Fishing

[rgranger]

I do not consider myself a fisherman but anytime I'm on a long crossing I put a line out. I just returned from a 4 day cruise of the Albemarle Sound (NC) Saturday. We trolled. Had two big strikes that popped the 20lb test line immediately (no they were not crab pots . It was a 6 hour crossing so I put a few lines out. We also caught a few crabs while at anchor. All in all not the most productive fishing trip but I was there to sail.

 

[DannyS]

We love to fish from our boat. Sometimes I think my wife likes fishing more than sailing. We use a small downrigger mounted on a designated board that spans two stanchions. We need the downrigger to find the fish in Lake Superior. We mainly catch lake trout and coho salmon.
Here's the latest catch.

 

[Jfelkins]

Danny,
Thanks, do yo have a pic of your down rigger set up?

People use a technique called jugging a lot on the TN river. A short section of foam noodle floats a weight and baited hook. This isn't for when you underway but I'm thinking about tossing some of these out when we anchor for the evening. I can mount a rod holder and use some heavy rod/real combos we bought for shore fishing. I've never trolled before and don't know what I can catch (in pickwick, catfish, crappie, bass?) but will give it a try.

Thanks all. I love fishing stories and have grown up fly fishing. I'd love to sail my own boat to some flats and fish for bonefish.

 

[Winkfish]

People use a technique called jugging a lot on the TN river. A short section of foam noodle floats a weight and baited hook.

Down here they do "jugging," but often they use several hooks along the one line. Sometimes, they don't weigh the jugs down. They'll wait until something bites, then they follow the jug in a boat and pick it up.

 

[Jfelkins]

ah yes, here they call that a trot line.

 

[DannyS]

Here are a couple of photos of our setup. They're not spesifically of the set up but look in the aft, port corner and you'll see the rig.
This is the downrigger we use. It clamps on to the board that spans the pushpit stanchions.
In the photos, you'll see the rodholders, we run two rods from one downrigger.

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[Hawk4661]

Beautiful "Reds" mate.Im planing on some winter reds Lake Charles area.

 

[Winkfish]

ah yes, here they call that a trot line.

That's the word I was looking for!!

 

[Jfelkins]

Bingo, I see it. Your crew looks hard at work! Thanks.

 

[FourPoints]

I often troll a lure behind the boat when sailing. I have caught large blue fish and tuna while out sailing long island sound, and when sailing this year in the BVI, I pulled in a handfull of tuna, mackeral, wahoo and even a baracuda

 

[Winkfish]

Here are a couple of photos of our setup. They're not spesifically of the set up but look in the aft, port corner and you'll see the rig.
This is the downrigger we use. It clamps on to the board that spans the pushpit stanchions.
In the photos, you'll see the rodholders, we run two rods from one downrigger.

Danny, this may be a dumb question, but what is the purpose of your downrigger? I thought downriggers were there to keep several lines separate and avoid tangles. It seems to me that using two rods into one downrigger would be inviting tangles. Thanks!

 

[DannyS]

You can run quite a few lines from one downrigger. You attach the first line to the weighted ball and start sending it down. We usually separate our lines in about 10 foot depth increments. Any less than that and you will get things tangled. Then you attach another clip mechanism, actually, it's two clips tied together with a short piece of cable. One clip is attached to the downrigger line, and the other clip is attached to your second line with the lure streaming back. Then you send everything down to your desired depth. If you want to fish at 50 feet, send it down to 50 and the bottom lure will be there but realize that your second lure will only be at 40. This allows you to cover more depth with one downrigger. It's confusing to describe, I'll look for a youtube video and link it.

 

[DannyS]

Here's a link to a pretty good clip on "Stacking" lines on a single downrigger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LilxgY75P8M&feature=related

 

[Winkfish]

so you're spreading the lines out vertically, as opposed to spreading them horizontally, like an outrigger would do. (Yes, I realized I was thinking of outriggers, like on a sportfishing boat.)