The Ultimate Spreader Bar.

Originally designed by Capt. John Oughton of Over Under Adventures, the Ultimate Spreader Bar is the centerpiece of our Offshore Trolling Spread. We run it from the bridge and place the rest of our baits an lures around the Ultimate Spreader Bar. We typically run a Green Machine behind the bar, which comes standard with a snap swivel on the trailing squid for quick bait/lure changes. Often we will run a biat or lure directly behind the spreader bar on a second outfit. Typically, this is the first rod to go down, and the Spreader Bar and all the other rods in the pattern are often next!

There is none like it, many imitate it, but this is the original and the only one we pull!

We stock the Ultimate Spreader Bar in Green Only, which is our most productive color. Please call or email us for Pink or Blue!

It’s an Eye Catcher tradition to bring you the very best in unique and effective rigging and Capt John Oughton’s “Ultimate Spreader Bar” is superior in several ways.

If you have ever fished a spreader bar, you probably noticed two things. They really attract a lot of fish, especially tuna, and most spreader bars are a pain in the butt to pull. The biggest problem is that they want to flip and tangle very easily.

Our spreader bar is designed with the three front squid pre-molded right on the bar with the bar uniquely mounted through the top of the squid. This design allows the spreader bar to pull like a pontoon boat. The great advantage is that the bar itself rarely even touches the water. The result is that you have a bar that tracks perfectly and won’t flip or tangle. We have taken the “pain” out of pulling a spreader bar.

The center rear squid is rigged with a 300# Sampo swivel so that you can attach the lure or bait of your choice if you prefer to fish it “armed.”