Seven lines is a great place to start. In fact, many boats never deploy anymore than seven lines. And, it should be no secret that Rainbow squid and Green Slammers have been the hottest general purpose lure selection for the past few years. This should be your go-to spread, once in the canyons let the bite and conditions dicitate the necessary changes.

As you can see, we like to keep the spread tight. This is the standard configuration for Yellow and Long Fin tuna. The Long Riggers are about 6 to 8 wakes back, and everything else keys off them. Keep the spread tight. If the tuna are boat shy, send the Entire SPREAD back, not just one or two lines. Remember, the spread is designed to draw multiple bites, break it up and your likely to get single bites if any at all. It takes the whole spread to draw the attention of an entire school. In these cases, you get four to six lines down, and it could be your only shot all day. If you must, you can add another Way Back line down center, running it about 200 to 300 Yards back. In this case we would recomend the 901112. This 13" bird and daisy chain will get some attention. It can be purchased seperatly, by clicking here.