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Originally Posted by ramon06

another option you could do if you dont want to weld-is to weld the thread inside the holder-here is an example-I have the thread in my middle holder and the sides are just bolted

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Originally Posted by playin4funami

did not vote because I use whatever the situation calls for.

that being said there are three main ways I stick a hook through a bait, although sometimes I use others these three are the "norm"

#1 behind the dorsal fin through the fleshy part without hitting and severing the spinal column,this keeps the bait lively and free swimming on anything I am hanging in place like under a float. used mostly in lakes or slow moving water

#2 up from underneath

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Originally Posted by SGTREDNECK

Go to the junk yard or look in the paper for a free deep freeze and stick a pump in it and a water circulator and you will be in business. And make sure you get your water from the lake or river if at all possible. Or use the water pure tabs. I personally live close enough to the river so thats where i get my water from.

Originally Posted by catfishscotty

I feel for bigger blues and channels and even flatheads they want to gulp down a suspended bait more often then trying to suck a bait thats laying flat on the bottom

I really notice this the most when drifting in a lake when your dragging baits 75 to 200 foot behind the boat , I catch alot more fish and bigger fish when using a small cork to keep my bait a foot or 2 off the bottom then if I dont use a cork .

also see this when Im drifting ( bottom

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Originally Posted by poisonpits

currant hook in the nose,cat bobber i hook under dorsal in the back,and carolina rig i hook just behind the vent and above the anal fin.hook them on the bottom side to keep weight of hook from laying the bait on its side.