Curious of opinions using slow death hook with bottom bouncer and night crawler.
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Slow death hook rig
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Here you are Carpio.
Braided line through a bullet slip sinker, followed by a swivel (the rig will not work without a swivel as the hook spins - without a swivel your line will turn into a birds nest), followed by an 18” mono leader, followed by the slow death hook. Then cut a crawler in half, thread head first just past the eye of the hook, and leave the rest of the crawler hang (don’t leave too much crawler hang off or the rig will not spin)
Somebody mentioned Gulp nightcrawlers, those seem to work well, and to be honest-stay on the hook bit better.
You may have to play with it a bit to get it down, but it is a nice tool to have in your toolbox.
You'll be glad you did Shane - it's another tool in the tool box.
It comes with a warning if you do a lot of river fishing though - the goats love slow death rigs too!
I use slow death rigs with crawlers to find active fish. Take a slow drift or pass through and area then move a bit or go to a different area. Once we pick up a fish we go back through with more aggressive tactics. Its fantastic for rivers where you will have multiple spots to drift and are wondering which one to try. You can eliminate a drift area pretty quick. The fish definantly like the slow death but I dont get many "bigger" fish on it like we do with more common tactics.
We drift with slow death hooks frequently Shane.
Late spring / early summer slow death rigs and regular hooks seem to produce about the same. However in mid to late summer, there is no question that the slow death presentation hooks more fish.
I typically use a little less than half a crawler. Also, the slow death hooks with the bait holder seem to hold the crawler in place much better than without the bait holder.
I run braid with a slip sinker then a barrel swivel, then an 18 inch mono leader with a slow death hook. You can cast the drop-offs and reel in slow, or drift with the wind and slowly jig.
I'm a fan! The eyes seem to like it when the crawler is doing a barrel roll over and over again!
Run a walking sinker up your main line ( like braid), add orange or glow bead then tie on a swivel. Tie 18"-24" of 8-10 lb 'mono' to the business end of the swivel and tie on a slow death. Use with 1/2-full crawler (remember to always at least pinch the end off a crawler) leach, plastic, twister tail, or most anything you would put on a jig. 'Cast and retrieve' slowly along current breaks or weed lines. Mono helps keep the bait from just dragging along the bottom like Fluoro would. DEADLY!
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