Bait Rigging Tips

Fish Pellet Rigging
- In lakes and ponds where the use of fish pellets is common practice,the fish might be so used to this kind of food that it is difficultto catch them on any other type of bait.In this case it is important to find out if the target fish eatsthe pellets at the surface or as they slowly sink.The easiest way to make the often very hard fish pellets soft enoughto put on your hook is to quickly scald them with boiling water.Just after this they should be put in a plastic bag, sealed,and left in the fridge over night!If the target fish eats from the surface, the pellets have to be dry and hard.This makes it difficult to attach them to your hook, but not impossible.The quickest and by far the easiest way to attach a pellet to the hookis by using small (1 – 3 mm) slices of common valve rubber(used in bicycle tyre valves). These small rubber bands are thenput on the fish pellet with the hook under it.One way to get the band over the pellet is by first putting the bandon the closed jaws of a "Leatherman" or similar tool. Open the jawsand insert the fish pellet, then slide/roll the pellet and band off the jaws of the tool.