Five separate rigs — never one combined rig. Hook sizes: 7/0-8/0 single for trolled ballyhoo, 6/0 non-offset circle on kite baits. Leader lengths are ranges; hardware gets no invented millimeter dimensions.
Pre-tied and ready: fluoro loops, wire traces, kite drop-backs. Build them from the diagrams below.
The bread-and-butter trolled bait.
| Material | 50 lb fluoro |
| Length | 12-15 ft range |
| Bait | Medium ballyhoo |
| Tow speed | 5.5-6.5 kt |
| Position | Riggers + flat |
| Depth | Surface |
Wahoo teeth cut mono. Wire or lose it.
| Wire | #7 single-strand |
| Trace | 2-4 ft range |
| Speed | ~11.5 kt with loaded wire |
| Position | Flat line conversion |
Puts a bait under the surface commotion.
| Replaces | Long rigger when loaded |
| Depth | Planer-set |
Live bait dangled off a kite clip. Winter sailfish work.
| Window | Roughly Nov-Mar |
| Wind | Northerly ≥ 10 kt |
Fill the well before the run out.
| Target | Small live bait |
| Note | Weight up in strong current |
Horn, mesh, braille lines, perimeter weights, swivel, hand line — the parts the bait plan talks about. Illustration.