Halibut Rigging: Simple Bounce Ball Rig (How To) 

I can tell this guy KNOWS his stuff. Well done.

Tight lines everyone. Gearing up for the new season.

Thank you Moo for sharing your knowledge and amazing personality in your videos

Great presentation Moo! this rig is exactly what I've been looking for

Hey Moomoo, I just got a kayak and caught my first keeper my 4th time out using your bounce ball rig! Thank you so much for the super helpful videos. Tight lines!

Thanks Moo, I keep coming back to this video for a refresher!!! I appreciate this.

I tried this rig out last Saturday. It really helps avoid the line twist I was experiencing with a three way swivel. Thanks Moo!!

this is incredibly well done - thx!

Great Info my brother, Thank you. I learned a couple things there.

First fisherman I’ve come across that seems to know what they’re doing.

Reel nice bouncing stinger rigg....It definitely gets a hook into the short strikers!!

Good job, Moo! Been there, done that. Good rig. I've found as I'm getting older shortening everything up by a foot, sticks in more in the Halibuts face so they exhort less energy biting your bait. Great job!

Thanks MooMoo hitting paradise pier tomorrow morning

4 idiots that don't know how to fish gave a thumbs down. I gave a thumbs up just because the explanation was very clear and you had proof you caught fish.

Good one. Thanks

Thanks, Moo! I'll try this rig tomorrow

very similar to my rigs but shorter on the leader and the distance of the weight , and I use smaller hooks...in case I catch some live bait...light wire live bait hooks, with a smaller treble .....good video...TEACHING CLASS!!!!!

Excellent detailed video, much appreciated.

Great video Moo! Looking forward to more video.

Moo: Go outside enjoy the outdoors Covid19: hold my beer😂

This helped !

This is a great setup.. nice video.

Great information Moo. My set up is almost the same with your, except I prefer the 4 to 5 feet leader and shorter distance from 3 way swivel to the sinker ( about 18"). Get ready Moo. See you on the water soon.

Nice one buddy this will be a great demo for fishermen

If you snag your sinker on an object..I use 10 pound test line , only on sinker line , so I can break it off and not lose rest of set up.

Nice! I’d been using magic thread instead of tying a snell. Same effect tho.

Nice video !

Man you make the clearest, easiest to follow, best videos for helping learn all of this, no extra fluff, nothing to skip past, and you don't miss any steps, thank you so much!

Very nice tutorial. Interesting

It that foam pipe insulation on your rods? For flotation or other reason? I went to Rockwall for the first time this week and got a striper and halibut using your rigging method! Thanks.

Nice rig for halibut. Ive only used flashers for salmon.

Why braid to mono to the swivel and not braid straight to the swivel?

Awesome tutorial video MooMoo. Thanks for going step by step. Not using the three ring swivel is a great idea. I like how it's able to slide up and down. Very cool. I am going to have to use that. Giant fish catch man. That thing was bigger than your chest. Holy cow what a fish.

Thanks for video. This is a setup I been looking for from A to Z. I used the same sliding hook but the snell knot didn’t stay long after it’s hit the water. Have you ever had that issue. Thanks again!

Great video - thank you for posting. All your vids are fun to watch. Would you run the same rig setup (except end tie the single hook and ditch the treble) if you were using live anchovies instead of dead bait? I'm wondering if you would still use the bead chain and all the other stuff and troll the same way. Thanks again.

Awesome MooMoo, thank you for your effort and taking it step by step.... I'm so glad I found your channel! I used to live in the Bay Area and now I'm just up the coast, in PNW.

Great video Moomoo! Can you use a barrel swivel instead of the bead chain swivel? What is the advantage of the bead chain swivel over the barrel?

And there it is! Thanks man!!!

100% love and respect! Will definitely be using that knot. Tight lines.

very good video. thank you. i will be using it

That's a great looking rig Moo! 👍

Good content as always. Curious, why do you prefer this method over the more common 3-way swivel?

Great video. 🤙🏼

That's pretty much a fish finder rig ?

Getting setup for this coming spring season and this video was very helpful! What oz. weight do u recommend?

Referred to as a "Trap-Hook". Halibut have a habit of biting for taste and spitting out.

Great job buddy well done stay safe my friend 👍😷

Pennel rig is much more simpler on adding second hook to the line, but thanks for sharing ur way

Great job Moo! Corona can't beat fishermen!

Cool cool cool...always learning bro..flatfish are a trip. Their eyes on one side wierd me out Haha! Great videos as usual 👍

Shout out Moho Hope to meet you Friday. You're the man I was wanting to meet. Ty for this tutorial

Do you use this same setup when using live baits? I typically slow troll on my hobie with live jack smelt... Just bought all the little things from amazon so I can now tie this rig. I usually just use the 3 way swivel.. This looks interesting so I must try it. Hoping for less line twists and to give the bait more of a natural presentation where he can cruise along more freely. Just sub'd

what if I use swimbait? does is gonna do same action or it will prevent to do the tail movement if I hooked it up into the treble hook?

How would you recommend to rig if fishing rockfish/ling from the shore? Can this set up be used also? Or is it mostly for jigging and trolling?

It looked like it was enough to put the net in the water and a huge flounder would immediately jump there :D

will a halibut hit a hoohie rig without bait?

Thanks for all your great videos. What is the reason to tie the braid to the mono?

Lol, fifty pound… my leader is heavier than that… but I’m hunting Pacific Halibut (up to 500 pounds); you’re going after California Halibut (actually a flounder and only up to around 30 pounds). Come up to Alaska, nothing like hooking into a 100 pound halibut and fighting that monster, you’ll love it! I use either a 1 pound weighted halibut jig head, or a setup consisting of a circle hook on 3 feet of leader and a weight of 1 to 3 pounds on 12 to 18 inches of leader (lighter than the leader to the hook), both separated by a halibut spreader bar… six foot ugly stick and a big penn reel with about 1000 feet of line. For bait I stop at the dock. I reach down into the water and grab a small clump of tube worms off the side of the dock, I cut open the tubes, and cut the worms into half inch chunks and put those on a size eight hook with a light split shot six inches up the leader… I jig that by the dock to catch the little surf perch hanging out there, throw a couple dozen in the bucket and then use them two or three at a time on the hook between 5 and fifteen feet off the bottom (five if I want to also catch rockfish, fifteen if I don’t want any rockfish). I haven’t in the past, but I want to start catching squid and use chunks of squid added on to the hook with only 2 perch, everyone says halibut love squid, no reason not to take advantage of another “free” bait source (I have to pay a ton for the boat, the gear, and the gas; I feel it’s silly to pay for bait, too)… besides, my property is off grid two hours from town, why would I go all the way to town to buy bait that I can catch close by, and in the case of the surf perch, before I even get on the boat… Oh, and before coming to Alaska to fish for pacific halibut you need to do some soul searching, because lots of fishermen (myself included) grow bored with fishing anywhere else after catching monster halibuts and big salmon in Alaska, where you can have your crab or shrimp pot soaking while catching monsters, then the next day dive for scallops and abalone, and on the third day hunt Sitka deer, elk, moose, etc….. it’s paradise, but afterwards most everyplace else isn’t worth wasting the time dropping lines in the water…. Nice video. Tight lines!

Nice strait forward Video. Fish a very similar rig up here in AK. MOO MOO has it right this is a effective set up. To many people think that halibut are trash food eaters. Not true in the least they are true predators. We have caught them up here with whole king salmon in their bellies. Halibut swim and hide next to the bottom. Even if they are not hungry they are always looking up. so if your bait is within 10' of the bottom they can see it and small it. Keep educating Young Man. Hats off to ya!

I just found your channel. Great video. Do you that same setup when using live anchovies? I fished with a friend about two weeks ago. His setup only used a hook (smaller than what you suggest) through the nose. No stinger. I am going you try your setup when we go again. The anchovies seem pretty fragile, and I was wondering if your larger hook and stinger kills the bait. I have heard some people don’t hook the stinger into the fish. Thanks again for the informative video! I am now subscribed.

Great tutorial! Subbed!

Hi moo. Great video. Curious if It would be better to place the trap rig and bait on the sliding swivel instead? Would the bait stay a little higher in the water column? What rig do you recommend for using lures? Do you like the same rig for live bait?

Hi, trying to look into your link in Amazon and I need some help. For halibut fishing you have link for 1) Swivel lock snap #4 are you referring to #4 -77 lbs 100pcs? 2) barrel swivel 1/0 50pcs or 1/0 100pcs? Is this the same barrel ,but different quantity? Thanks

How often does that front hook get the fish vs the stinger treble? Just curious... seems like its usually the back, debating weather to drop that front hook to simplify. great vid! thank you

Never thought I would search for this vid but I’m glad I found it brother!

Thank you Moo 🤗👍🤙 . Going to try this . Still trying to catch my first halibut from my kayak. 🙌🙌👍

What size is the bead? Thank you for the education. You are a good and kind person for sharing your knowledge! Stay Safe and hope you heal soon.

I'm a beginner when it comes to knots. I'm wondering if you can list what knots you used again (I know you mentioned them in the video) and I also I wonder if there is a good video on tying them.

Great video and thanks for sharing your knowledge. So without the flasher, weight line is 2” and bait line is 3”. What is your length for weight and flasher/bait line length? Thanks again!

i used your links because this is the information we are looking for not only how to, but what equipment sizes and stuff.

Very nice video. Nothing fancy but really easy to understand. Thank you!

Its interesting to see the rigging going down the coast. We go a bit heavier in Oregon (Pacific City) which isnt as big as they seem to use in Puget, which is yet smaller than AK. We also tend to go lighter on the weight line so it breaks off 1st, but not using a lure with bait I don't suppose it matter much (cost) Love the knots. I'm going to give a lighter setup a try and see how it works out. I'm also going to look at your foam on the rod tech, I have mine corded but that limits where I can go on my Tandem Island. Thanks for sharing!

Great video

Is there a big difference between using a treble or single hook for the stinger? I hate using trebles on a kayak they're a pain to deal with.

Nice video! Looking to hit the bay soon! Maybe I’ll see you out there 🤷🏾‍♂️

The first finger halibut bite marks tells me your doing well on some big halibut. Great set up, only difference for us is that we bounce ball B-2 squid lures rather than bait. The B-2 lures also work on White Seabass which are feeding on the same squid balls with the halibut.

Thanks for the tutorial I’m going to try and mimic this setup for my first trip for Hali! 😎🤙🏼 Thanks MOo

Thank you

Still learning how to fish but is this rig only helpful for halibut if you are on a kayak or can you also use it for fishing from the pier?

Good stuff! I love seeing the different ways we fish!

for trolling what are the advantages of sliding sinker vs. 3 way or spreader bar?

Great video, thank you! Can I ask what kind of depth you were fishing in? 🎣 🚣‍♂️

How long is your mono leader you attach to the braid? Thank you!

Can’t wait to give it a try for San Diego halibut when the big ones come in.

What weight size do you use when fishing around yetties? I’ve fished with 6 oz torpedo and it seems like it floating and not hitting the bottom. I’m new at kayaking and any advise will be appreciated. Thank you

so well done -- great info -- really helpful.

Awesome! Going halibut fishing for my first time Saturday. This will be my second time fishing in the ocean. This was extremely helpful. Thanks. Subbed.

Sicc hali rig video thanks for sharing

Good stuff. Never thought about making the hook slide on its shank like that.

Thank you i learn something new today

I used to use chain for my bounce rigs.. just saying...

I assume the weight is supposed to hit the ground and troll the bait just above ground level? If so how do you detect that you have it the ground? I always have hard time with this trolling. Got that same rod now as well btw.... yet to catch a fish on it though. Stripers have been playing hard to get.

great video, more videos exactly like this would be nice!

great video easy to see all the details at a great speed

Good video I can’t wait to go fishing 🎣

very useful！Thank you very much!

what county do you do you fishing?

Great step by step. Thanks

Very well done! Even I understood it, :)

Wow out there catching off Stinson beach already