Drift Fishing

[iam537]

OK Guys one query!!! Me, Kel, Vern and Patrick are going drift fishing so what sort of rig to use and how long the leader should be?

[physlo]

It's better to avoid long trace line as you might get snag easily. Keep it to the minimun. A running sinker would be a better choice if the current is not so strong.

cheers!
physlo..

[kelvingerard]

OK Guys one query!!! Me, Kel, Vern and Patrick are going drift fishing so what sort of rig to use and how long the leader should be?

Les - Apollo 13. That's the one

[iam537]

It's better to avoid long trace line as you might get snag easily. Keep it to the minimun. A running sinker would be a better choice if the current is not so strong.

cheers!
physlo..

But wouldn't it also cause a snag as well since your running sinker is above your leader. BTW how long should you leader be then?

Kel - Apollo 13!!! Use Aqua-naut to tie the rig rite :P

[stickbom!]

Apollo 13= Apollo rig tied with No. 13 Seaguar Fluorocarbon line + 13 droppers + 13 hooks

[dorado_02]

Hi Les,
For me, apollo will be better. Less sangkot, let the sinker touch bottom and just lift up a bit (maybe one ft). Keep doing slow jigging and try to feel the bottom. If touch , lift up a bit, if never touch for sometime, release until it touches bottom and repeat the cycles.
Good luck. By the way , where are you all going ?

Cheers.

[kelvingerard]

It's better to avoid long trace line as you might get snag easily. Keep it to the minimun. A running sinker would be a better choice if the current is not so strong.

cheers!
physlo..

But wouldn't it also cause a snag as well since your running sinker is above your leader. BTW how long should you leader be then?

Kel - Apollo 13!!! Use Aqua-naut to tie the rig rite :P

Hahahaha .... yup! Oh anycase, I will be there with you. Been with the skipper before so no probs. Just make sure your apollo hook don't touch the bottom - tie it a little higher.

[kelvingerard]

Apollo 13= Apollo rig tied with No. 13 Seaguar Fluorocarbon line + 13 droppers + 13 hooks

Mikey

Any fish that takes that rig must be really SPACED OUT!

But will definitely snag a "space-rock".

[iam537]

Hi Les,
For me, apollo will be better. Less sangkot, let the sinker touch bottom and just lift up a bit (maybe one ft). Keep doing slow jigging and try to feel the bottom. If touch , lift up a bit, if never touch for sometime, release until it touches bottom and repeat the cycles.
Good luck. By the way , where are you all going ?

Cheers.

Karim,

We are fishing around southern islands, though have not fished with the boatman so giving him a try lah. Anyway its been a long time since I fished there.

[stickbom!]

We ought to give the Japanese bait fishing styles a try one of these days. They basically use a berley dispenser as weight and seem to have rather good success on food fish. Must try and get a Japanese friend to give me some tips on this some time.

[kelvingerard]

We ought to give the Japanese bait fishing styles a try one of these days. They basically use a berley dispenser as weight and seem to have rather good success on food fish. Must try and get a Japanese friend to give me some tips on this some time.

Yep. I think Irvin brought one of those to Trikora two weeks ago.

Must really look out tho - if snagged, very very expensive hobby (not that it's very cheap now).

[iam537]

We ought to give the Japanese bait fishing styles a try one of these days. They basically use a berley dispenser as weight and seem to have rather good success on food fish. Must try and get a Japanese friend to give me some tips on this some time.

Yep. I think Irvin brought one of those to Trikora two weeks ago.

Must really look out tho - if snagged, very very expensive hobby (not that it's very cheap now).

Too bad he left it in TP. Think its a good idea using berley cages as sinker as well.