live bait ledger rig ???

ive got abit of confusion about this ive copied the rig exactly from (fox guide to pike) what i dont understand is if your using rear drop offs whats stopping the live bait from running and pulling out of the rear drop off and do u fish it with open bail arm or on the baitrunner

may be a daft question but its give me a propper blonde moment lol ive got the run ring on the uptrace for the lead so that isnt going to pin the bait livey down confused.com

Hi Craig

Use a 3 - 4 ounce lead and adjust your bite indication to suit. If the waether is calm and I am on somewhere without a good flow then I may have the bailarm open. I am also happy to fish off the baitrunner when conditions require, such as on a river or when the wind is blowing hard.

You should find that the livebait won't try swimming off as it is on the bottom already. When using a livebait under a float they try to reach the cover of weed or the bottom.

Andy

you using a popper, or bit of cork to stop the fish from just sitting on the bottom?

it doesnt pull the clip out very often but then again id never really thought about it a great deal

thanx andy seems to make sence now
noodle i will be using the fox pop up balls

craigpix2000 wrote:thanx andy seems to make sence now
noodle i will be using the fox pop up balls

the pop ups also help stop the fish managing a straight pull

noodle wrote:

craigpix2000 wrote:thanx andy seems to make sence now
noodle i will be using the fox pop up balls

the pop ups also help stop the fish managing a straight pull

i never thought about that mate it makes even more sence now thanx mate