID NATION all the way

[seavee32]

maybe a dumb question - but when you guys are rigging the natural baits on the dredges, using a single tier dredge, are all of the baits placed close to the arms of the dredge?

i have seen the premade pin rigs or the short wire rigs sticking out of the mullets. does that connect directly to the dredge arm? or is a length of mono or wire used to space it from the dredge arm?

I think i have seen guys set them up with two baits off the outer arm position, one tight and one about a full length behind the first one. it looks like both baits are attached to the outer position on the dredge arm. Is this a normal configuration or was I seeing things?

Thanks

Fred

Yes, you can attach the pin rigs directly to the dredge arm and they look/swim fine. You can also add a trailer bait with a short length of mono to the outside of each arm. Use the same pin rigs but add 8-10" of mono with a snap swivel on the end. I have never had a problem with the mono tangling with the bait also attached to the outside position on each arm. My personal set up is a double dredge with the blue/silver rubber shads on the inside and medium ballyhoo with small blue octopus skirts over them on the outside.

[C-Duck]

Matt:

We are Squidnation guys too. We like the natural color, but as you can see above, lots of guys like other color combos. The only issue we have ever had is arms breaking off and therefore we've lost some of squids. Can't tell if they just broke off or if they were ripped off by marlin. We upgraded to heavier gauge bars and that seems to have solved the issue. Regardless, they are the best artificial ones out there in our opinion. Squidy Bill makes a nice product, and he stands by it.

Curtis Campbell
Reel Estate Sportfishing
Ocean City, MD

[frankypettolina]

I like mullet dredges when I am pulling naturals. I have the fancy blue squid nation dredge when I am pulling a fake dredge. I have had luck with bullyhoos and mannhadens in the past too. That blue squid dredge just looks better than the other fake stuff out there.

[Lowcountryboy]

When sail/white fishing we run 2 triples with natural baits on the outside and plastics on the inside. When meat fishing we run at least 1 double if not 2. I have used the strip teasers before and look good in the water, but the strips seem to fall apart or get bitten and are expensive to replace, vs a rubber mullet. The more stuff you have in the water, the better your chances of raising fish are. Fishing with them might seem like a pain at first, but once you get used to it, you don't think about it and you start to realize how many fish they raise.