Need some advise

[porkhead]

Hi Guys,

I have been really getting into casting baits and experimenting with different combinations, mix grills etc.

2 big baits out on the slide and one on the cast .....  heaven.

I am casting a 6oz weed eater. Bait is normally a half mackerel, with a bit of prawn.

The problem that I am having is that when the bait hits the water, the force is pushing the bait up the line. When I reel it in, there is 10cm of line and then only the hook. (waste of time)

I am clipping the sinker onto the hook. I am trying to make the hook as proud as possible, so that the sinker does not push the bait up, but 8 times out of 10, it comes back stuffed. I have tried binding it really tight, but even that does not always work.

As you can see in the photo below, I even tried binding some float foam, above the bait, hoping that it would secure it. It kinda works, but also gets pushed up. ( a used a smaller hook on the day that I took this photo, just in case there was something smaller in the water)

Please guys, hows some tips, as I really enjoy casting - but at R5+ per bait, it is getting expensive.



Ps. as I wrote this and looked at the photo again, I just though that I could cable tie the bottom jaw to the line. I am not sure how well it will grip on the line, as there  is quite alot of force.

pps. I am talking about casting the bait really far...really giving it stick.


I await the wisdom of my Sealine Friends.

 

[porkhead]

Ahh, sorry guys. Wrong section.

 

[Whaler]

Quite simple, stick a tooth pic through the eye of the hook into the flesh and bind over it, problem solved.

 

[Simen]

porkhead wrote:

Hi Guys,

I have been really getting into casting baits and experimenting with different combinations, mix grills etc.

2 big baits out on the slide and one on the cast .....  heaven.

I am casting a 6oz weed eater. Bait is normally a half mackerel, with a bit of prawn.

The problem that I am having is that when the bait hits the water, the force is pushing the bait up the line. When I reel it in, there is 10cm of line and then only the hook. (waste of time).

When clipping a sinker, the hook always hits the water in such a manner that the bait gets forced up the line on impact.

No matter how hard you tie the bait onto the hook it will tend to slip upwards.

Using a toothpick is one option, tying a piece of floatation on the hook before baiting up is a second, or third is when baiting up- first wrap the cotton onto the hook a good couple of times, then add the bait, wrap the bait say quarter of the way up and then down again so that you can wrap the cotton on the hook again.

Then proceed wrapping the bait upwards again BUT remove the line from the bait ( just above the quarter)and do a couple of wraps on the line as you wood do in the beginning with the hook, then repeat first explained procedure, do it every quarter untill you reach the top.

By doing so you are anchoring your bait and cotton directly onto the line and hook.

When not clipping the bait usually hits the water trailing the sinker in other words upside down pushing the bait towards the bend in the hook.

I am clipping the sinker onto the hook. I am trying to make the hook as proud as possible, so that the sinker does not push the bait up, but 8 times out of 10, it comes back stuffed. I have tried binding it really tight, but even that does not always work.

As you can see in the photo below, I even tried binding some float foam, above the bait, hoping that it would secure it. It kinda works, but also gets pushed up. ( a used a smaller hook on the day that I took this photo, just in case there was something smaller in the water)

Please guys, hows some tips, as I really enjoy casting - but at R5+ per bait, it is getting expensive.



Ps. as I wrote this and looked at the photo again, I just though that I could cable tie the bottom jaw to the line. I am not sure how well it will grip on the line, as there  is quite alot of force.

pps. I am talking about casting the bait really far...really giving it stick.


I await the wisdom of my Sealine Friends.

 

[porkhead]

Howzit.

Ok, what I did was turned the bait around, with the hook coming out of the mouth of the bait.

Pin it, wrap tight and problem 98% solved.

Thanks to Simen and all that assisted.

 

[Fluffy]

My sugestion would be use two hooks....with top hook through lips and clip the sinker on the top hook....works for me...