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16-01-2013, 14:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Brisbane, australia
Boat: Jarkan 10.5
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Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
Hi would love to know your thoughts and practices for fishing and hauling in palagics while under sail , cheers.
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16-01-2013, 14:34
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
i fish using a mexican style rig--only the 200 pound test and a good lure. when i catch a fishie, my slipknot breaks and i hand over hand the fish into my boat. yum. i use nop fancy bs items--my way is sooo simple it has to work, and does....
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16-01-2013, 16:01
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Registered User

Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cruising Greece
Boat: Cat in the med & Trawler in Florida
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
ive done it the same way Zee and I have used a fishing pole- both work , a
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16-01-2013, 16:09
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Fethiye Turkey
Boat: Lagoon 440
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
Was amazed the amount of people in this years ARC race that were catching Mahi-Mahi not knowing what they were and wondering if they were edible? Go figure!
We use an olde game rod around 6 ft long with a Penn Senator, works a treat and is also good for bottom fishing on reef. Many a meal has been winched in with him, were using hand lines with a rubber ring (ex toilet seal) as a shock absorber however the cut fingers damn hurt!
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16-01-2013, 17:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched]
Boat: 50ft powercat, light,long and low powered
Posts: 4,409
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
Hitler's Tips & techniques for trolling
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16-01-2013, 17:46
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
Quote:
Originally Posted by cat man do
Hitler's Tips & techniques for trolling
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great- i have to re-use this one
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16-01-2013, 17:51
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Marathon FL
Boat: Endeavour 35, 1984,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cat man do
Hitler's Tips & techniques for trolling
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Jokes with Hitler are never funny, only proved bad taste and strange sense of humor....
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16-01-2013, 17:51
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Mexico
Boat: 19T Gaff Cutter
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
same way as Zee, only use old bicycle tire tube for shock load........happy catching !!
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16-01-2013, 17:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched]
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alecadi
Jokes with Hitler are never funny, only proved bad taste and strange sense of humor....
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So they are funny if you have a strange sense of humour?
Is that what you said?
Then it is funny?
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16-01-2013, 18:03
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
If you can troll successfully in pelagic waters, your boat is too slow.
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16-01-2013, 18:09
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Registered User
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Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched]
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bash
If you can troll successfully in pelagic waters, your boat is too slow.
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I have pulled Spanish mackerel and wahoo at 10+ knots on many occasions
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16-01-2013, 18:10
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: B.C. Canada / San Carlos, Sonora
Boat: Tayana 37
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
[QUOTE=cat man do;1131790]So they are funny if you have a strange sense of humour?
Is that what you said?
Then it is funny?
Oh yeah, well done!
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16-01-2013, 18:53
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Galveston, TX
Boat: Block Island 40
Posts: 90
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
I tie a 100' length of parachute chord to a stern cleat and then tie a 50' length of 100lb test line to the end of that with a leader on the end.
I take up about 6' of slack on the parachute chord and tie a bicycle innertube to it to act s a shock-chord when the fish strikes. The tube sets the hook without ripping the fish's lips off.
I let the fish fight the chord tied to the boat for a couple of minutes then I just pull it in.
It is a lot easier than you would think to just pull a 20-30lb fish in on a hand line. I always figur I could use a winch if it was too big but I've not had that problem yet. s easy as it has been to haul in the fish I've caught so far, I figure I will cut the line for any fish that would require the use of the winch.
This has been quick and simple. Not very sporting but it put's dinner on the table.
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16-01-2013, 18:56
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Boat - Greece - Me - Michigan
Boat: 56' Fountaine Pajot Marquises
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
There are some really good fishing threads here on the CF if you do a google search for them. My only advice is that one sure way to not catch them is never put the line in the water. I had heard that almost no one caught tuna in the Med anymore so we didn't fish for two months. Finally threw the lines in and caught two within 4 hours.
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16-01-2013, 20:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
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Re: Tips & techniques for trolling under sail
And an excellent fishing reference book for cruisers:
The Cruiser's Handbook of Fishing: Scott Bannerot, Wendy Bannerot: 9780071427883: Amazon.com: Books
Also, easy to make up your own trolling lures. I keep a stock of hooks, swivels, SS leader, silicone skirts of various popular colors (green/white, blue/white, ...), old bits of frayed line and small plumbing parts. Some of these "Home Depot Specials" have proven quite popular.
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