Today, we're using a special rig that we like to call...
The Junkyard Rig!
That's a big one!
Ooh! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! DON'T!
Stop! Stop, stop, stop stop! -Okay!
So basically, we've been tog--
we've been tog fishing for the past 2-3 weeks now,
and um, something that we learned with tog fishing is that you lose a lot,
a lot, a lot of gear.
I went through 15 sinkers the other day,
and, um, that adds up!
So,
we have met some new friends here at Deleware,
um, this guys name is Gage,
he's uh, he's a local fisherman here and he's very good.
He showed us this awesome rig, where
instead of using sinkers, you just go to a junkyard,
and get a bunch of these spark plugs
and either they'll sell it to you for really cheap or they'll just give it to you for free,
and basically, what you do is
you attach a--a paperclip onto it
so that if your--if your sinker gets stuck there,
instead of breaking off your entire rig,
just the sparkplug will come off.
This thing will bend out of shape, and uh,
you know, instead of losing the whole rig, you just lose the spark plug.
So tog fishing is very difficult, and uh, this is something that
I have just picked up not too long ago,
probably a month now,
and um, basically, they like to hide by reefs or under--around
underwater structure or rocks,
stuff like that, um,
casting a sinker into that area is what you want to do
um, but now,
the good thing about this is there's fish there,
the bad thing is that you'll always lose
at least one rig.
Um, from my experience at least.
Uh, these fish are notorious for- for being bait stealers
and uh, they're a very frustrating fish.
*long sigh*
--so that's why this rig is so,
I think is, uh, so efficient and I wanted to show it to you guys
because this could save you guys a lot of money!
Um, either, I mean--
It takes a lot of time to tie a bunch of rigs,
and it costs money to buy hooks,
and fluorocarbon leader,
and-and sinkers, and it all adds up!
This thing really saves your rig from being completely snagged,
because instead of-- instead of the whole rig breaking off,
the paperclip will bend out of shape and you'll just lose the spark plug.
Comment below some other things that you would use for sinkers!
Um, I'm sure a spark plug is not the only thing
that could be uh, used as a sinker.
What are some other ideas? Comment below!
*drag screeches* Woahh! Ooh! (That's what I thought we were doing-- Woah, nice!)
Oh, nice!
It's a short.
Woah, nellie.
Same size.
Nice, did you have the s--? --And look at that! Look!
--And it saved--the paperclip saved the weight!
Sho--! Go, show the camera! Show the camera over here.
So--? Oh.
No!
It's there though, I can get it. Alright.
This is how Gage told me to put on the spark plug.
First, you get a paperclip.
And that's it.
You just put it on like that.
Now,
You have your loop end
feed it through there,
and just bend,
bend it around like that.
So now, if this gets stuck
you'll not lose the whole rig.
You'll just lose the spark plug.
*drag screeches*
Oh! Wow- nice!
Nice, man.
--And that's 4 - 4.
4 - 4!
Yeah.
Yo, I found--I found the sp--!
The spot to hook the sand fleas.
Where--where?
Where do you hook the sand flea?
I'll show you, I'll show you.
So how we're going to hook this sand flea
is up here by the head.
There's a lateral line that runs up and down
and I'll put it right there
tuck it right in that corner.
Ah! Ha ha ha!
So inside here
the hook is hidden.
The tog like to eat out this, the leg area and the tail area
and we keep missing them because they keep biting around the hook,
now the hook is hidden in there, and hopefully
they have no choice but to bite the hook.
Gage has gone 4 - 4 now.
(Ha ha) and I've gone uh
100 ---
0 - 100 Ha ha!
I also think we have an advantage with the size 2 hook.
Why is that?
Because the way we're hooking it now, we're covering more of the flea
than we would even with a smaller hook. -Right.
Ooh.
Oh yeah!
Finally!
A little baby one.
Ha ha ha!
You've finally got one--what is this? 1 out of 110?
Alright.
That's just a little baby one,
But uh, these fish are very tasty!
I'm here.
He got another one.
What the heck?
Ha ha ha ha!
Killin' it.
Can you talk a little bit about the spark plug and where you would acquire a spark plug from?
So the whole spark plug purpose is just being resourceful,
we um,
we fish out here so much that we lose
countless and countless, countless of weights,
and that can get expensive.
It can get very expensive when you lose a lot of lead.
So what we-we're--
so, me and a couple of my buddies,
so, we thought about spark plugs.
Using two of them will give you about
2.75 (oz.) which is perfect for an inlet,
you really don't need much 'cause you don't need to cast out too far,
you just need to be able to drop in the water column.
So what we did was we thought of a paper clip,
so, say if we get snagged,
our paperclip
will bend out
and you'll lose that
before you lose your rig. Oh, that's smart.
And replacing a spark plug is easier than replacing a rig.
Right...
So the spark plug is working pretty well,
um, the difference is
you have to, you have to feel it more and it's
it's harder to feel the spark plug because it's lighter than a 2 oz. sinker
I would usually use a 2-3 oz. sinker for this,
and I hooked it the way that Gage taught me,
which is just through the parts that the fish like to eat
which is like, the under side.
Um, and the hook is just barely showing.
But that's where it's going to try and bite.
Erin!
That's a big one!
Come on, Brendon. Aaargh!
Come on, baby.
Ooh!!! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't! DON'T!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!!! Okay, okay, okay, I'm stopping, I'm stopping.
Come on.
Tell me it's still there.
Still there?!
Uh huh.
*Erin makes high pitched noise of anxiety???*
Don't let him get away, man!
Ooh! Slob!
Huh? Slob!
Nice! Absolute slob.
Ho!! Ha ha ha ha!
That thing pulled hard, man! Absolute slob.
Wow. First hookset!
I hooked it on the first bump, like you said, Gage.
Ooh. Look!
And he would have gotten you snagged but your weight broke off.
My weight broke off!
And that is why he used a spark plug! So everything worked, man!
That's how you do it!
That's a beautiful fiiish!
Yeah!!
That's a slob!
My teacher right here!
Thank you. That's a slob, son.
So I would have lost that if I had a regular sinker on there, huh? (Uh huh.) (Oh my gosh, that is so enormous.)
So the spark plug broke off...
Whoo!
What a fish!
I'm super jealous!
He he he!
Sixteen.
Is it?
Fifteen and a--
Sixteen.
Good fish.
Ohh!
Hoo hoo hoo hoo!
That thing was strong, really put my reel to the test with that one.
Yeah, he hammered it.
I knew once I saw the white of his belly flash. Uh huh
Alright, get on it, Gage! You're up!
That's dinner.
I hooked that thing good, look at that, it engulfed the whole thing.
That wasn't going nowhere.
Now this is a dinner - sized fish right here!
Keeper!
Now if you touch these fish, they're very fatty fish, they're really squishy looking fish,
and look at these teeth!
Okay? Oh, my.
You see these?
These are very strong, crushing teeth.
And inside their throats, they've got more teeth!
To crush down and break shells.
Alright!
Congratulations, my dear. That's a good size.
Alright, the conclusion is
this, this, uh, junk yard rig works pretty well!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
I caught a nice keeper on it.
Um, and, Didn't get snagged.
Didn't get it snagged, if I didn't have this on it,
that fish would have gotten the sinker stuck into the rocks
and I could have lost it,
and um, because of Gages advice,
this worked really well.
And uh, a big shout out to Gage.
so, thank you guys for watching,
um,
if you guys like our show,
subscribe, if you guys really like our show,
we've got merchandise on our, um,
website, senkoskipper.com,
also we offer, um
I have a whole gear list of everything that I use on the show,
um, from my rods, my reels, the kind of line I use,
I have that all written out in my website under my gear list,
and we also tell you gyus the different spots we like to fish as well,
we have a map, and we pinpoint every spot that we--
ooh, look at this guy!
Hoo hoo! Stuck?
That's stuck.
Ha ha, rockfish!
He caught a rock.
--And if you guys want to see all that stuff,
go to senkoskipper.com.
Thank you guys for watching, have a good day.
(Brendon's grandma speaking Cantonese) Oooooooh.
Oooh.
Look at those piggy lips.
Soy sauce.
Mmmm looks good.
This the Chinese way to eat the fish.
What do y'all think?
Can you get me some, Grandma? Yeah, yeah, I plan to give you.
Thank you. Mmm.
Some sauce.
I know. (speaking Cantonese)
Thank you, Grandma.
Grandma always feeds me.
It's very good, yeah? Oooh.
Okay. Thank you.
See, look how flaky the meat is.
Mmmhmm.
This is my favorite fish to eat.
Thank you guys for watching. I'm going to eat now, see ya!