Speader Bar set up

[Captain Fred Archer]

Thank you, gentlemen.

To answer the question asked of me about the why and when for using RuckusRaisers, naturally, the first case is when the water is calm and the fish are deep. They sure seem to see and more importantly, "hear" those baits going nuts up there. Many of us fail to take into account how fast and far sound travels thru the water. I know that I did until a U.S. naval underwater warfare member here educated me on that and it's danged amazing.

The Ruckus' also work well in rough water too. And very, very long. Notice how many are being run off of flatline clips in the video that I'm about to post. The typical running attitude is a couple of "feet" only in the water, with the teasers raising hell behind them and the chasebait staying stable and in the water for a good target.

I am a huge believer in trying to mimic what really happens in the nature and since most bait schools consist of like sized color and size members, except for whatever might be chasing them (and I make the chasebaits the same size and colors as each other too), I believe in big, monochromatic spreads. By that I mean that my spreads consist of all or mostly spreaderbars with the same size teasers and the same, or bigger size chasebaits. This is what gamefish see and hunt for their entire lives and I believe that spreads like this raise more and bigger schools of fish and consistent, big multiples result when they come up. It sure has worked for me for a lot of years now. Gamefish, especially tuna and dorado, travel in schools too, and I figure that I've done something wrong when we only get bit by one or two or even a few fish out of what was most likely a school.

I also believe in the logic that the more "chum" I put out to attract schools of fish, the better, and I know of no better way of doing that than running a bunch of bars or RuckusRaisers.

In case you missed it, here's a video of various bars of ours doing their things. No fish, just performance.

Shoot to kill.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5msifkZOQ

[Captain Fred Archer]

Austin,

There is something that I think you will get a big kick out of on that tape of the fish getting caught on the bars down in the incredible Magdalena Bay in the Baja.

It is the section with the second bird school, where you see whales feeding. There are no dolphin in that shot, but there's a pile of dorado, tuna and marlin in there feeding right along with those whales. Look closely and you will see the tuna and dorado breaking. The marlin are those long, fast streakers up top. The whales and fish were all feeding on the same "whale food".

Why weren't the guys fishing for those fish? Well, this was day five of their trip (five days at The Bay and a day in La Paz) and they were so beaten up and tired from catching lots of fish of all kinds that they wanted to mostly just ride around and look at stuff like this for their last afternoon. Sounds kind of unbelievable, but it isn't unusual on these trips. (Of course, fishing is fishing and sometimes it can get tough, no matter where you fish.)

Of course, maybe they were worn out from eating fresh lobster, scallops, big prawns, rock and even stone crabs and the freshest of fish every night too. That gets so "rough" that folks often beg for some "plain old chicken Mexicano" or a nice, big Sinaloa ribeye. And they get it. (And Sinaloa beef is incredible stuff.)

At last year's prices, all for an average of four hundred and fifty bucks per day a head for four fishermen, including accomodations in La Paz, all meals, all to and from transfers once you arrive at the airport, the whole kit and kaboodle. That's an incredible fishing value. So naturally, space is limited and reservations are vital.

I'd send you if I could, kid. I get a big kick out of your enthusiasm and excitement and love for the outdoors. You're a fish head, just like I was when I was your age. And if I could, one thing that I know for sure - you wouldn't just be watching those whales and tunas and dorados and marlin on day five! "Gimme a bait! Gimme a bait!"

Oh yes, that's what would happen. I hope that some day it does for you. Work hard in school so you can do stuff like this one day.

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