Question? C-rig vs. lead head

[fishfearme86]

I am only asking this because I know you guys are experts. To target a little better quality fish I was thinking about on sunday throwing a big kailins motor oil grub. Ive killed calicos with it on kelp beds and on the rocks at the islands. However I have them rigged on a lead head. Advantages disadvantages?? I can rig it c-rig style if I have to but they are ready to tie on now with the lead heads. Just dont wanna be chasing my tail. No one responds to my posts probably because I fish further north than most of you. But some friendly advice would be gladly appreciated!

[SDSUWarren]

Carolina will allow your plastic to move more naturally in the surf. The lead head is going to pin the grub to the sand. If you want to fish cast-retrieve style, I suppose you can stick with the lead head, but Carolina is definitely the preferred method for fishing the skinny. Motor oil grubs work great for perch, YFC, and even spotfin. I'd go with crabs, bloodworms, or GCSW for better success with the corbina. Hope this helps.

[heatmiser]

What is GCSW?

[ZHALVAJE]

Originally Posted by heatmiser

What is GCSW?

Gulp Camo Sand Worms?

[heatmiser]

! That is what I usually fish with for the surf.

[tloucks]

How about this, will it work ?

A regular carolina rig with a little longer leader and adding a dropper loop with a GCSW on one hook and a 3" swim bait on the other hook.
What problems do you forsee ?


Tom

[koifish]

Originally Posted by tloucks

How about this, will it work ?

A regular carolina rig with a little longer leader and adding a dropper loop with a GCSW on one hook and a 3" swim bait on the other hook.
What problems do you forsee ?


Tom

Nice. I tried that and only catch perch on the loop. never catch any thing on the swim bait.

[funnyguy]

Hello,

Ive tried c-riging a larger grub before and I kept have issues with the bait fouling the line or I would get knots in my leader. On a calm beach or bay with no waves it worked fine but in the surf I had a lot of problems. Small grubs up to 2 inches didn't seem to have the same problems as the larger 4 inch grubs and the larger grubs didn't cast as well as they do on a jig head. Try it out and see how she works but bring some jig heads just incase. The c-rigged grub did have a lot better action then the grub on the jig head.

Have a good one,

Chris

[Smokehound]

I personally do not like the C-rig when surf fishing with grubs..


T-rigging is better, IMO. You wont have to worry about the line fouling itself, and only one knot to tie.. Plus as a Bonus, you can feel ALOT safer around that kelp. Whenever I go surf fishing at newport, I'll T-Rig and go straight into that kelp along the jetties. Lots of huge fish hide around there.


Nothing wrong with your lure being "pinned" to the sand, after all perch and croakers are TRUE bottom feeders! All that sand being stirred up will definitely attract fish, especially croakers.

if your jighead is not performing right, you're using the wrong weight for your line class.

if using 6 lb test, stick to 1/16 oz jigheads, this is PERFECT. A common mistake is choosing 1/8 oz jigs with 6 lb, it's just a LITTLE bit too heavy.

But hey, lots of people slay with C-Rigs, to each his own!

[rainmann13]

are corbina good to eat???