Thread: Spanish rigs

Best rig:

=> 40 lb. mono leader (about 24" because as soon as I see a fray, I like to retie and I just trim off a little rather than rigging up again).

=> Uni to Uni knot from main line to leader. (i don't recommend a swivel, but if you like them, i go with a black really small 80 lb bill fisher swivel.)

=> My most successful lures are
- Yellow head gotcha (the smaller one) with shiny chrome body (Silver on sunny days and gold on cloudy days)
- White Looney jig or White/Chartreuse jig
- Bubble rig with a piece of small pink rubber sunglasses holder (from wally world) J & M has great pre rigged ones. or a pomano jig ( I absolutely love the bomber pink/ silver chrome head pompano jigs. They last forever.)
- Medium size shallow diver Yo-Zuri crystal minnow (match to the bait in water) Fairly pricey to loose though. ( I use 18" 7-strand 30 lb. wire leader with Yo-Zuris) Anything will come up on a YoYo.
- Last but not least, a Maribu Crappie Jig White tipped with a diamond shaped strip of shiny spanish belly. (this ones very cheap to use and very fun to fish, but you need really light tackle for it) I sometimes tandem rig these jigs.

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i caught one last year that was 6.85 6#r i.jpg

Yeah I didn't weigh this one, but he was 29" fork length.

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If I use wire for Spanish, it is an unraveled piece of 90# sevenstrand. The thin, wavy wire is pretty strong, but don't fool around with it when it kinks. Floro is definitely good when the rascals are biting swivels like last fall. Whatever you threw with a swivel you better be ready to lose.

Originally Posted by Rich1

If I use wire for Spanish, it is an unraveled piece of 90# sevenstrand. The thin, wavy wire is pretty strong, but don't fool around with it when it kinks. Floro is definitely good when the rascals are biting swivels like last fall. Whatever you threw with a swivel you better be ready to lose.

True that, when those keychains were so thick, I lost my YoYo cause they hit the swivel :/ darn things haha. But thats part of fishing.

I was using 60 flouro,18-20 inch (so I could tie on a new jig before tying a mono to mono again).... but if they seemed finicky I dropped down to 50...lost some jigs, but at 15 cents a piece, it was fun and a cooler full of frozen fillets....when they finally started hitting good last fall

I just finished powder painting a bunch of spear head jigs, now for the tying ....fun....at least I am not pressed for time yet

ironman172 ... at 15 cents a piece

Hi, I'd like 1,000 please in assorted colors. Will you be in town tomorrow?

what he said ^

Originally Posted by Pop Jiggity

ironman172 ... at 15 cents a piece

Hi, I'd like 1,000 please in assorted colors. Will you be in town tomorrow?

....yea, everybody else would too I am sure

lol yea i wish looneys were 15 cents id have a million of em