Striped Bass Rig | Chunking for Striped Bass | Live-lining

Andy’s demonstrates the common chunking and live-lining rig for striped bass.

We use an 8/0 Mustad Ultrapoint Beak Bait hook (Octopus) which has a very sharp point. Leader is Trilene Big Game Fluoro 50lb. Our swivel is a Mustad #8 or #10 rolling swivel which is very low profile, and does not pick up a lot of debris.

We typically snell our hooks in most cases but if you don’t have the time as we find very often we may need to tie more rigs in the middle of a bite, a simple clinch knot will work just fine which is also the knot we use to connect the swivel to the leader and the main line.

No more than 3ft of leader. We never use less than 2ft as it makes it more difficult to handle a fish boat-side if need and handle a fish by grabbing the leader is much easier done than grabbing the mainline.

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