Are upriggers extinct ?

[Zummie]

Here is the link I found that got me interested



"Here's a shot or two of a Fisherman's Fleet in Mexico running what they term an UpRiggers.

They are death on the wahoos because the lure is run directly from the reel to the rod on the lower rod holder. This eliminates the flexing of the rod when it comes to setting the hook on hard-mouthed 'hoo (marlin too). What most fishermen don't realize is that a way too large percentage of wahoo bites are missed because the flex in the rod before it loads up combined with the stetch in the mono gives a striking wahoo way too much opportunity to spit the lure before they get hooked. Wahoo have incredibly strong jaws (that's why they bite baits in half so easily) and that, combined with all of those teeth digging into the lure - especially a Marauder - and keeping it from sliding through their mouths so the hooks can do their jobs.

UpRiggers eliminate the rod flex part of that equation.

I have seen this set up account for ten for ten on wahoo bites and hookups."

So go Tireless and Twotoots

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[seapower]

With the experience that "ol boy" has, you can bet there's a reason. Frank