How to Set Up a Mackerel Rig

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    • 1). Tie a swivel to the end of the fishing line using a Palomar knot. Clip the large 10/O barbed hook to the swivel.

    • 2). Tie the three treble hooks spaced 8 inches apart to the wire leader. Your setup should see three treble hooks along the leader ending with the large barbed hook.

    • 3). Clip the egg sinker to the swivel and let it swing around the line on the swivel wires.

    • 4). Cut frozen squid or mullet and attach them to the hooks. Make sure the bait goes onto at least one of the barbs on the treble hooks and goes through the curve and barb on the large hook at the end of the line.

    • 5). Cast the setup out into the surf or over the pier and wait for mackerel to hit. When a strike occurs, quickly jerk and snap the tip of the rod up to set the hook into the fish.

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