captainblack

you can search for vids, theres quite a few, tried looking but couldnt find a real simple on and internets slow.

take a few inches more than 3 feet of the wire, put two sleeves onto, put a hook on, bend the wire back over and slide into the sleeves, crimp down both sleeve in the center a few times, one at a time. i always use two just in case one fails, youll have a second there too keep it holding on.

once the hook is secured onto the leader, take the other end, slide two sleeves on, repeat leaving an open eye at the end

run anywhere from 2 to 6 feet of the weed eater line after that depending on how long of a leader you want, for how big a fish youre after

same process pretty much, run on two sleeves put the end of the weed eater line through the eye in the top of the wire you left, fold over through the sleeves and crimp in the center a few times

at the end of the weed eater line put two sleeves on, then put on a heavy swivel, fold over and through the sleeves, crimp those two and you got a leader

you could also try putting the swivel between the wire and weed eater line instead or putting on there as well as at the end of the weed eater line its up to you

but that will give you a basic single hook shark leader. another thing i do that really isnt all that important most of the time is wrap 3/4 of the hook with electrical tape, learned that bit from some guys i used to fish with when i was a teenager, less metal for the shark to feel so hes less likely to drop it when chewing the bait

ive typed a damn book, i hope this helps, now i need to let my dogs go make their business and go to sleep

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nikolasbarrios

Thats great info and all but im more puzzled with where in the world my spider weight is supposed to go. Thanks for the info man.

captainblack

i put a dropper loop above where i tie on the leader

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jonny

thanks for all the info for newbies

nikolasbarrios

Ok so I went out shark fishin for the first time with all my new gear. I was set up with 6ft of steel leader on a 6ft piece of trace and heavy duty swivels and 30lb mono (I was testing out a theory I know it'd be hard to catch a shark on 30lb). Any ways I was fishin underneath the destin bridge with a head on deli shrimp and I think a #5/0 hook tryin to catch a big fish to use for bait. Well I got my pole in a holder and all of the sudden my pole and pvc holder fall to the ground. I calmly pick it up to feel for a fish and prepare to set the hook. After realizing there was no fish I begin to remove my slack. Come to find out there's nothing to tighten. There's nothing on the end of my line, no bait, not trace, no steel leader, no hook, no swivels. What happened? I know it wasn't my knot and I know it wasn't my mono.

captainblack

my guess is bad knot or catfish took the line over a rock, did the end of the line look frayed up? and for future reference, dont put on the steel leader to catch bait, you dont need a shark rig to catch ladies and blues etc

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nikolasbarrios

I know i didn't need that big of a setup but my friend didn't bring the bait like he was supposed to and I only had the one pole with me and didn't feel like changin my rig. Now I wish I had changed to cheaper equipment lol. My line wasn't twisted like the knot came out and there were no teeth marks. It looked like it was cut with a sharp knife. An employee at bass pro shop told me that fish will try to eat swivels and I had a swivel on my mono attached to my weedeater tracer. Do you think its possible that a blue or another sharp toothed fish tried to eat my swivel? Whats the easiest way to catch lady fish and where?
Thanks,
Nikolas

Orangebeach28

Very possible that a blue sliced that swivel off - I've never had it happen, but maybe using black swivels is a good idea??

nikolasbarrios

I was using black swivels.

marriemb

For a decent or bigger size shark, you need a right gear man. Since you are looking for cheaper ones. then spinning rods will suit you the best.