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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.

 

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 squid on this bar.  Everywhere in any ocean, just about ANY pelagic will hit that 7 INCH squid first.

  BAR SIZES.  These bars come with 8 of these 7 inch squids.  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,  my 8 Squid bar will stay true and track right where you want them to be.   The Squid Bar should be 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.

 

Out in the deep where most bait balls are much larger,  I will run my 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 Squid bar off one corner.  Which corner ?  The upwind corner (change corners as the wind dictates).  I want that  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           

 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.

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

These 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.  Each bar has a different color hook lure.

 I will color match the tape to squid color if requested.   Specify that in 'special instructions'.  These bars are available in the following squid  COLORS:

Flying Fish/Ballyhoo ===== Pink with ballyhoo spots

Big Eye Black ===Black and Purple

Firetiger ==== Orange/Yellow with Black stripes

 

 Order now using PAYPAL (except international).  Choose color and press add to cart button for item desired:       

                        

 
  8 Squid Bar $50.00
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