Slide Bait Live Bait Rig Kit – Slide and 3 × 50lb Leaders with 8/0 Hooks

Slide Bait Live Bait Rig Kit – 3 × 50lb Leaders with 8/0 Hooks CAST THE WEIGHT. SEND THE LIVIE AFTER IT. A big live bait can be exactly what you want in front of a kingfish, mulloway or snapper. It's just not something you necessarily want to cast. The ReproBaits Slide Bait Live Bait Rig Kit separates the two jobs. First, cast your sinker into the water you want to fish. Then attach the slide, connect your live bait and send it down the line towards the sinker. No trying to launch a kicking yakka together with a heavy surf weight. No smashing a good live bait into the water at the end of a full-power cast. Just get the weight where you want it — then let the livie make the trip separately. KEEP THE BAIT ALIVE FOR THE PART THAT MATTERS Live bait works because it's alive. A yakka, mullet or slimy that's been thrown through the air beside a heavy sinker may arrive damaged, stunned or dead. With a slide bait rig, the sinker is already in the water before the bait leaves your hands. That makes the system particularly useful when fishing with: Yakkas / yellowtail scad Mullet Slimy mackerel Garfish Other suitable live baitfish The supplied 1 metre, 50lb monofilament leaders use a single 8/0 hook, keeping the live bait rig simple and giving the bait room to swim naturally. REACH WATER YOUR LIVIE CAN'T Sometimes the fish aren't under your feet. They might be holding: Beyond the shore break In a deeper beach gutter Off the front of a rock ledge Along a deeper channel Beyond the practical casting range of a live bait That's where slide baiting earns its place. The bait doesn't have to be aerodynamic enough to survive the cast. Only the sinker does. Cast the weight where you want to fish, tighten the main line and use it as the path for the live bait. HOW SLIDE BAITING WORKS 1. Cast the sinker Rig your main line to the sinker and cast it into the water you want to fish. Allow the weight to hold securely. A sacrificial or rotten-bottom weak link can also be used between the sinker and main rig when fishing snaggy ground. 2. Tighten the line Wind out the slack until there's a reasonably direct, taut line between the rod tip and sinker. This becomes the track the slide follows. 3. Attach the slide Open the reusable slide mechanism and wind it onto the main line. Close the connection securely. 4. Add a leader Connect one of the supplied 1 metre, 50lb mono leaders to the slide. Each leader is already fitted with a single 8/0 live-bait hook. 5. Hook your livie Rig your yakka, mullet, slimy or other live bait so it can continue to breathe and swim naturally. Hook placement will depend on the bait, current and how you want it to swim. 6. Send it down Release the slide. Gravity, wave action, current and the movement of the live bait progressively work the rig down the taut main line towards the sinker. And you're presenting a live bait the whole way out. WHY A SINGLE 8/0 HOOK? A live bait doesn't need to be covered in hardware. The single-hook setup keeps the leader simple and allows the bait more freedom to swim. The 8/0 hook provides the gape needed for commonly used live baits such as yakkas and mullet while remaining suitable for larger predators. Less hardware on the bait. More room for it to behave like a baitfish. WHY 50LB MONO? The supplied 50lb monofilament leader provides a useful balance between strength and live-bait presentation for Australian land-based fishing. It's suited to fishing live baits for species such as: Yellowtail kingfish Mulloway Snapper Mackerel Australian salmon Other larger nearshore predators For species with serious teeth — including larger tailor and sharks — use an appropriate wire bite trace instead of relying on the supplied monofilament leader. The slide mechanism itself is reusable, so you can change leader material and hook setup to suit the fish you're targeting. BUILT FOR LAND-BASED LIVE BAITING The Slide Bait Kit is particularly useful from: Beaches Rock platforms Headlands Coastal ledges Other shore-based locations where deeper water lies beyond easy live-bait casting distance It's a simple solution to an awkward problem: How do you put a decent-sized live bait a long way from shore without having to cast the bait itself? You don't. You cast the sinker first. WHAT'S IN THE PACK? Each ReproBaits Slide Bait Live Bait Rig Kit includes: 1 × reusable slide bait mechanism 1 × sinker / weight attachment ring 3 × pre-tied live bait leaders Each supplied leader includes: 1 metre of 50lb monofilament 1 × 8/0 hook Single-hook live-bait configuration The slide is reusable, while the three supplied leaders give you replacement traces ready to fish. PUT THE WEIGHT OUT THERE. KEEP THE LIVIE ALIVE. Sometimes the best bait is too big, too delicate or simply too valuable to belt out with a sinker attached to it. So don't. Cast the weight. Attach the bait. Slide it out. Then let the livie do what you brought it there to do.