Garrick- Time Wasted by Tax-man

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Raveen

New member
Hi guys,

Have got Garrick on carbon coated steel traces(full metal jacket). Have heard  several anglers advises of not catching garrick with steel traces, but I just keep quite & go on nodding my head. I turned to steel traces after noticing on a no. of ocassions that the hook line's being bitten off by a shark(not even feeling nuj):X , this  is only noted after hours of waiting for a pull, only to retrieve no hooks & no live bait, thus wasting all my time. Now with the steel trace, even in the 1st minute of my bait being out, if pulled by a shark i have knowledge of the pull cause it didnt bite me of, thus allowing me to put another livey with less time wasted.

Further, to time being wasted. How many of u have just only reeled out the heads of your live bait after hours of waiting time(wasted time, bait could've been attacked in the 1st few min). It also pays to put a hook closer to the tail end(pre-caudal fin) of the live bait.(hook through upper jaw or just behind head with the other closer to the tail)   

Will be great to hear other members views, how to beat the tax-man.   

rgds

Raveen     

 
 
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leonard williams

Senior Member
I AGREE RAVEEN.ITS WORTH PUTTING STEEL COS WHAT IF A COUTA COMES PAST?ONLY USE NYLON WHEN THE GARRICK ARE COMING OUT THICK AND THE WATER IS CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR AND YOU SUSPECT NO SHARKS.
 
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Raveen

New member
hi Ashen,

any strain abv 50pnd & below 100pnd(carbon or nylon coated) is sufficient.  will check if I can get some pic's.

rgds

Raveen
 
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shaunm

Banned
If you are targeting garrick specifically then no steel. Garrick normally feed close in so a short cast should not put the bait in an area which sharks frequent.

Use maximum 0.60 nylon with 2 x 4.0 kendels.
 
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MickJack

Senior Member
Shaunm

The big sharks have been close in down here recently.

Had a good size edible swollowed whole in the shore break 2 weeks ago at umhlanga (I suspect a raggie from the little I saw of it) , and guys were being being murdered by big blackfins at La Mercy beach a short while ago. After changing to heavy tackle, and hooking one, it got eaten in half by another one almost at the gaff after an hour long fight!

Blame it on Global Warming or El Ninio or something!
 
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