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Fishing Leader Systems: An Introduction

June 16th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Fishing Techniques

Many sports fishermen choose to make use of Fishing Leader Systems as their tool of preference. There is a unique reason to use every type of leader, depending on what you are fishing for. Whether you are a novice or a experienced veteran, acknowledging that leaders (the line attaching bait and mainline) are a valuable implement under certain circumstances will help you be better prepared to find out what leader is best suited to benefit your fishing trip.

**Do I need Fishing Leader Systems ?**

You may doubt whether or not a leader is actually needed. Although it’s not required in every situation, a leader can assist with keeping your main line in one piece. Not making use of a leader can result in a sheared line during a fight with an aggressive fish.

Using Fishing Leader Systems

If you are dealing with a species that is a bit line shy, a leader can be invaluable. Because leaders can be made from any type of line, for line-shy fish you’d be best served with a fluorocarbon leader. The reason for fluorocarbon leaders is two fold – fish such as false albacore, bonito and mackerel have extremely good sight and they tend to also have great visual acuity. If for any reason your bait looks at all out of the ordinary, these fish are simply going to by-pass it and move on to other areas.

The primary motivation for using fluorocarbon is clear: Fluorocarbon offers a minuscule amount of light refraction, a clever way of hiding the line from the fish. A twenty-pound fluorocarbon leader is perfect, since the fish that you’d fish for using this kind of leader for have a tendency to average less than ten pounds. Seeing as these fish have a propensity for going after baitfish as their most important food source, a fluorocarbon leader can be the top tool to get the most out of your day’s haul. For most favorable results, make certain that you use a lead between three and four feet in length.

Braided line admirers will discover that monofilament fishing leader systems are preferable. This kind of leader is less visible than a braided line and more flexible than a braided line. Monofilament leaders suck up the shock of an aggressive fish, and are invaluable for those preferring the lighter graphite or fiberglass rods. A monofilament leader should be constructed with a bare minimum of three feet and a maximum of five feet in length to lend a hand with snagging a big fish on a small line.

Sports fisherman especially those who enjoy pike, barracuda, bluefish and muskellunge are fully aware of the oversized teeth these breeds sport. Combine these teeth with their love of a fishing line and chances are that you’re preference would be a steel leader. Steel leaders are crafted from twenty or thirty pound weight – and are highly visible. For more aggressive fish like bluefish you’re safer with a forty to sixty pound weight and if barracuda is your preference you’re better of with something even heavier as a barracuda is likely to snap through a single strand of eighty pound leader as if it were regular line. The lighter weight is ideal of pike and muskies (they have needle like teeth) and the heavier the better is ideal for bluefish and barracudas.

Do not make a judgment error and use the wrong type of Fishing Leader Systems for the fish you are hoping to land. The correct leader will just about always mean the difference between a victorious fishing expedition and a fruitless outing. Keep in mind: the wrong leader can make the difference between a fish tale and having fish for dinner (or bragging rights).

There are a large number of great fishing reels out on the market today. Some are more popular than others. Some of the more popular reels include Daiwa BG90 and Shimano Calcutta Spinning.

In fact, many experienced fishermen have learned that it doesn’t hurt to bring a selection of Fishing Leader Systems in case the opportunity arises to make use of them.

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Spanish Mackerel Fishing Kaos

May 15th, 2011 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Fishing Techniques

Fishing for Spanish Mackerel

The Spanish mackerel, (Scomberomorus brasiliensis), is a species of fish in the family Scombridae. Specimens have been recorded at up to 125 cm in length, and weighing up to 6,710 g. It is found in the western Atlantic, along the Caribbean and Atlantic coasts of Central and South America from Belize to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Literature records for S. maculatus (Atlantic Spanish mackerel) from the area apply to S. brasiliensis (Serra Spanish mackerel), which has erroneously been considered a synonym of S. maculatus by many authors. It feeds on small fish, squids/cuttlefish, shrimps/prawns, and isopods.

Mako, a 41 foot Steber Charterboat was our home for the next four days on an extended fishing charter to the Great Barrier reef Fishing for Spanish Mackerel.

Guests onboard were Mark and Steve from Warrnambool, and Jason Kennedy from Southern Cross and the TV Show “Fishing Trip”, also from Victoria.

The weather had been ugly, but the strong winds were easing off nicely for our fishing trip thankfully.Our leading choice was to run some lures for Spanish Mackerel at a proven hotspot, and see if anybody home. The lures were quickly belted by screaming Spanish Mackerel and immense runs.

The noisy diesels act as a big fish attractor turning on a hot Spanish Mackerel session. A two-fold hookup quick followed with one Spanish leaping into the sky. I was thinking billfish, but this poor fish was just trying to escape from the sharks. This Spanish mackerel was a goner, and all Steve managed was one shortened spanish mackerel. As lures were run for the second time, they’d just been set, 30 seconds and on again, another hookup, reel busting stuff. Some rippa fishing action followed with multiple hookups and fish landed over the next 45 minutes.

A tally of three double hook ups also resulting in some astounded guests. An brilliant start to the fishing trip with 8 prime spanish mackerel and the Esky was looking good already. The (King) Spanish Mackerel were loving the lures and weighed around the 10 kilo mark.

Our favourite lures were the Halco lazer pro’s and Berkley frenzy lures, and were working overtime catching the fish. A fishing tip, run several lures if possible at various depths and distances, with the deepest diver in close under the propwash. This is a perfect way to work varying depths, colours and avoid tangling your lures. The strikes were coming that fast we were struggling to get our lures out and set, it’s tough I know.

Trolling is possibly the best method of targetting Spanish Mackerel and Reefari is the gun Charter operator who can put you onto the fish!!

Make sure you visit Mackay on the Great Barrier Reef for some of the best reef and sports fishing on the planet as well as the Spanish Mackerel.

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How to Spool a Baitcaster Reel

December 14th, 2010 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Low Profile Baitcasting Reels

Best way to spool a baitcaster reel

If you are in the market for or have recently received your new baitcaster reel you will no doubt be over the moon with it.

Fishing reels and especially baitcasters have gained much popularity recently despite being thought of more difficult to fish with, mainly due to how fast the line is released compared to other makes of reel, such as spincasters.

Knowing how to spool your line onto a baitcaster reel though is often an altogether new challenge for you.

Putting the line onto a baitcaster reel is certainly a requirement as you may need to do this as you first purchase your fishing reel and of course you are almost certain to be in a situation where you need to do this on a fishing outing. But dont be worried, it isn’t too difficult if you read these straight forward steps below.
To start with, you have to get some suitable line to spool. The type is up to you and probably most important is what you are fishing for although in a lot of cases 10lb test line will be best. With that said, if you are trying to catch bigger fish then be sure to use a stronger line or you may end up with no fish and no line left either!

At first it might be a bit hard to do when on a fishing trip, a neat trick to make it easier is to put the line first in hot water for about 30 minutes and it will help to stop the line getting knotted so much as the curl will be a lot less stiff. This is worth trying if you experience any problems doing it, but be sure to let it dry first before putting it on your fishing reel.

Feed the free end of the fishing line through the rod eyes that you can see on the rod – these appear to be small metal circles. Start at the tip where the circle should be smaller than the others. You should see they get larger at the other end. Continue threading through the guides until you reach the baitcaster reel end of the rod.

When complete, wrap the line around the spool a single time and tie a knot in it. This is used to start rewinding the line onto the baitcaster reel spool. Put the new fishing line on the floor as you wont need need it for the next part. While you are standing place the tip of the rod so it is close the the new line which is on the floor – This means the rod is now facing the ground. Try to close the distance between the new line and rod tip as much as possible.

Turn the fishing reel handle so it loads the new line onto the fishing reel spool and keep going until it is full. As you are done, simply cut the line at the rod tip and you’ve now spooled a baitcaster reel.

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