Spreader bar release ideas

[alex n]

I usually fish spreader bars in a non- tournament situation, however this week I'm fishing a tourny that doesn't allow them, I'm thinking i'll cut off the hook bait, use the bar as a teaser ,and use a rubber band to attatch a green machine that will break off when hit, has anyone tried this method? If not what kind of clips do you use?

[Bert Rodgers]

I think you will have tangle issues. But let us know if it works.

Bert

[fishskipper]

I've use the bar like a sled on a green stick boat. Attaching squids in front of the bar dangling in and out of the water. You can attach several this way and its very effective. Use a swivel attached to the mainline with a rubber band and attach the other end of the rubber band to the swivel on you squid rod. I have not ever tried it on the bar though!

[POON MAN]

It has been done with sucsess using a release clip off the stinger line

I prefer to just run the bar hookless and run something solo behind it

would not experiment during a tourney with an unknown

last season we had this method prove sucsessful for Mako's , Blue Marlin and Yellowfin ,,,,,,,,,,,,,Not messing with sucsess

our single lure was only a few feet behind it

[aprilfool]

we do the same thing, put a bait right behind the bar even with the hook on the bar we seem to get more bites on the baits a few feet behind the bars the the bars themselves??

[Parsifal]

Williamson Lures makes daisy chains and spreader bars rigged up to attach another line to it with a rubber band.

http://www.williamsonlures.com/produ...reader_bar.php

I've never tried it, but might in the next few weeks. I guess the main advantage comes when you don't have to fight a fish with the spreader bar on the line.

[WAHOONBOX]

ONE DAY....(HOPEFULLY NOT)....IF YOU KEEP USING A RELEASE ON A SPREADER BAR....ONE DAY YOU WILL BE VERY SAD

BECAUSE ONE DAY.....ONE DAY MR. SMOO IS GOING TO COME CALLING AND INHALE THE SAID BAIT THAT YOU HAVE IN THE BAR/RELEASE CLIP AND SMOO WILL BE TRAVELLING AT LOCOMOTIVE MACH SPEED CHARGING THE TOWARDS THE BOAT AND TAKE THAT LITTLE OL' LEADER RIGHT INTO THE BAR ITSELF FOR THE GREATEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF YOUR LIFE!

ENOUGH SAID .... AND KEEP IN MIND THAT MY FIRST SPREADER BAR EXPERIENCE WAS IN 1982 OR '83.....AND YES I CAUGHT PLENTY OF TUNAS



HOW OLD WERE YOU GUYS BACK THEN?

[aprilfool]

we had always used the bars giant tuna fishing but had a brainstorm to try them in the canyon a long time ago with our 130's spooled with 200 lb dacron for giant fishing well we got spooled a few times and lost a few bars between atlantis and veatch by the nastiest blue marlin you have ever seen blue marlin love the bars!!

[dckhd247]

ENOUGH SAID .... AND KEEP IN MIND THAT MY FIRST SPREADER BAR EXPERIENCE WAS IN 1982 OR '83.....AND YES I CAUGHT PLENTY OF TUNAS



HOW OLD WERE YOU GUYS BACK THEN?

I was 1... See you at the end of the week, Brother...