Running ledger with rottem bottom and floating bead

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Running ledger with rottem bottom and floating bead

#1 Post by Mr_Green »

Just made up a rig said as above...a running ledger with a rotten bottom with a longish snood with a large floating bead...for fishing in the local pier where there is heavy kelp and foul ground i may b on to somethin here...the bead will bring the bait just to kelp height, any curious fish should bite and with the rotten bottom im covered for snags...fitted with a 3/0 0im afetr fat pollock and mayb a maraudering bass..ill let u know how succesful i am, if i am :lol:
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#2 Post by m.b3 »

try a 6 foot rig body. attach weak link to bottom. snood at top of trace between 1 and 4 feet long. put floaty on this. if fished a short range to a tight line your hook and bait will fish above the rocks and weed. if u slacken off the line your hook will fish deeper/ close to the kelp. running leger into rough ground is more trouble than its worth!
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#3 Post by fish4fun »

Let us know how you get on but rather than the running ledger I would suggest something similar to m.b3. An alternative is a long rotten bottom off a three way swivel with a long snood off this. Used them quite effectively for wrasse fishing.
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#4 Post by Kraken »

any chance of some pics or diagrams/drawings of these types of setups? :?
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#5 Post by m.b3 »

i'll throw one together! wont b pretty though... :lol:

i'm just not a pretty man!!! :D
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#6 Post by m.b3 »

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/markb3/roughgroundlobbingrig.jpg[/img]

told u it wouldn't be pretty...
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#7 Post by m.b3 »

here u can use it for cod aswell. shorter snood than above metioned can be better if just fishing for wrasse...
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#8 Post by teacher »

If you want to use a running ledger you could just put the weight on a long dropper, with the rest of the setup as m.b3 suggested.
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#9 Post by Mr_Green »

the running ledger one worked for dogs for me at the pier, but its as much as a risk as it is a beinfit...but its worth stickin a floating bead on at piers, to attract curious fish...but id question these tactics on clean ground..
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#10 Post by Kraken »

m.b3 wrote:told u it wouldn't be pretty...


cheers Mark -

pretty enuff 4 me :) .........

the rig not you :D :D :D :D


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