I noticed while reading through the vast number of
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I like pike a lot! Been using it a lot lately... but still new to it!
BUT>>>>>
I prefer small tuna species like skipjack/ bonito etc, the ones most ppl throw back!
I have had great success on them with Kob, I freeze it for a few days, lets the flesh firm up, then defrost and use the whole side fillet. I always use a "skelm" hook in my set up and I tend to hook up most times on the skelm hook.
Just a thought>>>>>>>
BUT>>>>>
I prefer small tuna species like skipjack/ bonito etc, the ones most ppl throw back!
I have had great success on them with Kob, I freeze it for a few days, lets the flesh firm up, then defrost and use the whole side fillet. I always use a "skelm" hook in my set up and I tend to hook up most times on the skelm hook.
Just a thought>>>>>>>
WillemduToit
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I prefer using pike above sards . . . especially when i target elf 
BigLes wrote:
Ever CONSIDER this?
The reason you hook them on the skelm is that they swallow the whole bait so the skelm is the first one comming out and thus hooks the fish
I make my skelm hook the bigger of the 2 hooks and always hook the kob on the bigger hook - Skelm hook is in fact the main hook?
Ever CONSIDER this?
The reason you hook them on the skelm is that they swallow the whole bait so the skelm is the first one comming out and thus hooks the fish
I make my skelm hook the bigger of the 2 hooks and always hook the kob on the bigger hook - Skelm hook is in fact the main hook?
I believe in versatality...Fish is fulla nonsence @ times.
Ive seen guys outfish many a fisherman on a particular bait wher the other dont have.
So in Summer I like to have 3 baits from the fleshy type in my cooler, even if its just two whole fish...Sards,Mullet and Pike as the main choices.
Maasbanker seem to be scarce and challenging to procure fresh.
Thereafter those baits..chokka @ night is not negotiable
Ive seen guys outfish many a fisherman on a particular bait wher the other dont have.
So in Summer I like to have 3 baits from the fleshy type in my cooler, even if its just two whole fish...Sards,Mullet and Pike as the main choices.
Maasbanker seem to be scarce and challenging to procure fresh.
Thereafter those baits..chokka @ night is not negotiable
yesterday few friends and I braved conditions and went to our local beach(ansteys, Durban) armed with 1 pack of jap macs(pike) and a box of prawns. as we fishing we see this skate like stuck in a hole( water was going out). my friend puts a full jap mac inside out and not even 10 mins gets pulled flat. fish was only heading in one direction and that's deepsea. fish was not landed after a lengthy battle line got grazed sumwere and broke.
I personally like this for bait but its abit expensive
I personally like this for bait but its abit expensive
Enigma wrote:
I only recently started using the skelm hook trick, I notice that if i use the pike in a thin strip the cob grap over the bait and manage to take the bait without a hookup, Friday night I had some pike and sardines, the pike being a bit more thinner in diameter turned inside out with the skelp hook worked for me. Different strokes for different okes.
BigBen wrote:
Agreed, you can get mullet and maasbanker from the trekkies and if you have your pike and chokka, you are fully loaded.
Then you can give them a variey to feed on and then gauge which one works best. I operate this way!
Talking about bait collecting I have a new cast net which I still have try out, but it's heavy work if you still want to fish with at least two rods as well.
Agreed, you can get mullet and maasbanker from the trekkies and if you have your pike and chokka, you are fully loaded.
Then you can give them a variey to feed on and then gauge which one works best. I operate this way!
Talking about bait collecting I have a new cast net which I still have try out, but it's heavy work if you still want to fish with at least two rods as well.
Hi Envor
Hoe werk die skelm hoek vir jou op die riwwe, ek hengel nog altyd met die skelm hoek maar 9 die riwwe voel dit vir my of ek meer vas sit met 2 hoek as 1?
Hallo Kliphard, Vrydagaand net voor die storm was ek op die riwwe, armed met pike / sardine, op die eerste cast het ek die pike so pencil strip aangesit, ek kry 1 helse optel en hy loop, my hoek no 5 o Galmakatzu, ek gee lyn, die volgende oomblik als af en ek kry my strop terug, ek sien toe die aas is mooi skoon gevreet. Vir die volgende cast add ek n no 3 o J-hoek agter die 5 o, die keer add ek 2 strips pike, die vis gryp weer en ek let op die keer sit meneer vas, so land ek 3 cob van so 52 cm tot 1 lekker boggel ruggie van amper 60cm oor die volgende 15 minute, net daarna breek die storm uit en ek moes toe wal toe swem.
Hoe werk die skelm hoek vir jou op die riwwe, ek hengel nog altyd met die skelm hoek maar 9 die riwwe voel dit vir my of ek meer vas sit met 2 hoek as 1?
Hallo Kliphard, Vrydagaand net voor die storm was ek op die riwwe, armed met pike / sardine, op die eerste cast het ek die pike so pencil strip aangesit, ek kry 1 helse optel en hy loop, my hoek no 5 o Galmakatzu, ek gee lyn, die volgende oomblik als af en ek kry my strop terug, ek sien toe die aas is mooi skoon gevreet. Vir die volgende cast add ek n no 3 o J-hoek agter die 5 o, die keer add ek 2 strips pike, die vis gryp weer en ek let op die keer sit meneer vas, so land ek 3 cob van so 52 cm tot 1 lekker boggel ruggie van amper 60cm oor die volgende 15 minute, net daarna breek die storm uit en ek moes toe wal toe swem.