Originally Posted By: eswan
No pics but fishing remains decent. in the last 3 trips dad and I have hooked 13 fish with 10 to hand. so not terrible. there's enough to make it worthwhile. still hate beads they've resulted in most of the fish lost. anyone have any better rigging ideas?? 12lb fluoro 14mm soft bead on t peg #1 octo hook 3" from bead.


Sounds like a pretty decent ratio. My only recommendation would be to try the finesse widegap hooks.

And like the others said, reel into the hook set. Especially when float fishing a bead I find this more effective than setting the hook.


Edited by thaxor (03/01/20 11:18 PM)