Fish Trap questions

[Afishinado]

Ive not run fish traps before, Bought an assortment, and hooked them up.. Was wondering if anyone has a picture of how they tie these up. I think im doing something wrong.

[Metal Manipulator]

I am assuming you are using these for Tuna.

I use a 1 to 2 oz. jig head, run the hook straight through the middle and up through the back. You can cast these or troll up to 7 knots. Some jig heads troll better than others with some people adding a torpedo weight to keep them down. Later in the year we troll down to 4 knts. This is when they are feeding on bait fish.

[Irish Pennant]

What brand of led heads? I'm always fearfull of a tuna straightening out the hook of the generic brand.

[Afishinado]

Do you connect the fish trap jig head directly to your swivel, or run a leader. One of the issues ive had is the bait spinning on me..

[Sadie-Lynne]

You can tune them by twisting the body. To run true the body needs to be even.

[sparkleboy]

Here's a link to Mark Mc's post about rigging swimbaits. It should help.

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=125197

Aaron

[blueriverjerry]

Yup, what Marc said. The super glue and having the tail absolutely straight are critical. No rolling allowed.

Jerry