I usualy fish with the folowing trace,30cm sinker line tied to a grapnel sinker(weadeater) at one end and the swivel at the other,hookline is just a bit shorter so that i can clip it if need be.i tie my mainline to the swivel on the hookline.now the problem is and ithappens more often than not that my hookline's tangled up with my sinker when i reel in the line.How can i prevent this form happening or must i stop using these sinkers?does this happen when i reel in or when the sinker rolls around in while in the water?thanks
I usualy fish with the folowing trace,30cm sinker
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Waverunn3r
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I usually use a 3 way swivel for the sinker trace and add some floatation on the hook trace
a few things can be the problem
1. your sinker line and snoot differ too much in thickness, sometimes using thicker sinker snoots will eliminate the line twist.
2. the most common is that your bait is not tied straight and finished off to a point to the top, a miss shaped bait has the tendancy of causing the line to twist up each time the water pressure from a swell pushed past your bait.
3. could be you are tying your hookline to thewrong swivel, try tying your leader and sinker line to the same ring and the hook snoot to its own.
4. lastly use a sinker with a swivel on top, this eliminates line twist if the sinker is rolling
hope that helps
1. your sinker line and snoot differ too much in thickness, sometimes using thicker sinker snoots will eliminate the line twist.
2. the most common is that your bait is not tied straight and finished off to a point to the top, a miss shaped bait has the tendancy of causing the line to twist up each time the water pressure from a swell pushed past your bait.
3. could be you are tying your hookline to thewrong swivel, try tying your leader and sinker line to the same ring and the hook snoot to its own.
4. lastly use a sinker with a swivel on top, this eliminates line twist if the sinker is rolling
hope that helps
Thanks for the great advice guys,i think my problem has been solved.I usually use a much ligher sinker line than hook line,i don't finish the bait to a point at the top and i don't use a bead.must admit when i used the float on the hook i did not have the problem.so if i combine all of the above i'm 100% sure that it won't happen again.thanks again.
Hi Guys. I've been fishing for many years (decades), mostly not even getting a bite, never catching anything edible of size. Haven't done any of these things on this old post. Just wanted you to know that I'm going to try it all and I'll let you know if I manage to catch anything at last. Just wish I could read the sea better and cast further or more accurate.
Dr halibut hoffman
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These all work, you must just be where the fish are 
Neto, focus on one fish, get that down then the rest will open up for you. They are there, I thought the same as you but I've been shown different. There are nothing like the numbers that there are supposed to be so fish for the future..But get your big one first. Nice shad been around.
Neto, focus on one fish, get that down then the rest will open up for you. They are there, I thought the same as you but I've been shown different. There are nothing like the numbers that there are supposed to be so fish for the future..But get your big one first. Nice shad been around.