01-28-2004, 10:50 PM
[cool][blue][size 1]Obviously, you don't rig with a stinger setup on every trip. When the fish are "normal" and active, they act like they are supposed to...and hit the bait and get the hook most of the time. You bring out the sneaky stuff only when you are getting bit but not getting "bent".[/size][/blue]
[#0000ff][size 1]Every angler has their own ideas about how to rig and what works best when. If you guess right most of the time, you will probably catch more fish than the guy who fishes the same way on every trip throughout the year.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]How often do you catch fish on the stinger hooks? I thing anybody who has used them (PROPERLY) will have stories of going zero for a whole buncha bites until they rigged a stinger hook...followed by hooking almost every fish that hit...mostly on the new setup.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Since rigging a stinger hook involves more time, tackle and potential snarling of gear, I do not bring out that stuff unless I feel it is the only way to teach those pesky bait stealers a lesson. You can get lots of tangles of stinger hooks around the line, etc., if you fish the stinger all the time...just because.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Bet you already knew that.[/size][/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff][size 1]Every angler has their own ideas about how to rig and what works best when. If you guess right most of the time, you will probably catch more fish than the guy who fishes the same way on every trip throughout the year.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]How often do you catch fish on the stinger hooks? I thing anybody who has used them (PROPERLY) will have stories of going zero for a whole buncha bites until they rigged a stinger hook...followed by hooking almost every fish that hit...mostly on the new setup.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Since rigging a stinger hook involves more time, tackle and potential snarling of gear, I do not bring out that stuff unless I feel it is the only way to teach those pesky bait stealers a lesson. You can get lots of tangles of stinger hooks around the line, etc., if you fish the stinger all the time...just because.[/size][/#0000ff]
[#0000ff][size 1]Bet you already knew that.[/size][/#0000ff]
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