In years past I used to troll a fair amount for fish but success ruined it for me. 'Twas usually in the context of a trip and the desire to cover some miles that I'd catch a fish and be stuck with a flipping slime package that I'd then have to drag in the water boatside, pin under a deck bungie in the sun, eat on the spot sashimi style, or land and cook right away - all options less than desirable at the time. I used a spool type line holder which I'd attach via quick release elastic to the front deck bungies that provided some "give" response to a striking fish and made it immediately obvious when a fish was on the line. A steel leader helped avoid lost lures but there were times when, lureless, I caught fish on makeshift baits such as a piece of blue rubber band impaled on a bare hook and even on a small seashell fragment with hole that I slipped over two hooks clipped to the same leader so that their points faced opposite. LarryKoenig Baton Rouge,LA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 24 2000 - 09:12:00 PDT
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