When I got back to the dock that afternoon, all my tackle was busted, and I knew I better get smart quick if I wanted to keep this job. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen 8 guys on one side of a boat fighting the 8 guys on the other, all screaming that they’ve got the big one. I didn’t know this of course, so I let my fisherman take the sow rigs all around the boat, creating tangles the likes of which few have ever seen. If they were fished up the sides next to the two hook rigs, they would quickly tangle with the 12-ounce bank sinkers that were resting on the bottom. You had to fish this way because the sow rigs were typically fished with an 8-ounce egg weight higher in the water column, where they were more susceptible to current and boat movements. The predominant way to bottom fish back then was to have 3-4 anglers of the stern off the boat fishing “sow rigs” while the remainder of the fisherman walked up the sides of the boat armed with multiple hook fishing rigs and a bucket of cut squid and mullet. I learned a lot that first day, mostly that I had a lot more to learn. Red snapper and all types of other bottom dwelling fish can’t resist a properly set up two hook rig. Lucky for me, my window of opportunity had opened, and I wasn’t about to let it close. Turns out, the first mate had a little too much fun the night before, and this wasn’t the first time. “Can you be at the dock in the next 20 minutes?” the captain asked, and I immediately said yes. What could be better? One fateful morning, as I lay in bed, the phone rang and I got my opportunity. $80 bucks for 15 hours of work? Get paid to go fishing? Sign me up! It was my dream to follow in my brother’s footsteps and earn the big payday that I saw the other deckhands pulling in. When I was 16 years old, there was nothing I wanted more than to become 1st mate on one of the many charter boats that fished out of Dauphin Island, Alabama. Tying double hook rigs this way will lead to fewer tangles and easier fishing, ultimately putting more fish in the boat. Wanting to learn how to tie a two hook rig? It’s fun, easy, and the tutorial below is the simplest and cheapest way I know.
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