Windfishing
By Tom
I was on the mainland for my birthday so I really milked it and mangaged to pull off an extra birthday beach BBQ at Sprecks last Sunday. It was supposed to be a Speed day, but the wind was onshore at 5-8 knots so the speed got postponed. There were at least half a dozen SUP boards at the beach enjoying the conditions.
I decided to try my windfishing rig. It is very simple with a fish bag on the nose and a hand line attached to the mastfoot. I trolled a local style whipping rig. It has a small float 4 feet ahead of a small jelly lure. The idea is that the float makes lots of spray and bubbles which attracts the fish. The fish then sees the small bite size lure and chomp - fish on! This is of course the theory although I had never caught anything with this rig. I did a coulple of runs over the reef, but decided the lure was too close. I stopped and let out another 30 feet of line and gave it another shot.
The float disappeared under the water and I thought I had a small fish. When I dropped the rig and started pulling the line in nothing pulled back. I assumed I had broken the float off and just sailed to the beach. I put my board up on the beach and then pulled the line in, and to my surprise there was a good sized Omilu on the end of it!
Needless to say the fish went straight on the BBQ along with a nice Palani that Diony speared free-diving. It was a great BBQ and a lot of fun was had by all!
I was on the mainland for my birthday so I really milked it and mangaged to pull off an extra birthday beach BBQ at Sprecks last Sunday. It was supposed to be a Speed day, but the wind was onshore at 5-8 knots so the speed got postponed. There were at least half a dozen SUP boards at the beach enjoying the conditions.
I decided to try my windfishing rig. It is very simple with a fish bag on the nose and a hand line attached to the mastfoot. I trolled a local style whipping rig. It has a small float 4 feet ahead of a small jelly lure. The idea is that the float makes lots of spray and bubbles which attracts the fish. The fish then sees the small bite size lure and chomp - fish on! This is of course the theory although I had never caught anything with this rig. I did a coulple of runs over the reef, but decided the lure was too close. I stopped and let out another 30 feet of line and gave it another shot.
The float disappeared under the water and I thought I had a small fish. When I dropped the rig and started pulling the line in nothing pulled back. I assumed I had broken the float off and just sailed to the beach. I put my board up on the beach and then pulled the line in, and to my surprise there was a good sized Omilu on the end of it!
Needless to say the fish went straight on the BBQ along with a nice Palani that Diony speared free-diving. It was a great BBQ and a lot of fun was had by all!
posted by Jeffrey, Glenn and Tom at
7/02/2008 12:47:00 PM
2 Comments:
Get ready to share details next time I stop by... I need to start doing that too!
I'm not sure I'm the expert on this subject! Maybe get tips from Jammie Debussey, Maxi or one of the good guys who know what they are doing.
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