This has been a debate for many years and still I dont have the answer. Do you fish with a lighter sinker trace, when stuck, loose the sinker(which is becoming more expensive)and retrieve the hook. Or do you fish with a thick sincker line, thus saving the sinker from being damaged on the rocks? and possibly catching the fish and saving the trace. I fish both methods at times.
A thought.
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yup, lighter sinker trace, also tie a piece of string on the sinker and then tie your sinker trace to the string. Sommer that string you use to tie parcels with works lekker.
The reason for this is that the string can take more knocks on the klippe and you lose alot less sinkers this way.
To give you an example: mono tied straigh to the sinker = 2 maybe 3 casts.
Mono tied to the toutjie then sinker = 3 maybe 5 sinkers all day.
My 2c
The reason for this is that the string can take more knocks on the klippe and you lose alot less sinkers this way.
To give you an example: mono tied straigh to the sinker = 2 maybe 3 casts.
Mono tied to the toutjie then sinker = 3 maybe 5 sinkers all day.
My 2c
yup, lighter sinker trace, also tie a piece of string on the sinker and then tie your sinker trace to the string. Sommer that string you use to tie parcels with works lekker.
The reason for this is that the string can take more knocks on the klippe and you lose alot less sinkers this way.
To give you an example: mono tied straigh to the sinker = 2 maybe 3 casts.
Mono tied to the toutjie then sinker = 3 maybe 5 sinkers all day.
My 2c
The reason for this is that the string can take more knocks on the klippe and you lose alot less sinkers this way.
To give you an example: mono tied straigh to the sinker = 2 maybe 3 casts.
Mono tied to the toutjie then sinker = 3 maybe 5 sinkers all day.
My 2c
Tokkie Potgieter
Senior Member
IMO, if you fish where the seabed is sandy with litlle to no bricks, use a sinker line equal to your leader line. If you fish amongst the bricks, your sinker line should be lighter than your leader line.
Check that sinker in post 1 & 3 for different methods:
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=62817&forum_id=10
http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=62817&forum_id=10
Dr halibut hoffman
Moderator
Shoelace type thickness works well.. I also tie an overhand knot as close to the sinker as I can if using nylon so I can just tie on a new sinker and not even a new sinker line for the first few losses. I'm no pro, still figuring out the scratching but that has helped me. What I've found also helped is to make sure my bait is vas and then when stuck, just wait patiently for a decent fish to pull me loose.
Oh, I needed to refresh, you guys beat me to it!
Also there are a few designs of DIY snagless sinkers on the web that I'm sure work better than the standard fare.. As far as I can tell the string helps the sinker ride out of snags easier instead of getting jammed, this has been taken further on the web with sinkers inside paracord but I haven't tried it yet..
Oh, I needed to refresh, you guys beat me to it!
Also there are a few designs of DIY snagless sinkers on the web that I'm sure work better than the standard fare.. As far as I can tell the string helps the sinker ride out of snags easier instead of getting jammed, this has been taken further on the web with sinkers inside paracord but I haven't tried it yet..
Spool-Song
Sealiner
When I fish around rocks, it often happens that I hook a fish, the sinker snags a rock and I manage to break the sinker off without loosing the fish.
I agree with the above. Thick string or wire between sinker and sinker snoot, tied to a thinner than mainline sinker snoot with an overhand knot or three in the sinker snoot to make sure it snaps first.
I agree with the above. Thick string or wire between sinker and sinker snoot, tied to a thinner than mainline sinker snoot with an overhand knot or three in the sinker snoot to make sure it snaps first.