Posted: 4/19/2013 5:21:23 PM EDT
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So have you guys done it and is it fun? I am thinking about giving it a try when I go fishing for Stripped Bass in the summer. ETA: I'll have a rod as well so it wont be my only method of fishing. |
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Quoted: Why? The only people that I know that handline fish are Mexican's who do not buy fishing licenses. That way they can just drop the line if anyone comes by to check licenses. They also do this at pay lakes to fish without buying a fishing pass. LOL IT's good survival training in my mind cause I can fit it in my survival bag vs a rod.
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So have you guys done it and is it fun? I am thinking about giving it a try when I go fishing for Stripped Bass in the summer. ETA: I'll have a rod as well so it wont be my only method of fishing. Stripped bass sounds like they should be a light version of a normal bass. Despite the Mexican comments above, that is where I learned how to do it. I learned, right away, that hand lining was easier than the rod and reel for mahi and tuna. I don't know why, but it was super easy and fast. |
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It's fun for large saltwater fish..
We usually do it once or twice a year on the boring fish like rays and sharks.. Kind of a manly thing to go old school and see of you can do it I guess.. It much more fun to go all old man and the see and do it from a small zodiac or the like. Helps wear down the fish while they pull you around, is much more easy to deal with all the slack line when its at a pile on your feet. In a large boat you have to move around to follow the fish.. Hard to do with a pile of line. In a small boat the fish just turns the whole boat and you never have to move. Get into a 80-200 pound thresher shark or even larger mako and its a pretty fun few hours and some good eating with a hell of a story while cooking the fucker! |
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Why? The only people that I know that handline fish are Mexican's who do not buy fishing licenses. That way they can just drop the line if anyone comes by to check licenses. They also do this at pay lakes to fish without buying a fishing pass. Yep and if they do get caught they don't have a 50 dollar rig that will get confiscated. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Why? The only people that I know that handline fish are Mexican's who do not buy fishing licenses. That way they can just drop the line if anyone comes by to check licenses. They also do this at pay lakes to fish without buying a fishing pass. Yep and if they do get caught they don't have a 50 dollar rig that will get confiscated. Exactly. My brother is a conservation police officer. He encounters this type of stuff every day. If you don't have a license and have fish he will take your fish and fishing equipment. |
Once they are caught you do have to reel in the line from the jug by hand.
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So hand lining is not popular at all.  There's no point in it for people who can afford rods and reels, or cane poles, or jugs or trotlines.....which pretty much means all of us. Damn not even from a survival prepper point of view. I'd find a stick to tie my line to. |
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So hand lining is not popular at all. There's no point in it for people who can afford rods and reels, or cane poles, or jugs or trotlines.....which pretty much means all of us. Damn not even from a survival prepper point of view. Most places that have water have sticks I can tie my lines to. YMMV. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So hand lining is not popular at all. There's no point in it for people who can afford rods and reels, or cane poles, or jugs or trotlines.....which pretty much means all of us. Damn not even from a survival prepper point of view. At least throw some line, hooks, sinker, and some bobbers in your prep gear? Then you can use a stick. In the late 80s I had a collapsible spinning rod. It would collapse down to about 16 inches. Extended it was probably 5 feet.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So hand lining is not popular at all. There's no point in it for people who can afford rods and reels, or cane poles, or jugs or trotlines.....which pretty much means all of us. Damn not even from a survival prepper point of view. At least throw some line, hooks, sinker, and some bobbers in your prep gear? Then you can use a stick. In the late 80s I had a collapsible spinning rod. It would collapse down to about 16 inches. Extended it was probably 5 feet. LOL your right about the stick. thanks
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