Kite rig

[Occie]

Howsit guys sorry for the picture was done on a ipad and I have fat fingers.

What is your guys ideas on this rig as its only a idea at the mpment and I havent tried it out.

If this is the way it is normally done or is a old idea then sorry I only have experience with the dropping method.

This is basically a combination of the dropping method and the keeping the kite out and fighting the fish with the kite attached.

Basically the thing at the water line in the picture is a 2l coke bottle or even a five liter bottle (not artistic lol).A line say 15kg connects this bottle to the release clip.Then another line of about 3kg breaking strain connects the bottle to either the bait or the swivel on the bite trace.The 3kg line can be varied in length depending on what depth you want the bait to be at.

The idea of the bottle is that it keeps the bait at a certain depth.It can be half filled with water to keep the kite from lifting the bait as well.

When the fish takes the bait it will either snap the thin line or it will pull open the release clip releasing the kite.

Keeping the of the bottom you shouldnt have problems with crabs if the are out in force and you could also target a different area in the water column.Will also eliminate getting snagged up on reefs when sending out a smaller live shark or ray.

You should also with some luck be able to pick up some game fish by sending out a live shad in some spots and conditions are right.

 

 

 

[Thunder]

Occie,

You are on the right track. If you dont come right pm me and I will tell you how I did it and will still do it. Caught many sharks on kite by St Lucia. Tagged and released.

 

[Occie]

Thanks thunder will do if I get stuck.
You see any problems I might encounter with the rig?

 

[Thunder]

I dont know what you are using like rod tip, reel, line breakstrain, how many meters of like, dropper to bait, drop from kite to float, trace length, b/s of trace, size of bait to use ?

It all depends on what I asked.

I use a Penn 12/0 with1800m of 80lbs b/s dacron. My drop from kite to float is 100m, trace is +-15m 200lbs s/s, line flying the kite on is 100_200m, sending kite out with bait +- 800m(all depending), bait- anything from 1.5kg to 15kg with 3 hooks in it.

Just a rough idea what I use and do.

 

[Occie]

I use a kp reel for my kite reel filled with dacron.

For the second reel that i will be fighting the fish with ill be using a tyrnos 50 most of the time.

Drop from release clip to bottle will only be 5 or so meters.From clip to kite about 100m.

The reason i want to try using a thin line from the bottle to the bait is I find it often frustrating to get the right tension in the release clip either its to tight or to loose and with a small shark or ray attached I can see its going to be even more difficult to get the tension right.

 

[Thunder]

I ffish with a fixed dropper. i dont drop the bait. I leave it out to hang from the kite and when whatever takes the bait straightens out the line and then the fight begins,