Phat Pak Baits | Wrecking Ball

Rod/Reel/Line

Casting distance is key to fishing the Wrecking Ball, therefore go with spinning gear and use a 7'+ Medium Action Rod paired up with a 2500 series spinning reel. For the line fish 12lb braid to a 4 or 6 lb fluorocarbon leader.

Rigging

Simply thread the soft plastic nose first, down the shank of the hook, until it lays perfectly horizontal with the jighead. Tie a Palomar Knot to the eye of the hook.

Retrieve

The ideal way to retrieve these is to line up to the offshore structure/ledge/brush pile being fished and make as long of a cast as possible, allow the bait to fall on semi slack line (sometimes they hit on the fall, so watch your line). When your line goes flat and Our Wrecking Ball it's on the bottom, give your rod tip a quick jerk upwards, so the bait shoots up off the bottom, and begin a slow steady retrieve, making sure to keep the Our Wrecking Ball Head on the bottom or contacting the structure for the duration of the retrieve. When fishing brush piles perform a similar retrieve but begin swimming back the Wrecking Ball along the outside edges or tips of trees.