Hootchie Rigging

[TenMile]

Somebody posted this link on Craigslist Victoria. Very handy == several new tricks to try for rigging your hootchie. Gives all of us something to do over the winter months:

http://www.captaindownriggins.com/rigging.htm

 

[fishin_magician]

quote:Originally posted by TenMile

Somebody posted this link on Craigslist Victoria. Very handy == several new tricks to try for rigging your hootchie. Gives all of us something to do over the winter months:

http://www.captaindownriggins.com/rigging.htm

Good grief! [}]

You mean I finally get to hack up all the bags of old hootchies I have and use all those Apexes which I won't fish because fish are so scarce? They're going to catch fish now..I swear!

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[TenMile]

An Apex stuffed inside a Hootchie -- I like it!!! Kind of appropriate to the season where many US Thanksgiving dinners consist of a duck stuffed inside a turkey (a turducken). I think this is worthy of a shot, and if it catches fish -- will be named the Turducken-Hootchie. [^]

 

[Sushihunter]

quote:Originally posted by TenMile

An Apex stuffed inside a Hootchie -- I like it!!! Kind of appropriate to the season where many US Thanksgiving dinners consist of a duck stuffed inside a turkey (a turducken). I think this is worthy of a shot, and if it catches fish -- will be named the Turducken-Hootchie. [^]

I got a similarly rigged lure from Catherine Forbes at Critter Cove this season. It allows you to rig an anchovy on a TNT lure to get some action. I didn't get a chance to put it in the water, but she reports that others have been using it with great success.

As for the hooks they are using - I like the look of them. Anyone know if the local tackle shops (Campbell River/Courtenay areas) stock them?


Jim's Fishing Charters
www.JimsFishing.com
http://ca.youtube.com/user/Sushihunter250

 

[alley cat]

I have used hootchies over the small tomic spoons( they look like a larger version of the butterly head) for sometime ; they impart a really good pulse action to the hootchie skirt.


AL

 

[Dogbreath]

Great link-Thanks.

As to those hooks not sure if those are Matzuo or not, Canadian Tire carries the Matzuo and Yamashita a makes a similar model.

 

[Cuba Libre]

Great article-- the Apex skirt arrangement is a killer at times-- even outfishing chovies. I know only too well-- I was fishing chovies and my partner was fishing the Apex Skirt-- he out fished me 2 to one..... But then again-- next time it was MY turn! [^]




20ft Alumaweld Intruder

 

[Slabby20]

He uses the Matzuo hooks on his hootchies. This winter I've been using the Matzuo octopus sickle hooks on my hootchies and the siwash sickle hooks on my Coyotes. So far I have nothing bad to say about them. They are really sharp and I don't think I've had a fish come unbuckled since I started using them.

 

[Significant Other]

Another place to get those hooks is at
http://store.rvrfshr.com/
Good strong hooks that hold fish well. Not very easy for fish to shake loose or spit out.
Been using them for 2 years and love them.
Mike

 

[Slabby20]

quote:Originally posted by Significant Other

Another place to get those hooks is at
http://store.rvrfshr.com/
Good strong hooks that hold fish well. Not very easy for fish to shake loose or spit out.
Been using them for 2 years and love them.
Mike

I got the siwash sickle hooks through http://store.rvrfshr.com/ but got the octopus sickle hooks from http://www.captainhookswarehouse.com/index.cfm?page=detail&hookid=505&view=1

Slabby

 

[264winmag]

He is from Gig Harbour WA.
We just had him for our geust speaker at our Puget Sound Anglers meeting (Bellingham chapter) last wed. night.

He gave a very good tackle set up presentation

Captain_downriggins@comcast.net

 

[Charlie]

Good info... thanks!

Maybe I will start fishing hootchies!

 

[nedarb2]

Im going to give the apex one a try this weekend... so im just putting the apex in the hootchie then and running the leader out the nose?

 

[adrianna3]

I've tried those TNT's before, with and without a hootchie. Never once had so much as a sniff.

 

[Captain Downriggin]

I received a wonderful email from someone on the board here..

I just wanted to stop in and say hello. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Captain Downriggin's

I have 15# balls!

 

[salmon9]

It is nice to see you Captain Downriggins on here. You have some great designs and I would be interested in purchasing locally if you could arrange a distributor on the island.

 

[eaglemaniac]

Welcome Captain: It's nice to see some different rigs, appreciate any more tips. eman

 

[fishin_magician]

quote:Originally posted by nedarb2

Im going to give the apex one a try this weekend... so im just putting the apex in the hootchie then and running the leader out the nose?

Let us know how you make out... this I gotta see... a "better" Apex? Suddenly an Apex which doesn't work nearly as well as it once did is going to work?

I wouldn't be surprised if it works...a hootchy actionizer helps...but a hootchy on an Apex?

Pictures of your "winning" combination please!

 

[catcher]

When rigging your hootchies do you find leader length makes a difference? I usually go 42" behind a flasher. I cant see the difference in action when using different length leaders? I don't know what to look for? I know spoons should wobble not spin and chovies should have a nice tight roll, but what should a hootchie look like?

thanks for the tips

 

[chinook]

Hoochies are spose to pulse,they pulse better under a shorter leader maybe 36 to 42 inches.