Thread: Long Line Traces

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Gave trace tying a first go. Can't buy anything useful in a kayak friendly sized. Found a hundred 5/0 circle hooks languishing in a box, bought on a clearance special. Bought a hundred long line clips to go with then, figured they'd disappear over time and might as well share the freight with myself. The odd couple a little loose, another odd couple a little tight but mostly spot on. Reasonably happy for a first effort. The trace rack is some 80mm PVC downpipe cut to 260mm with 8mm deep slits (roughly).

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Very pretty,Joe's tame sharks are gunna love them

When living near Waihi Beach (sandy bottom) we used the following longline bits. (A) 450 -500mm galvanised chain as an anchor as easy to recover. It was clipped to backbone and dropper line via small ‘shark clips’. (B) Backbone was commercial stuff, cut to approx 50m so one hook every two stoppers. This prevented tangling of traces. (C) Traces were snooded on like your hooks. We used the square jawed commercial type (name forgotten, but think it started with letter W). Traces were 15Kg weight (Kingis) and about the width of a bread crate as we used that for our trace holder. (D) Flag was bright orange AND black. It was pop riveted to about 1500mm of plastic conduit, that was fed through a cottonreel type polystyrene buoy. Chain was attached to the protruding conduit under the buoy to hold the flagpole vertical in wind. (E) Recovery reel was an electric fence one. It was held on knees by crew as I pulled in line and undid fish. When out alone, I fitted the reel to a rodholder via suitable broom handle offcut. (F) The line was set and recovered after 40-45 minutes only. This system slayed hundreds of fish.