Has anyone seen the video on you tube of a diver r
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This is a 14/0cirle hook slide rig.
Guys I dont want to sound condecending, but please use the heaviest possible tackle when sliding, guys sliding on .40 or .45 is taking serious chances.
I myself also brake off, and this video makes me feel uneasy as this could be what one of my fish could look like.
Think this is a good lesson to most of us to make sure we minimalize the thing we can control.
Guys I dont want to sound condecending, but please use the heaviest possible tackle when sliding, guys sliding on .40 or .45 is taking serious chances.
I myself also brake off, and this video makes me feel uneasy as this could be what one of my fish could look like.
Think this is a good lesson to most of us to make sure we minimalize the thing we can control.
Ziyaad.Ryneveld
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that is awesome, just watched the video now. lots of respect to to the diver for catching it by hand, even if it was just a small one
kopstamp wrote:
nothing wrong with it being a 14/0 hook, that fish would have looked even worse if it was a 20/0 hook. for me the lesson from this is to use a single circle hook with a flattened barb, not a double hook trace where the 2nd hook either hooks up on a rock or hooks the fish in the gills or the eyes
A buddy of mine was guiding for one of the teams in the recent A Nationals down here in the Cape. He reckoned that this team lost in excess of 30 sharks to burnoffs. Thats one team of what are meant to be good anglers. This does'nt of course include the other teams.
From what I gather, a similar situation happened at the Developement Nationals at Struis.
Add to this the ever increasing number of social anglers who are now targetting sharks with woefully inadequete tackle, and we have a potential problem.
The slider has made it all too easy to get to grips with sharks both big and small. And this footage goes a long way in proving just how much harm we are causing.
Perhaps the reason why we see so few sharks with hooks and traces in their mouths is due to the simple fact that they die unseen in the depths.
From what I gather, a similar situation happened at the Developement Nationals at Struis.
Add to this the ever increasing number of social anglers who are now targetting sharks with woefully inadequete tackle, and we have a potential problem.
The slider has made it all too easy to get to grips with sharks both big and small. And this footage goes a long way in proving just how much harm we are causing.
Perhaps the reason why we see so few sharks with hooks and traces in their mouths is due to the simple fact that they die unseen in the depths.
Speedmaster
Senior Member
Sjoe. Heads up to the guy removing the hook.
@pylstert nothing to do with the slide rig, just pointed it out to show it is us the shark was suffering from, not boat guys or longliners.
The scary fact is that that can be my trace for all that I know.
Been fishing single circles for a while, but many use a double hook trace.
The scary fact is that that can be my trace for all that I know.
Been fishing single circles for a while, but many use a double hook trace.
