Anyone help with Bridle Rigging Bluefish?
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intresting article
here is a link that my help you
http://www.nexmar.com/tech_page7.htm
another one.
http://www.leadertec.com/bridle_rig.html
There is bridel for trolling and also for live bait fishing while anchored.
I bridle my bait using a piece of floss tied to the main line and putting it through a small piece of skin behind the eyes. while my main hook is hooked in back of the dorsel fin. I then snip the tail to prevent it from swimming at full strenght and to stop tangling up lines. Also a wounded fish makes more noise and draws more attention.
here is a link that my help you
http://www.nexmar.com/tech_page7.htm
another one.
http://www.leadertec.com/bridle_rig.html
There is bridel for trolling and also for live bait fishing while anchored.
I bridle my bait using a piece of floss tied to the main line and putting it through a small piece of skin behind the eyes. while my main hook is hooked in back of the dorsel fin. I then snip the tail to prevent it from swimming at full strenght and to stop tangling up lines. Also a wounded fish makes more noise and draws more attention.
Here thanks to Spike,
The Bridle rig is the standard method of rigging a large live bait, such as a Skipjack tuna for slow trolling.
It's simplicity makes it possible for an experienced crew to have the bait rigged and back in the water within a minute of being caught.
It's also a quick way to rig a skipping dead bait if you stitch the mouth and gills closed first.
It's worth practising on a few dead baits beforehand, so that you can get the technique right without the pressure of trying to work against the clock with a live bait.
1) Prepare your leader. This can be mono, cable, or combined mono and cable depending on the species available in the area that you fish. Attach the hook to the leader using crimping sleeves and a swaging tool. The hook should be able to swing freely. Use either an Offshore loop knot or a rigging thimble to protect the leader from chafing on the hook.
2) Take an 18 ?20 inch length of heavy Dacron or rigging floss. It is important that it is fairly thick, as light Dacron will tend to cut through the bait.
Double the Dacron and tie the two ends together using a Double overhand or Surgeon's knot.
Take the knotted end of the Dacron and fasten it to the bend of the hook with a Cow hitch (Lark's head knot). Secure it in place with one or two half hitches and you're ready for your bait.
3) When a bait is caught, quickly swing it aboard and wrap it in a wet towel. Avoid touching the bait with bare hands as much as possible. Kneel on the deck with the bait between your knees, and insert a crochet hook (available from a sewing or craft shop) through the gap in the eye sockets just forward of the eyes, and out of the other side.
Catch the Dacron loop with the crochet hook and pull it back through the eye sockets. Put the hook point through the Dacron loop, twist it three or four times and then put the point twice through the loop formed between the bait and the twists.
Do not try to fasten the hook tightly against the bait's head, the hook should be able to easily fold flat against the bait when it is swallowed.
Carefully place the bait back in the water and you're ready to fish. An undamaged bait rigged in this way should survive all day if it is not eaten, but it is important to troll very, very slowly. You should aim for a trolling speed of 1 ?2 knots, higher speeds will cause the bait to quickly tire and die.
The Bridle rig is the standard method of rigging a large live bait, such as a Skipjack tuna for slow trolling.
It's simplicity makes it possible for an experienced crew to have the bait rigged and back in the water within a minute of being caught.
It's also a quick way to rig a skipping dead bait if you stitch the mouth and gills closed first.
It's worth practising on a few dead baits beforehand, so that you can get the technique right without the pressure of trying to work against the clock with a live bait.
1) Prepare your leader. This can be mono, cable, or combined mono and cable depending on the species available in the area that you fish. Attach the hook to the leader using crimping sleeves and a swaging tool. The hook should be able to swing freely. Use either an Offshore loop knot or a rigging thimble to protect the leader from chafing on the hook.
2) Take an 18 ?20 inch length of heavy Dacron or rigging floss. It is important that it is fairly thick, as light Dacron will tend to cut through the bait.
Double the Dacron and tie the two ends together using a Double overhand or Surgeon's knot.
Take the knotted end of the Dacron and fasten it to the bend of the hook with a Cow hitch (Lark's head knot). Secure it in place with one or two half hitches and you're ready for your bait.
3) When a bait is caught, quickly swing it aboard and wrap it in a wet towel. Avoid touching the bait with bare hands as much as possible. Kneel on the deck with the bait between your knees, and insert a crochet hook (available from a sewing or craft shop) through the gap in the eye sockets just forward of the eyes, and out of the other side.
Catch the Dacron loop with the crochet hook and pull it back through the eye sockets. Put the hook point through the Dacron loop, twist it three or four times and then put the point twice through the loop formed between the bait and the twists.
Do not try to fasten the hook tightly against the bait's head, the hook should be able to easily fold flat against the bait when it is swallowed.
Carefully place the bait back in the water and you're ready to fish. An undamaged bait rigged in this way should survive all day if it is not eaten, but it is important to troll very, very slowly. You should aim for a trolling speed of 1 ?2 knots, higher speeds will cause the bait to quickly tire and die.
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Sorry PRB
No problem There are many was you could bridle rig. They all have the same princilple as to taking the weight of the bait, off the hook . the reason being a live bait can unhook itself or become unbalanced. This will make the whole bigger and have the hook pull or dangel . This can cost you a fish.
Thanks for the fast reply again tight lines
No problem There are many was you could bridle rig. They all have the same princilple as to taking the weight of the bait, off the hook . the reason being a live bait can unhook itself or become unbalanced. This will make the whole bigger and have the hook pull or dangel . This can cost you a fish.
Thanks for the fast reply again tight lines
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Shorty,
The bridle rig described will work well on any fish. One tip, turn the fish upside down when you're rigging it, Tunas will remain motionless and other fish will calm down considerably. But with bluefish, and only bluefish, there is a much better way, though it takes some practice. The bluefish has a hollow section in its head, just behind and above the eye sockets. Its kind of small, depending on the size of the fish. But its big enough that you can work a offset hook, like at 7699 in 10/0 or 11/0 size into it and let the fish ride on the bend of the hook. The fish will live as long as its not eaten. I've fish bluefish this way all day and then let them go and watched them swim away.
The bridle rig described will work well on any fish. One tip, turn the fish upside down when you're rigging it, Tunas will remain motionless and other fish will calm down considerably. But with bluefish, and only bluefish, there is a much better way, though it takes some practice. The bluefish has a hollow section in its head, just behind and above the eye sockets. Its kind of small, depending on the size of the fish. But its big enough that you can work a offset hook, like at 7699 in 10/0 or 11/0 size into it and let the fish ride on the bend of the hook. The fish will live as long as its not eaten. I've fish bluefish this way all day and then let them go and watched them swim away.
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