Making Ballyhoo Pin Rigs

Rig the wire and run it through the bottom jaw and out of the top jaw of the fish.

Making ballyhoo pin rigs.

Then break the bill at the spring make sure the hoo is straight and limber. This rig is commonly used by those chasing bluefin tuna. The pinless rig is exactly what it sounds like a ballyhoo rig without the size 10 wire pin. Method 3 the pinless ballyhoo rigs method.

Anthony digiulian demonstrates how to properly rig a ballyhoo with two j hooks. Leave a few inches of wire on the tag end. Tie a small piece of copper wire to a hook and make sure it is twisted tightly at the end. But if this.

The video walks through how to make these and then how to rig the ballyhoo onto the pin rigs. The perfect pin rig can be crafted with medium large or horse ballyhoo but the hook and sinker size must be matched to the bait. This rig is used for rigging naked ballyhoo split bill style. Here s how to make ballyhoo rigs.

Finally slide the bait spring to the pin and twist it onto the pin until the spring is tight to the ballyhoo s head. Every year rigged ballyhoo are used to catch a variety of ocean game fish from marlin to king mackerel. This rig either on mono fluorocarbon or single strand wire represents the standard go to ballyhoo trolling rig. If you do not want to make the pin rigs you can purchase them already made up from most offshore tackle shops.

Use the same hooking method as mentioned in the previous rigging methods to install the hook in the bait. The split billed method is an effective way to make a naked ballyhoo swim like michael phelps. Ballyhoo or bally are perhaps the most popular big game fishing bait among saltwater anglers. Allow the hook to exit the belly at the mark and then tuck the crimps under the throat and push the pin up through the jaws.

Complete the ballyhoo rig by wrapping the wire around the bill and secure the leader underneath. It elicits exceptional action from the ballyhoo especially when it is limbered up by breaking the backbone and is well suited for fish that engulf the entire bait such as tuna billfish and dolphin the long shank hook also offers some chance of success with wahoo. But just as there is no one way to catch a fish there is no one way to rig a ballyhoo but there are certainly preferences. It works with leader material up to 300 pound test and can be fished over and over if you just replace the bait which can be done in about 30 seconds.

Justin from chatterlures was in the shop yesterday for our offshore day and i asked him to do me a favor and do a short video showing people how to pin rig a. Hold the tag end of the wire and pierce the underside of the ballyhoo s mouth. Here are the pin rigs we will build.