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Real Action Spreader Bars

  

Check out these unique Spreader bars.  Space age material and bullet proof construction gives them real life action.

 

This is my 2007 killer JET BAR.

 

Each bar has 8, count ‘em, 8, five inch  CHROME HEADED JETS on the bar.  The last jet in the CENTER has a SNAPSWIVEL hidden in its body.  That way you can change CHROME HEADED HOOK BAITS when you need to.  Each JET BAR HOOK BAIT has its own 7/0 hook with a color matching tape over the hook to keep that hook in the correct position for MAXIMUM hooking power!

HINT…HINT…HINT…  Run your hand over the HOOK BAIT LEADER AFTER each fish caught.  HINT…HINT…HINT… Change HOOK BAIT COLOR to a DARK COLOR on dark or overcast days,  OR when the water is turbid.  Change HOOK BAIT COLORS to bright colors on clear, bright days.  HINT…HINT…HINT…  Add a ¼ X 3 INCH strip of COLOR CODED pork rind to the hook. T his will DOUBLE the CRASH ‘N SMASH POWER on this JET BAR!

WARNING…WARNING…WARNING…   If you use a FILLET instead of the pork rind strip, make sure you put it on the hook SKIN SIDE UP. I’ll repeat that, …...SKIN SIDE UP!   That will keep the fillet from flopping over on ITSELF in your wake's turbulence, turning itself into a ball and hiding the hook.

I have the JET BARS in :  

 BLUE/WHITE with LEMON/LIME JET HOOK or

 BLACK/PURPLE with a MEXICAN FLAG JET HOOK BAIT.

 

 Cost for this JET BAR ====  $60.00 each

 

 

Standard Hi-tech Spreader Bar

Pic of Spreader Bar with lures

 SQUID SIZE. Sure you can use 10, 12, even 16 inch squid ......If you're after Giant Bluefin or 1000 pound Marlin.  Most bait that Yellowfin , Bluefin , Bigeye , Blackfin , Longfin all chase, subdue and eat are 6- 7 inch size bait.  They are tuned into that size first!  Each squid measures 7 inches, count'em, seven INCHES of Tuna fooling plastic on each of 8 or 11 squid on every bar.  Everywhere in any ocean, just about ANY pelagic will hit that 7 INCH squid first.

  BAR SIZES.  These bars come in 8 or 11 squid sizes.

Lots of times when the wind starts to blow, the seas get up and ugly, and you can't hold your bars behind the boat where they belong. Then my 8 Squid bar will stay true and track right where you want them to be.   Inshore, where a big 11 squid bar is TOO much, my 8 Squid bar works just right. The 8 Squid Bar being run off the rod tip or clipped down low in a single tether will draw lots of looks and then hard hits from Tuna.  I always run 1 or three 8 Squid bar setups if I'm fishing inside 50 fathoms.  My log shows that either run 1 or 3 Squid bars work better than 2.  Why?  I just don't know. I do know it works better that way. Offshore, you can use both types of bars.

The big 11 Squid bar will create a larger bait ball picture that the larger boats need to get that spread out and wide from the transom.  Out in the deep where most bait balls are much larger, the picture you need to get them up and in your spread needs to be much bigger.  I will run my 11 Squid bars from the o/riggers. I will run one off each o/rigger and one off the shotgun position. See the law of three (3) again? I hope so.

Now comes the Tuna killer setup. I'll run one 8 Squid bar off one corner.  Which corner ?  The upwind corner (change corners as the wind dictates).  I want that 8 Squid bar to SSSLLLOOOWWWLLLYYY slide up close to the white water and back out again.  This imitates a broken up bait ball where a small pod of bait is trying to GAIN the SAFETY of the big school.  Now add your favorite single lure into the mix, and you can't go wrong.  You will be on your way to join the 10% of the fisherman that catch 90% of the fish!

8 Squid bar ===== 50.00 each            11 Squid bar ===== 60.00 each

 

 Each bar has a different color hook lure.

 

 I've been making and experimenting with spreader bars since they first came out. I've tried just about every bar available. I've settled on this type for a few reasons:

  •   Bullet proof construction. They are made in space age material that NASA uses in their shuttles.    

  •   Real Lifelike Action. Next time you watch fishing shows, watch how the bait ball acts. YES, they move in and out always trying to get inside the bait ball. Why? 'Cause inside lies safety, while outside means being eaten. MMMMMMMMM.

  •   Space Age Material. I went with this type BECAUSE, this bar actually makes each squid MOVE in and out, JUST like real bait ball fish. It imitates a lifelike bunch of squid, ALL trying to get INSIDE that bait ball.

       Watch those TV shows again and look at the squid bars again. Those others splash along IN A STRAIGHT line, unlike a real bait ball. My Squid BAR imitates a real bait ball. My squid, BECAUSE of the bar, weave, in and out, wiggle, squiggle, struggle, and jump just like the real thing. This turns on any Tuna school.

  Ever wonder why Tuna get turned on? Reread the above paragraph.

  My squid bars will pull any pelagics up from the thermocline where they rest during NON-FEEDING periods. In order to do this you have to make your Squid Bar resemble a bait ball being torn apart by other predators. That's why!

  Ever wonder HOW tuna get turned on? Reread the above paragraph.

 

Now my experiments have led me to develop a new variation of this fantastic bar:

LOOK at the two pictures of spreader bars.   The one on the right is the standard spreader bar developed by me to get those TUNA, MAHIS, WAHOO, and MARLIN to investigate your spread AND then to turn on their attack instincts.

This rig with the 7 inch sized squids are the mainstay of the commercial fleets, and lots and lots of the sportboats around the world.

NOW, I’ve introduced the CHROME HEADED FEATHER JET BAR to the sports fishing fleet.  WHY?   ‘Cause on those days when the fish are sulking way down in the water column and REFUSE to come up, YOU need A SPECIAL way of convincing THOSE same fish to "COME UP ‘N GET YOUR DINNER, … NOW".

The CHROME HEADED FEATHER JET BAR does exactly that. How? When you put this bar into your pattern OPPOSITE your standard squid bar, ON THE CORNERS, you add all that SMOKE…SMOKE…SMOKE… and SOUND…SOUND…SOUND…SOUND. These CHROME HEADED FEATHER JETS emit enough sound to REACH DOWN way below the thermocline and holler, and holler, and holler….."DINNERS COMING".   The fish will come scooting up in a circular motion to see what's happening and get turned on . WHY?   ‘Cause the predators you’re targeting imagine that all those bait fish up there are being attacked by other smaller predators, which ARE their own food. YOUWZA!

Both bars compliment each other and all the lures in your spread.  I must give you a WARNING.  PLACE the BARS OFF THE CORNERS of your transom OR off the short riggers.  WHY? ‘Cause you want these bars (single or both) to run OUT and away from your prop wash, BUT staying and swaying as close to that prop wash as you can put them.   REMEMBER, even when you catch fish on your other lures, YOUR BARS ARE WHAT CALLED THEM and HELD THEM.

 HOOK SIZE ===== 9/0 2XX (extra strength) with an elongated turned in barb for the best penetration possible. I will not use stainless steel hooks. If you loose the rig, the hook will rust out and keep that fish alive where stainless will not and eventually kill the fish.

  BUILDING BLOCKS:  200 pound mono filament.    Extra strength swivel for line attachment.   Loop protectors on the swivel.     Color plastic balls on both sides of the bar's main line to keep the bar where it belongs and to protect against chaffing.

 I will color match the tape to squid color if requested.   Specify that in 'special instructions'.

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Squid Spreader Bars

  available squid colors

COLORS: 

  • Mean Joey ======== Chartreuse/DkGreen w black bars

  • Flying Fish/Ballyhoo ====== Dark Blue with deep sparkle scales and strong Pink undersides and big eyes.
  • Zucchini ======== Orange/Yellow/Lime Green. big eyes
  • Bigeye Blaster === Dark Purple with deep sparkle scales and huge eyes.
  • Hawaiian Flag/Rainbow ==== Green turning to Chartreuse/ pink body and Blue tentacles all with sparkle scales and big eyes
 
  8 Squid Bar $50.00
Color
Special Instructions
  11 Squid Bar $60.00
Color
Special Instructions
 

 

 

 

 Jet Spreader Bars

 
Available in    Blue and White

                 or Black and Purple

  Jet Bar  $60.00
Color
Special Instructions