Rigging diving plugs ?

Tony Roma

never done it before but bought a few X-Raps today for those times the live bait vanishes. Any tips on rigging would be great. Haywire to the lure? Swivels? Any help would be great. 

shallowv

I am not a pro, but I tie my main line to a swivel, then haywire 30 inches of wire to the swivel and then haywire the other wire end to the ring on the x rap.  

I am going to switch up and use braid for my main line on my planer and X-rap rods. 

Good luck 

demersalangeler

 Here are some of mine. 

 I like to use a short piece of 275 cable because it doesn't kink easley. 

 If I was going to use hard wire. I would use a thimble like the Bonita on the left. It will spread the load & reduce the fatigue on the wire from the wiggling lure. Preventing a possible break at the point of connection. 

 I've also used 80, 100 & 150 mono. Plenty of times. Occasionally you will get cut off on the mono. The mono is more resilient than hard wire & wont break from kinking. 

 If one of your plugs starts running crazy to the side. Check you rigging for kinks. You may find that some naturally run favoring one side. 

Pangaman

I use mono with a small stainless steel thimble. If you pull nomads don't rig them on straight wire like they recommend. They wiggle so much that you will wear through the wire in a couple hours of trolling and lose your lure.

Tony Roma

Pangaman said:

I use mono with a small stainless steel thimble. If you pull nomads don't rig them on straight wire like they recommend. They wiggle so much that you will wear through the wire in a couple hours of trolling and lose your lure.

So mainline, swivel , mono leader, thimble, lure? I’ve never used a thimble and to be honest never knew what they were used for. 

Pangaman

I use a wind on leader. 100 feet of 80 or 130 pound. I bought a shimano bobbin this year to tie bobbin knots. Gives you 100% knot strength and makes the smallest knot to go through the guides. Some like the fg knot, but if you don't tie right, it can fail. I put a crimp on the line, run mono through the lure tighten line up a little and put the thimble on and tighten up the rest of the way then crimp. Otherwise you can use a snap swivel so you can change out your lures easier with a swivel and leader. I have had best luck on pink and black with pink stripes. So I just pull them all the time.