Holidaymakers ,you gotta love them

Mouldz

Sealiner
These holiday makers ,you can only laugh,but you gotta love em. Working in the shop you hear some wierd things,"Oom can you fish in the channel between the houses"Duh its not a channel its a river thats 30kms long,I wont mention what nationality but one fella asks can he use bread for bait in the river an all,yes you can but are you gonna catch anything ?.
Fishing on the beach Mon evening I slide out a nice fillet mullet and mackie combo and land a nice gulley shark 8or 10kg,out the corner of my eye i see these five okes watching me,they got all the gear ,Daiwa grandwaves,14ft shiny new rods,any way I see them cast out a sinker ,they want to now slide,I see them clip on a slide but it looks like a normal steel trace clip,after much shaking of the rod this bait goes as far as the breakers and no further,I think they were to proud to come ask me how I was doing it,after much glancing my way and head scratching they resorted to casting
 

u3cpt

New member
hi all, very new so forgive me if my questions seem dumb.

how do you do the sliding thing? what is it for and why not just cast the bait?
 

Mouldz

Sealiner
Sliding enables you to get a big bait out far,it involves a grapnel sinker and a not return slide,you cast out the sinker and make sure the sinker grabs,then you put your bait and trace onto a non return slide,its hooked onto the taught line and when you shake the rod back and forth the slide moves down the line its designed not to move back up the line even in the surf,by the way there is never a dumb question only dumb answers
 

damian27

Sealiner
u3cpt- go into the fourm section of te site and look at traces and you will be able to make them in no time.
 

u3cpt

New member
ah..ok..

im getting into drop shotting and surf and rock angling..
so i guess sliding isnt really something i would use.. but i wondered why the guys would pump there rods like that now i know
 

stinkmossel

Sealiner
A GUY WALKED UP TO ME AND RAY ON MONDAY NIGHT, AND SAID, "WOW, DIS DAREM GROOT ASE WAT JULLE HIER GOOI, WAT GAAN JY DAARMEE VANG?" COMMENTING ON THE LITTLE MULLETT/JOKKA COMBO, AND NOT KNOWING ABOUT THE HALF YELLOWTAIL ON THE OTHER ROD. VERY FRIENDLY THOUGH.
 

Joker

Senior Member
The best question i've heard from a tourist was. May i have a fish? You've caught 3 already and it is for free. :) i smiled and told said tourist that i've been out fishing almost every day for the part week. Spent R25 on a box of pilchards on each visit. Not to mention the reel, rod, mono and whatnot. :) He was not impressed.
 

neilg

Sealiner
Mike

While u learn its good, you should never stop learning

25 years of fishing and what I know is only the tip of the iceburg, and i have (and still do) spent time with very knowledgable anglers

The most important advice I like to give

Big hooks only hook big fish, smaller hooks hook more fish
Lighter tackle generally ensure more hookups
Dont be afraid to cast where no-one else is casting !

And remember to have fun
 

Mike D

Senior Member
neilg wrote:
Mike

While u learn its good, you should never stop learning

25 years of fishing and what I know is only the tip of the iceburg, and i have (and still do) spent time with very knowledgable anglers

The most important advice I like to give

Big hooks only hook big fish, smaller hooks hook more fish
Lighter tackle generally ensure more hookups
Dont be afraid to cast where no-one else is casting !

And remember to have fun
Very sound advise!
 

boepens

Sealiner
Best I've had _ while preparing to slide a whole mackie at gunobie point - joh uve caught some nice ones hey , no auntie that's my bait , what r u catching sharks or something u must be carefull they will bite ur leggs off , ja but I don't plan on putting my leggs in its mouth , a nervous ok and she left no dowt to fone nsri :fbash:fbash:fbash
 

Ocean Hunter

Sealiner
Joker wrote:
The best question i've heard from a tourist was. May i have a fish? You've caught 3 already and it is for free. :) i smiled and told said tourist that i've been out fishing almost every day for the part week. Spent R25 on a box of pilchards on each visit. Not to mention the reel, rod, mono and whatnot. :) He was not impressed.
Haha, classic! I would of told him that I will take him out to catch one at R 1000/day, for free my ass!
 

Mouldz

Sealiner
On the pier the other night I cast out my grab sinker in order to slide out a mackeral,the young chap fishing there askes " oom why do you wet your sinker first",I had to do everything to stop myself replying "i am teaching my sinkers to swim so they can look for the fish"
 

stinkmossel

Sealiner
i reeled a yellowtail head in, and some poeple came running over, "look, what happened, you catch it, did something bite it off".
 
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