Hand lining 12 mile style Abbasid guide

[Lenny]

I don't know to much about bill fishing ect , but I read these thread the off shore guys have .


I have a bit of a contribution .


Most of us , use hand lines when fishing for bottoms .


All of the commercials catch this way too .


This is a basic need to know guide .


Ps , the debate about why a hand line , well is much much quicker and an art in a way . These methods are donkey  years old .


You will need .


Few handline hanks ( coils)


23 kg 33 kg redfish ( winter generally)
45 / 58 64 kg geelbek / kob silvers .


80 /90 100 120 and 140 kg for yellowtail / sharks ect .


Hooks 6/0 8/0 Kendall's redfish silvers . And the 9/0 snoek hoek.


Kob 10/0 Kendal 10/ snoek hook .


Tail 10 / 11 and the 12 snoek hooks .


Bek 12 snoek or the biggest you can find .


Sharp knife / stone .


Vingerlapppies / gloves ( you buy them at any tackle shop )
Some skirts in 10 or 12 cm .
Biggest 3 way swivel you can get .


Shopping basket .

[Lenny]

You're need a few of these leads , the ones with the string and swivel , 4/6 8 /10/12/16 ounce.


Then you'll need some serious weight for the deep areas up to 60 fathoms . And for when there current .
But mainly , current .

[Lenny]

You'll need a few beads the big ones as in the above picture .


Then you'll need a few haspers/ plankies or yoyos . They available at tackle shops .
Note/ lines from 23 kg to 85/90 kg fits on these yoyos , line over those breaking strains you'll ever need a plankie.


The slim guys , buy 3 coils at once and split the 300 m coil into 2 150 m lines . ( for the deep areas )

[Lenny]

A bit more a bit later

[dodger]

that must be ruddy hard work,