Feel free to ask follow-up questions!

Thanks

When using the drop shot rig do you still hook the sardine through the cartilage of the nose? The way the hook is oriented it would seem the bait would be 90 degrees off the way it should be presented...

@tunanorth

11 ай бұрын

Instead of the usual "crosswise", instead hook the sardine "vertically". With a good lively bait, it would work just fine either way.

@jackg8478

11 ай бұрын

@@tunanorth When you hook the sardine vertically, are you capturing the "lower chin" in the hook?

@brianyoon8164

11 ай бұрын

I’ve been experimenting with just the nose hooking and hooking from the bottom chin to shutting their mouth. Both works but if you are fast dropping I’d hook through chin and shut sardines mouth.

What knot is good for bluefin to connect leaders. Braid to floro/ floro to Mano. Would uni to uni be good

@tunanorth

11 ай бұрын

Favored knot for braid to fluoro is the RP Knot. Favored knot for mono to fluoro is the 4-turn Surgeon's Knot.

@kqc8224

11 ай бұрын

What knot would you recommend for the flouro to the hook for the drop shot rig ? Thank you!

@tunanorth

11 ай бұрын

Fluoro to the hook use the "Single San Diego".@@kqc8224

@271yaks

11 ай бұрын

I still use uni to uni for connection. Have got 80lbers on 30# fluoro

Steve, Do you ever paint the sinkers black? I have heard that BFT sometimes eat the sinker.

@tunanorth

11 ай бұрын

I don't paint the sinkers, but yes, bluefin do occasionally bite them. The popular lure called "Eddie Bomb" is just a sinker with hooks on it!

@1theredrooster

10 ай бұрын

Dan Hernandez just started talking about those lures on one of his latest videos. They're definitely something to keep in mind when out on the water!@@tunanorth

@tunanorth

5 ай бұрын

@@1theredrooster The "Eddie Bomb" is not especially new; its been around for several years, and pier anglers have been using a smller version for several decades. Just be sure you are using a sinker with "wire through" construction. The majority of sinkers just have an eye that a tuna can easily pull right out of the lead.

You still use the four turn surgeons know to tie a leader on 80# line ???

@tunanorth

11 ай бұрын

Yes.

Can't they feel the weight and spit it out? On the drop shot. Do you level it in free spool ? Or lock it , at the right depths? Thank you Grate fishing from Utah

@tunanorth

2 ай бұрын

The rig is usually fished with the reel in freespool. The fish are feeding aggressively, the sinker does not bother them.

Which knot do you use on the hook? Thank you

@tunanorth

11 ай бұрын

"San Diego Knot". Number of turns varies depending on line test, but usually somewhere around 5-7 turns.