responsible rigging for haddock fishing
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Haddock Hi-Lo Rig
• Your catch rates will be higher!
You will double your catch rate of
haddock if you use baited hooks
instead of a jig.
• It will help you avoid cod.
You are more than 2.5 times more
likely to catch haddock than cod
when using baited hooks.
• You will injure the fish less.
Jigs are at least 10 times more likely
to severely injure cod or haddock.
5/0 Octopus hook
Bank sinker attached with a surgeon’s loop
10 - 1
2 inches
6-inch dropper loop
4 feet of 40-pound monofilament
5/0 Octopus hook
6-inch dropper loop10 - 1
2 inches
Responsible Rigging for Haddock FishingUse a simple bait rig to fish responsibly for haddock while preserving local cod populations.
On The WaterT H E A N G L E R ’ S G U I D E
B R O U G H T T O Y O U B Y
These recommendations are a product of a multi-year collaborative research effort. The Division of Marine Fisheries, the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center, Rutgers University and UMass Dartmouth worked with the recreational fisher industry to study release mortality in the Gulf of Maine.
Funding for this project provided by NOAA’s Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program. (Award #NA17NMF4720253)
Support from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation made this project possible.www.MarineSanctuary.org