set lines

[Rabbithunter 456]

how do you go about making up a line?

 

i have a good length of orange line, i think its polypropelene, what size hooks, should they be suspended off line line, by how much? etc...

 

any info appreciated

[Rabbithunter 456]

Where will you be fishing and what will you be expecting to catch? This should determine what size hook you need. My uncle used to use long lines in the sea and tried to make a living off of it, dont think he did though. Joe

 

 

in the solway mate

 

perhaps mackerel & flatty's

[whin 463]

set the messengers every 10 yrds and anchor both ends size of hooks should be the size of amachrel feather 1 OR 2, I THINK, the snoods comeing of the main line make the 400 mmm ,use sqiud ot welks for bait or what you can dig localy youll catch if there any thing about or just get a gill net and set it for bass etc, make your long lines a hundred yards or fifty and a hook every 10 yrds

[Yokel Matt 918]

Not got much experience in long lining but a hook every ten yrds seems a bit much. I've seen 2.5 ft snoods (couldn't say what size hook i'm afraid) spaced about 6ft apart with 'baited' tin-foil and sequins take mackerel. I know flatties like bright baits so this may work for them if trolled along the bottom.

[whin 463]

ye maybe ten yards is abit much for on the beach i make mines two fathom spaces and there a kite long 220 metres the more space the more ground you cover and the fish take better .unles shoaling. my lobster pots are 15 yards between them on lines of 10 pots ,they catch well if they are to close they only catch half as much as they are terrotorail so is fish sometimes

 

ye maybe ten yards is abit much for on the beach i make mines two fathom spaces and there a kite long 220 metres the more space the more ground you cover and the fish take better .unles shoaling. my lobster pots are 15 yards between them on lines of 10 pots ,they catch well if they are to close they only catch half as much as they are terrotorail so is fish sometimes