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    Pole is a med/heavy 7fter bait caster. Reel is a med. baitcaster with a flippin switch. Line is 50lb hi-vis Power Pro. The rig; 1oz sinker, 2, #1 light wire aberdeen hooks, 2, 3way swivels, 1 snap-swivel. Tie sinker to 1st 3 way swivel with 15 to 18in. line. Then add 15 to 18in line to next 3 way swivel. Then 15 to 18in line to a loop knot. Tie the snap swivel to main line. Now tie 20lb mono line to the last holes on the 3ways about 6in long. Tie the hooks to these leaders. Now lay this out on your driveway and reel out 20ft(measure this with a tape. Make marks on the line 10ft up from the sinker, 15ft & 20ft. Now off to the water. Find the pile and mark it with a bouy. Notice what the height of the pile. Bait-up with fresh, lively minners. I hook them thru the lower eye sockets. This should go thru REAL easy. If not, your wrong. Now lower the rig into the water where it will just clear the top of the pile(look at the marks on the line). After doing that, then fish around the piles with the sinker just off the bottom. Now ,,,go into the pile straight down & lift up when ya hit it & go back down. Ifin ya get snagged, slowly lower & lift till it frees it's self. You'll feel everything as the sinker has preloaded the rod. Wish I had a picture and as soon as LBM sees this, he'll surely post one. If you tie them all the same you never need to remark the main line. <*)}}}><
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crappie Chatt View Post
    Pole is a med/heavy 7fter bait caster. Reel is a med. baitcaster with a flippin switch. Line is 50lb hi-vis Power Pro. The rig; 1oz sinker ... Now tie 20lb mono line to the last holes ...

    This is ultra lite?

    Are you fishing for crappie or tuna?

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    I FEAR NO BRUSH-PILE!!!!:D:D <*)}}}><
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    Chatt knows also when he probes the piles with this rig you can surgically remove those slabs most fisherman never reach......good summer/fall tactic give e'm @@$#$^* Chatt!!!!
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    If not surgically, I JUST WENCH-EM OUT:D:D:D <*)}}}><
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    Screw the net, get the tow truck!
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    Ya should see the surprised look on them when they surface:D. They been gittin away for a while <*)}}}><
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    Thanks for the novel er I mean the good description, I'm a gonna have to read this a few times and maybe draw it out.
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    I have never used a Kentucky rig and not sure how it really looks.

    This sounds similar to how I use a weld rod. I use a medium heavy bait caster with braid not sure of the test of the braid. I use 12 to 18 inches (the length varies) of weld rod and at times will have aberdeen hooks on both end of the weld rod and lower it straight into the brush. Once hooked the fish won't wrap because of the length of weld rod. The weld rod probably won't be lost on hang ups if there is any up down free play action. It will tend to free its self with the lifting and falling action. If it hangs up with no free play is where I have lost the rigs in the past.
    I usually like to use the rig with the tandem minnows being dropped into the brush thinking I'm offering them a second shot, going up or down, if they have let the bottom minnow go down past them with out taking it. Maybe they will grab the other minnow as it goes by them. Invariably the other minnow will be knocked off the rig when pulling the fish out of the water with this rig.
    With this rig I also FEAR NO BRUSH-PILE!!!!





    This is not a Kentucky rig but what I use in a similar situation you describe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crappie Chatt View Post
    Ya should see the surprised look on them when they surface:D. They been gittin away for a while <*)}}}><
    Good one!:D That gave me a good chuckle.

    X2 for Slabby Joe's comment. I need a diagram or something. I definitely got lost in the translation also.

    LBM, your rig looks pretty slick. So you just hammer the ends of a welding rod flat, drill holes in the ends, and round the edges with a grinder? Looks like the rest is just split rings and swivels. That seems doable.
    Last edited by Fish Taxi; 07-27-2009 at 11:31 PM.
    I am just pullin' your leg.:D

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