Top & Bottom Rig Tying

[Mighty Quinn]

Decided to try tying my own top and bottom rigs. A couple are shown below. One has #4 hooks and the other has 1/0. I used 40# mono leader material. For the snap and swivel I used dropper knots/loops. I am curious if there is a better knot to use there? Any other advice on how to tie these things would be greately appreciated.

[DumBbaSS]

would you use a rig like that for spring fishing for rocks and drum?

[Mighty Quinn]

No, I think most people use a fish finder rig. I'll try to post what I use in a little while. Gotta run.

[Sam]

Looks like a good bluefish/kingfish rig to me

[Randy Stinchcomb]

Originally Posted by Sam

Looks like a good bluefish/kingfish rig to me

yup X's 2, looks good to-me MQ

[Mighty Quinn]

Thanks Sam & Randy. Now if they just work.

[Randy Stinchcomb]

Originally Posted by Mighty Quinn

Thanks Sam & Randy. Now if they just work.

................just add bait

[Bunker Head]

Very nice rigs for them kingfish ect, I have heard from reliable sources that a rig without floats work better. Now that I said that I have never targeted kingfish before just word of mouth.
A rig you can try for just about any species is a high low with the wieght being attached to your snap 2 hooks spaced 2ft apart and then your running line attached to the swivel can use any size hooks and can interchange hook sizes for the species being sought. This rig is used without floats. Saw many nice Stripers and Black drum caught spring last yr on this rig just lofted over the first set of breakers with a clam and bunker combo as bait and #2 to 4 circles were what the anglers were using. Just another suggestion for inquiring minds. BRING ON THE SPRING AM BURIED IN ICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

[Mighty Quinn]

Bunker Head..thanks for the compliment. I plan to use these rigs for bluefish, spot and kingfish. For drum and rock I use a variation of this, but with a hurricane or pyramid sinker and a 3"-6" leader.

[beer]

Originally Posted by Mighty Quinn

Decided to try tying my own top and bottom rigs. A couple are shown below. One has #4 hooks and the other has 1/0. I used 40# mono leader material. For the snap and swivel I used dropper knots/loops. I am curious if there is a better knot to use there? Any other advice on how to tie these things would be greately appreciated.
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my best fishing year to dote was late fall into eairly winter, caught my first stripers and most were in begining of dec. on a rig just like the yellow an pink rig on sand fleas ,but I used circle hooks I think they were #6 or #8. who knows knowing me I could have put botu

[Bunker Head]

Hey Beer, Hope yu and the family are well and maybe we can hook up in the spring... Forgot about them sand fleas great bait on the high low and easy to catch. Sea Ya in the Spring!

[DumBbaSS]

I love a live fishy on the end of my line.........I say a little live Alewife is like Beef Welington to anyone passing by bigger fishy.....but what would the chance of getting a live squid?ever try that?