For tuna fishing, especially bigeyes and giant bluefin split bill ballyhoo with a head is absolutely deadly. Nakeds can be deadly as well at certain times. These heads are also not sea witches
@@jeffwarford4467 the head inhibits the swimming motion which is the whole point of rigging a split bill. Just rig it normally. And it’s close enough to a sea witch without knowing the exact brand. It’s not a chugger head or any of the land lures, anything else with hair is a sea witch.
Everyone has an approach that works best for their application. Here in the NE Tuna fishing (not talking about Marlin) split billing is done with heads the majority of the time. Are you familiar with catching bigeyes and giants? They typically don’t feed close to the boat. These baits are fished typically 100-150 yds back. I run nakeds ALL the time but they have two completely different applications. Ever try fishing a naked when it’s blowing over 15 knots? Like I said, everyone has a way of rigging that works best for them but as a professional captain that does this for a living everyday I can tell you that I catch 100s of tunas every year rigging like this. Here in the NE a split bill rigged Bally with a head wins 9-10 tuna tournaments. Also a sea witch is 1/8-1/2oz these heads are 1-4oz
@@jeffwarford4467 you nailed it with the wanting to use a split bill naked when its blowing. This looks really deadly and I can't wait to try a couple on the longs this year. No matter what you say you will never get a marlin purest to agree with you either LOL. Thanks for the tips!
Going to be hard to get that hoo to swim
Whats your favorite position to run a split bill?
When we run Ballyhoo, we like to have them on both long riggers
Short corners
Long riggers for tuna fishing
Using a sea witch defeats the purpose of the split bill. Thats a naked technique.
For tuna fishing, especially bigeyes and giant bluefin split bill ballyhoo with a head is absolutely deadly. Nakeds can be deadly as well at certain times. These heads are also not sea witches
@@jeffwarford4467 the head inhibits the swimming motion which is the whole point of rigging a split bill. Just rig it normally.
And it’s close enough to a sea witch without knowing the exact brand. It’s not a chugger head or any of the land lures, anything else with hair is a sea witch.
Everyone has an approach that works best for their application. Here in the NE Tuna fishing (not talking about Marlin) split billing is done with heads the majority of the time. Are you familiar with catching bigeyes and giants? They typically don’t feed close to the boat. These baits are fished typically 100-150 yds back. I run nakeds ALL the time but they have two completely different applications. Ever try fishing a naked when it’s blowing over 15 knots? Like I said, everyone has a way of rigging that works best for them but as a professional captain that does this for a living everyday I can tell you that I catch 100s of tunas every year rigging like this. Here in the NE a split bill rigged Bally with a head wins 9-10 tuna tournaments.
Also a sea witch is 1/8-1/2oz these heads are 1-4oz
@@jeffwarford4467 you nailed it with the wanting to use a split bill naked when its blowing. This looks really deadly and I can't wait to try a couple on the longs this year. No matter what you say you will never get a marlin purest to agree with you either LOL. Thanks for the tips!
@@N2theBlue1this ain’t North Carolina buddy, we’re not fishing for whites, we’re tuna fishing in much different, rougher water