Occyleg Hook snoot Setup for hole legs[adjustable]

[TOE 007]

Theres certainly one bait i love to fish with from river or surf , Theres a number of ways one can rig it up , because , no self respecting fish will this meal pass .

i have fished this with a long sinker line 80cm let say , and a short hook snoot , about 40cm , reason behind the trace i dont use a float with a occyleg 90% of the time . Or in rivers you can just use a normal grunter trace [sliding ball sinker ] .

what you will need .

2 hooks , this is a skelm hook setup , I use kendal rounds , Bass hooks , Circles what ever you are confident in ,the sharper the hook the more 'manageble ' the baiting up will be !

a bead , and a toothpick

 

[TOE 007]

then its pretty simple from here , the only diffrent thing you do is to jam a toothpick into the bead , what ever lenth your bait allows you to .

now you can bait up and move your Skelmpie just where MR Fish bite it on the previous cast . LOL

THINGS TO REMEMBER .

Jam the toothpick in from behind ,when you cast it will just allow less play [thus the whole point of a long straight presentation are out ].

You ,can also split the occyleg in the lenth and cut a long thin piece of foam , cotton it up , and the hook it , cotton again .

Occylegs are tuff , be light on the cotton ,or elastics , your bait will look more appealing to hungry fish , and more realistic ect .

This is a great bait on a circlehook ,just the bottom hook ,again this is just my prefrance.

 

TIGHT LINES !:fishn:fishn:fishn  

 

[Marthin]

like the toothpick in the bead idea... i sometimes use the skelm freerunning and sometimes make a knot in the trace, but neither are as accurate as what you do...

I do put a toothpick inside those bright orange float things if i use them... then you can move the float closer to your bait and you know it will stay there.

What you've shown here is also a very good pilchard and chokka trace if you use the float above the setup....

 

[TOE 007]

Yes , The idea behind the jamming up the bead , keeps your long thin bait straight . you can then just split the tail part below the hook and have a killer bait with hooks PROUD!

I have taken a couple of Crackers too on this trace , the bead also helps prevent, wear and tear on the knot , if you hook into a monster and will have to fight long period of time !

 

[adam5016]

I also like that bead idea. So simple and yet I've never thought of it. Thanks TOE 007. I'm going to rig this idea into my live bait trace::respekt:

 

[TOE 007]

yes you can also use it as a livie trace , i would then put the circle in the front , and the SKELM below . 

 

[adam5016]

I was thinking the same. Most of my livies get chowed by shad and a smaller skelm hook near the tail would work great

 

[Marthin]

toe when i use occy leg, if it's a bigger leg, i slide it up thin part first and make a cut in the thick part so it has 2 "tassles near the main hook. I also give it a few wacks with the chokka hammer and pull some of the skin off and leave parts with torn skin. I've found it looks more like a piece of occie that's been washed around a bit.

 

[TOE 007]

I only , skin them completely , or just leave it natruaral , i have found in the Breede they like them skinned and in Gourits, they like then just like that Strange isnt it ? but being fishing , there most problaly guys that will say the oppisite LOL

 

Giving it a good old beating , has alway been a good idea

 

[Marthin]

yip my uncle likes the "wit wurms", completely skinned with no suckers.

 

[Hookd]

Thanks TOE 007. I like the idea of the bead - makes for easy adjustment for size.

 

[smiley6996]

what i do with my legs i split the top thick part and moore it lekker pap tie a bit of foam on my hook put the top half on in side out so the tail is natural but the top lets all the smells out all like to take 2 streepie fillet and add it on poensie love it