Thanks for the advice everyone! I didn't get to try my sabiki's today, but will Sunday for sure. As I said I got several of them, so I'll get to give everyones tips a try, and I added all the tips to my fishing notes to refer to when I'm at different locations. All the ones I have are a smaller size, I'm not sure now what my logic was buying a bunch that were the same size. Maybe then I'll tie up my own sabiki's (can't be rocket surgery right) and throw them on my lake set up to jig some heavier weights and hooks. I have pool noodles to wrap them in, so I'm hoping I get at least a couple uses out of them, but as long as I get some bait I guess I don't mind one time use!

Thanks again for all of the tips! I'm feeling better about my chances of catching some live bait and not looking like a fool 

Thanks for that advice! I have exactly no idea what (if anything) I'll catch on these rigs, but I grabbed a few of them I'll modify a couple the way you describe and try it out. Good plan on the lure weights too, wouldn't have thought of that!

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Thanks for the advice! Best thing I've read for sabiki bait is shrimp. So I'll give that a whirl. I was wondering about the weight situation, I'll try out the little setup with a 1 Oz and your technique and see where that gets me.

I'll make sure to bring some bait just in case, and I'll post up a fishing report if it's worthy! Thanks again!

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I'm headed out to Tomales Saturday (on a boat unfortunately) and was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this whole sabiki rig deal? This will be my second time fishing salt, first time was at Tomales on my kayak catching leopards and rays on squid, and we didn't have much use for live bait back in Kentucky on the lake. Any who want to try my luck at halibut fishing, so I rigged up a couple drift set ups (which I've also never tried) and picked up some sabiki rigs based on what I've read on here. Now, the question is, do you bait your sabiki's, or just drop them down on a bait ball? I've heard and read conflicting stories and was hoping to get some local knowledge.

Also, I've been thinking I'll use my little ugly stick spinning reel with 4lb. test for the tiny sabiki's I have, is that too light? I do just want to catch small bait fish after all (in theory).

Thanks for any insight!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys! I've been checking on the hookups and fishing reports forums, hope to see some of you guys out there soon!