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| Thread ID: 75713 | 2007-01-08 00:18:00 | Long line fishing...just not sporting izit? | chocolate2006 (11426) | PC World Chat |
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| 513774 | 2007-01-09 05:16:00 | I like the High Sierras for trout and places in Arizona (NO . . it's not a blistering desert!) . But I actually spend many happy hours at Lake Hemet or Lake Skinner in Southern California . Bass, stripers, trout and red-ears live there . . . and most of them know my name . I had a small yacht (don't say it) in Dana Point Harbor for a few years . It was 38' at the waterline Tolley Craft that had a pair of 360 Chrysler inboards on vee-drives/twin screw, twin rudders . A full stateroom, flying bridge, Tuna tower and pulpit, fighting chairs, Grand Salon, head and galley . Had a tumble home wet deck and taffrail in teak . With that I went about 400 miles out to the 960 bank many times . . . . . where the Wahoos and big'uns live . Never use bait . . . always lures and artificials . I figure that I could be caught if you threw a pizza in the water . . . and that's not fair in my book . Besides, bait is just sushi in my book and I don't like that either . I used it mostly for deep sea fishing . . . it was too big to trailer and I left it at moor in Dana for all the time I owned it . tl;dr, was aimed at OP |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 513775 | 2007-01-10 04:59:00 | I've returned from my Far North Summer holiday a vegetarian! Father-in-law sending out the torpedo long line 1km and pulling in the snapper, along with stingrays, huge starfish and other assorted marine life. So I'm frantically returning assorted maimed wildlife to the ocean as he scales and guts the 3kg snappers without killing them first!!! :eek: I've got one of these (http://www.seahorse.net.nz) too. Whether it is sporting or not, who knows, but I do know that it is generally successful in catching a feed for the family. We are always looking for new places to use it, so where in Northland was your father-in-law catching all those snapper? |
Andrew B (867) | ||
| 513776 | 2007-01-10 06:01:00 | They look most interesting!! I did a lot of surfcasting at Muriwai back in the late 50's and early 60's . Mate and I decided that a Kon Tiki was the only way we were going to get a heap of fish . So, got a longline, quick attach traces and hooks and a huge plastic bag to blow up using the wind . Had a sod of a job inflating and tying the bag but finally got it in the briny going in the direction of the horizon . Went to the bucket to attach the baited hooks to the line and wondered where they had all gone . Looked up and saw lots of seagulls flying around with traces hanging out of their mouths . Felt sick in the gut about this and never tried it again . Just risked our lives on the flat rock and got just the odd fish . Muriwai was a great place then . I believe it has changed a bit!! Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 513777 | 2007-01-10 07:25:00 | We have one of those packed up in the shed at the homestead, Think it belongs to my sisters partner, Either way the fish taste excellent and are killed in one way or another. | Metla (12) | ||
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