RT's prawn rigging

[Bait O' Eggs]

I went back to your wordy explanation on rigging a prawn (2/29 and 3/1). I found it very difficult to follow (I printed it for future reference). It may be more understandable once I attempt to actually rig it with your method. I have been flustrated with loosing the hood on the prawns for years now. I have never seen a written method to rig a prawn and look forward to using your method. I may be doing it like others or have my own method I do not know. I have been using a needle to thread a line thru the prawn then pull a leader thru the prawn. I have had better luck placing a treble hook in the head and having the leader out the tail. I dont particularly like trebles, but it keeps the hood on better than a single hook. To prevent the tail from tearing out, and straightening the prawn to the correct roll I have been placing a short piece of wire with an eye on it, onto the leader and into the tail. I place a slight bend in the wire to get the roll I like, and the eye on this wire takes all the force of the leader which wants to tear out the tail. It is a very timely tie up best done before going fishing. I like your method of turning the prawn around to keep the hood on. I have been experimenting with anise oil with limited success. Last year just before the season was closed I had a buddy out hook me 3 to 0 in one day with prawns soaked in anise oil overnight. It was hot that day. What are your thoughts on anise oil for springers?

[Deleted User]

B.o'E.- I use anise for a chinook variant rather than on all my prawns. It works as you've wittnessed. Same with injecting them with egg cure juice, cod liver oil, sardine oil, crawfish oil, squid oil, Dr. Juice "Salmon", Slamola, sodium nitrates, etc. I have very good base cures for prawns and multicures for eggs and always am prudent enough with ingredient amounts so that I have the flexibilty to add variants (prawn injection and chem additives for eggs). 'Nooks are to moody and finicky to put all of your "eggs" in one basket, so to speak.- My long tech rambles ("wordy") are often necessary, as with the complicated custom prawn hookup. Lot easier to show someone in person. When not necessary, bear with it; I think most people would rather have too much explaination than not enough. - Steve