Post by olsmelly on Feb 25, 2010 18:33:43 GMT
Yesterday, while rummaging in Maw's drawers, I found this old gadget.
Yep! Maw's Craft Drawers contain all sorts of curios!
;D
This is a trace carrier, which I designed to get through shoal fish to the monsters lurking below. With it, I have caught whiting to 12lbs, wolf fish and halibut, to name a few.
It is useful in very deep water, 300ft and deeper. I dreamt this one up for use in Shetland waters, back when we used to encounter huge shoals of mackerel, covering over 100 square miles!
Realising that very large whiting tend to follow below these mackerel shoals, up there, I designed the carrier to get through to them and it worked very well indeed; almost eliminating mackerel from our catches. It also worked well, getting through coalfish shoals to the halibut and other predators.
I use 3mm perspex as the basic material. It is rigid and strong enough to hold fish into the hundreds of pounds' weight.
The basic dimensions are 150mm x 20mm. The slots should be large enough to receive hooks up to 10/0. I used 20mm diameter split rings and heavy swivels to minimise tangles.
The stud is the head of a six inch nail, suitably smoothed, to permit easy disengagement. The length of the stud is about 6-8mm and fixed in with araldite.
The carrier is primed by reversing it along the leader and wrapping the line once around the stud. The hooks are loaded in turn, top hook in bottom upturned slot and so-on, so the weight is hanging from the bottom hook in the top slot.
I used to prime the carrier with the rod propped over my left shoulder and the weight and trace over the gunwale.
Getting the rig to the sea bed entails some care. It needs to be a smooth drop, slightly slower than a free fall.
Once the sea bed is reached, allow the line to go slack and then smoothly lift the rod tip. This will unfurl the trace ready for action.
As far as I know, some 30-odd years after my first use, it is still being used in Northern Waters.
I thought I'd mention this one for those lucky tycoons, who can afford Norwegian fishing hols.
It really does work! I used it with my fave rubber bands and perks.
Yep! Maw's Craft Drawers contain all sorts of curios!
;D
This is a trace carrier, which I designed to get through shoal fish to the monsters lurking below. With it, I have caught whiting to 12lbs, wolf fish and halibut, to name a few.
It is useful in very deep water, 300ft and deeper. I dreamt this one up for use in Shetland waters, back when we used to encounter huge shoals of mackerel, covering over 100 square miles!
Realising that very large whiting tend to follow below these mackerel shoals, up there, I designed the carrier to get through to them and it worked very well indeed; almost eliminating mackerel from our catches. It also worked well, getting through coalfish shoals to the halibut and other predators.
I use 3mm perspex as the basic material. It is rigid and strong enough to hold fish into the hundreds of pounds' weight.
The basic dimensions are 150mm x 20mm. The slots should be large enough to receive hooks up to 10/0. I used 20mm diameter split rings and heavy swivels to minimise tangles.
The stud is the head of a six inch nail, suitably smoothed, to permit easy disengagement. The length of the stud is about 6-8mm and fixed in with araldite.
The carrier is primed by reversing it along the leader and wrapping the line once around the stud. The hooks are loaded in turn, top hook in bottom upturned slot and so-on, so the weight is hanging from the bottom hook in the top slot.
I used to prime the carrier with the rod propped over my left shoulder and the weight and trace over the gunwale.
Getting the rig to the sea bed entails some care. It needs to be a smooth drop, slightly slower than a free fall.
Once the sea bed is reached, allow the line to go slack and then smoothly lift the rod tip. This will unfurl the trace ready for action.
As far as I know, some 30-odd years after my first use, it is still being used in Northern Waters.
I thought I'd mention this one for those lucky tycoons, who can afford Norwegian fishing hols.
It really does work! I used it with my fave rubber bands and perks.
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