Tsunami Sabiki Rigs

Tsunami Sabiki Rigs are ready-to-fish multi-hook bait rigs designed to quickly catch the live bait saltwater anglers depend on before heading inshore, nearshore or offshore.

Sabiki rigs are one of the fastest and most effective ways to load the livewell with pilchards, threadfin herring, cigar minnows, sardines, pinfish, blue runners and other schooling baitfish.

Simply add an appropriate sinker, locate the bait and drop the rig through the school. The multiple dressed hooks create small flashing presentations that imitate tiny baitfish, shrimp and other forage, allowing anglers to catch several baits on a single drop.

For Florida anglers heading out for snapper, grouper, kingfish, cobia, tarpon, mahi or tuna, a quality Sabiki rig is one of the most useful pieces of terminal tackle to keep on the boat.

Built for Catching Live Bait

Fresh live bait can completely change a day of fishing.

Tsunami Sabiki Rigs allow anglers to efficiently catch bait around:

• Bridges

• Piers

• Reefs

• Wrecks

• Navigation Markers

• Channel Edges

• Bait Schools

• Nearshore Structure

• Offshore Structure

Instead of spending valuable fishing time trying to catch individual baits, the multi-hook Sabiki design allows several fish to be hooked at once.

When the bait is thick, a few productive drops can quickly put enough live bait in the well to start fishing.

Multi-Hook Sabiki Design

A Sabiki rig uses multiple small hooks positioned along a main leader.

Each hook incorporates an attractor designed to imitate the flash and movement of the tiny forage baitfish naturally feed on.

As the rig falls and moves through the water column, the individual hooks create multiple small presentations.

That makes Sabiki rigs particularly effective when bait is concentrated in schools.

How to Fish a Tsunami Sabiki Rig

Attach the top of the Sabiki to your main line and add an appropriately sized sinker to the bottom.

Locate bait using:

• Your Fish Finder

• Surface Activity

• Birds

• Known Bait Areas

• Bridges

• Markers

• Reefs

• Offshore Structure

Lower the Sabiki into the school.

Once the rig reaches the bait, use short, controlled lifts of the rod rather than aggressive jigging.

The goal is to let the individual flies and attractors flutter naturally through the school.

When you feel the first baitfish bite, don't immediately reel the rig in.

Hold the rig in the school for another moment.

Additional baitfish will often strike the remaining hooks, allowing you to bring up several baits at once.

Match the Sabiki to the Bait

Hook size matters when choosing a Sabiki.

Smaller hooks generally make more sense when targeting smaller bait such as:

• Glass Minnows

• Small Pilchards

• Small Sardines

• Smaller Threadfins

Move toward larger hooks when targeting:

• Cigar Minnows

• Larger Threadfin Herring

• Pinfish

• Blue Runners

• Larger Sardines

Matching the Sabiki to the size of the bait you're seeing can make a major difference in how efficiently you fill the livewell.

Florida Gulf Coast Bait Fishing

Sabiki rigs are especially useful along Florida's Gulf Coast.

Depending on season and location, anglers may use them to catch:

• Pilchards

• Threadfin Herring

• Greenbacks

• Scaled Sardines

• Spanish Sardines

• Cigar Minnows

• Pinfish

• Blue Runners

Those baits can then be used for everything from inshore snook and tarpon to offshore snapper, grouper, kingfish and pelagic species.

Catching Offshore Bait

Sabikis aren't limited to shallow-water bait.

Offshore anglers frequently use them around reefs, wrecks and other structure to catch cigar minnows, sardines, blue runners and other larger live baits.

A heavier sinker may be required depending on depth and current.

The goal is to get the rig down to the bait quickly while maintaining enough control to detect bites and prevent the multi-hook rig from tangling.

Keep the Rig Under Control

Sabiki rigs are extremely effective, but multiple small hooks require careful handling.

Avoid allowing a loaded rig to swing freely around the boat.

When several baitfish are hooked at once, keep the rod and line under control and transfer the bait directly into the livewell whenever possible.

A Sabiki rod or controlled storage system can also help prevent tangles between uses.

Best For Catching

• Pilchards

• Threadfin Herring

• Greenbacks

• Scaled Sardines

• Spanish Sardines

• Cigar Minnows

• Pinfish

• Blue Runners

• Glass Minnows

• Other Schooling Baitfish

Ideal For

• Live Bait Fishing

• Offshore Bait Gathering

• Nearshore Fishing

• Bridge Fishing

• Pier Fishing

• Reef Fishing

• Wreck Fishing

• Vertical Bait Fishing

• Filling the Livewell Before a Trip

Catch the Bait for the Fish You're Targeting

A Sabiki rig isn't usually the end of the fishing process—it's how many great fishing days begin.

Fresh live bait caught on a Tsunami Sabiki can be used when targeting:

• Snook

• Tarpon

• Redfish

• Mangrove Snapper

• Red Snapper

• Grouper

• Kingfish

• Cobia

• Mahi-Mahi

• Blackfin Tuna

• Sailfish

• Other Saltwater Gamefish

Why Keep Sabiki Rigs on the Boat?

Live bait isn't always where you expect it to be.

You may leave the dock planning to buy bait or throw a cast net and then encounter a school of threadfins, cigar minnows or blue runners offshore.

Having several Sabiki rigs in the tackle box gives you another way to take advantage of whatever bait you find.

They're inexpensive, compact and can potentially provide the live bait that makes the entire fishing trip.

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Tsunami Sabiki Rigs are one of those simple pieces of terminal tackle we think every saltwater boat should carry.

Even if you normally throw a cast net for pilchards or buy bait before leaving the dock, there are plenty of situations where a Sabiki is the easiest way to get the bait you actually want.

For offshore fishing, they're particularly useful when you mark threadfins, cigar minnows or blue runners around structure.

Drop the rig through the school, use short controlled movements and, after the first bait bites, give the other hooks a chance to load up before bringing the rig back to the boat.

A few productive drops can fill the livewell and get you fishing.

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