Split Hezzas
Submitted by sea-kem on Tue, 2016-03-01 19:47
So have a few frozen Hezzas in the freezer and have never used them whole before as Dhuie bait. So looking to catch a big F%^er this weekend as it's our annual comp. How do you guys that use them hook em up/present them?
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upg
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snelled on 6/0's
snelled on 6/0's
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Do you take the spine out?
Do you take the spine out?
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Where you headed Andy - if
Where you headed Andy - i would leave them in the freezer mate haha
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Lol , it could be the
Lol , it could be the palastics then Dan
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Seaquest
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Yeah mate, take the tail and
Yeah mate, take the tail and spine out. Butterfly it. I use two snelled hooks, one through the eyes and the other half way down it's back. Want the back half of the hezza to be free so it flaps around.
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Cheers Doaks, I've got some
Cheers Doaks, I've got some big snelled rigs my young bloke made up.
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Hijack (sorry andy). I have
Hijack (sorry andy). I have a box of blue mack left over from cray fishing. Rig them the same way?
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When fresh I cut them into large chunks, maybe 3 chunks per fish and hook them onto 10/0 stainless hooks. Work well on joo's and pinkies.
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Now ya talking mate, hope you
Now ya talking mate, hope you get a biggen - and the weather holds a bit
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If you have the time or the patience
Thread the leader through the main body of the whole herring from tail to head, and bury the hook in the flesh near the tail. Basically thread the leader up the middle of the fish and then smell hooks (via crimps not knots) at each end afterwards. That way it just looks like a lost herring floating in no mans land to the unsuspecting dhuies. Plenty of info online and on YouTube regarding threading the leader through the middle of baits.
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Cheers mate
Cheers mate
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Butterflied on snelled 6/0
Butterflied on snelled 6/0 or 8/0 circles
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By butterfly
pardon my ignorance but, in this context, buy butterflying do you mean to gut the fish and undercut a side fillet to backbone level?
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Yeah , basically fillet the
Yeah , basically fillet the fish but leave the fillets attached to the head so it flaps around. That's my take on it anyway.
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cheers
thanks sea-kem