Have a look at IGFA regulations as a guide.

PDF file

http://www.igfa.org/PDF/InternationalAnglingRules09.pdf

don't do that spooled.... i can just see him laughin at us dropping fish after fish after he has rounded off all our hook points or soaked the pushers in petrol for few days prior!

i haven't done it myself but i was guessing a single hook attached to a split ring via a short length of wire then slide the pusher down over a longer wire trace to a desired length finished off with a quality swivel would do it.

I'd also like to know what people are using for traces, are people using thick mono, anything else for the trace/leader material before they go to a double/mainline etc?

I usually use those large (10mm) lumo beads to space the hook back to where I want it to sit near the back of the skirt. Leaders are for Sailies- 100 -130lb mono, bigger beaks 400-600lb depending on whats around, no wire and a good quality snap swivel between the double and leader for quick bait,lure changes rounds it off for me.
Seen guys try and save on leader mono by using the snap half way dow the leader only to see the snap open them up as it slid thru their hands leadering fish, funny as.

But my leaders are all 300lb mono (Jinkai) with a guarded loop thats crimped on. Joined to the mainline (plaited double) with a heavy duty snap swivel attached by a cats paw. That or a richter pre-made rig.

I know a lot of people recommend using a heat shrink tube at the hook-line connection to keep the hook running straight and guard it against bill rubbing.

The lumo soft oscar was our dynamite lure last trip. Didn't get a single hit on any of the soft grassy's which surprised me. We never trolled anything but soft richters.

I hear the Richter Soft Grassy in Pink was the pick for Broome Billfish Tournament 09.

between a lot of peoples rigging techniques , last season Peter Pakula showed us how to utilize a barrel sinker and a rubber band to assist the hook in a single hook rig to run with the point up , obviously we were using Pakula Lures at the time (TIC) but it did seem that the lures with the sinker working as a keel had the better conversion rate by far , ( use a barrel sinker roughly the same length as the shank of the hook your using , simply lay the sinker along the back of the shank and use the big rubber band to wrap the sinker to the hook, simple as that) , we also like to use a little bit of wire between the hook and the head of the skirt , obviously all crimped ,with the mono leader attached to the wire on the skirt side of the lure all guarded crimp loops of course . the wire seems to help a lot with toothy varmints but make sure you keep a part of the hook within the skirt (IGFA Rules).
On the lures agree big time with Huggy The Lumo Soft Oscar was dynamite as was the Pakula Lumo in the same size over the last season , but who knows what will be the hot fashion colour every young marlin will want to own this season....mmmmm

In Exmouth I was using the following set up. I'd run a 12' 150lb wind on leader to a Richter snap swivel. I then had all my lures on their own 6' trace (strength depending on lure- for Soft Grassy's on 15kg it was 170lb, for Soft Oscars and larger lures it was 250lb Jinkai). This trace had a loop crimped on each end with a line protector (green spring or clear plastic tube). Obviously one end connects to the snap swivel and the other to your hooks. I also have some lumo beads between the lure and loop to set the distance the hook sits in the skirt. I then have a heap of pre crimped hook traces using 400lb 49 strand wire (I think). These were connected to the lure trace using a shackle. I liked this set up because I run different hooks on line classes (Maruto's on 15kg and Jobu's on 24kg). It makes changing as simple as grabbing the pliers and undoing the shackle. I also never had a shackle even loosen let alone come undone if you were wondering. I also never lost a fish due to this failing. All my lost fish were from thrown hooks or 2 from snapped mainline (not sure what was going one there).
Bear in mind nearly all the fish hooked using this set up were sub 50kg, though it handled a 60-70kg no worries. If it was summer and bigger fish were about, I'd beef up the lure trace to maybe 250lb and 400lb.
I liked the long wind on and short trace as I fished alone a lot so tracing and boatside control was easy solo.
Anyway this worked for me, the lures stored nicely without hooks in the roll and all my hooks were pre made in a tackle tray. Made for easy lure and hook changes at sea.
If this sounds complicated it isn't but I won't be able to post any pics for a while unfortunately.

Also forgot to say that a roll of electrical tape made for easy "stiff rigs" if you want to go as far as deciding if a stiff rig or free swinger worked better. I'm undecided.