Swim bait trace Mike "Mongoose" version.

[Half-Pint]

The thimbles won't go through the eye of a power swivel. The equivalent size power swivel is actually stronger than a ball bearing swivel

[steve m]

The thimbles won't go through the eye of a power swivel. The equivalent size power swivel is actually stronger than a ball bearing swivel

but if you do the flemish eye you dont need thimbles and they do fit through the 3/0 just checked now...

[REEFMAN]

Steve you must remember that us GP okes only get to fish 2 or 3 times a year, and because of that, we need to make sure that our tackle is as bullet-proof as possible. No time for errors and breakages. No time for tears and "if only's". So we try do it as bullet-proof as possible. I've seen plenty power swivels go pop when fishing for GT's... I get so little time to fish that I'm not prepared to take a risk on something I'm not 100% certain about? Dunno if that makes sense, and maybe our tackle setups are a bit overkill, but I prefer minimizing my chances of losing that one fish of a lifetime.

[MIKE PIKE]

Steve the thimble is more to protect the cable where it goes through the swivel  and vice versa .

[Kumz]

Picked these puppies up yesterday R10 each ...Eagle claw 20'o ...

[John F]

Hey Kumz... those circles look good.... think they be strong enough for a  ?

Guess what I'm thinking....

[Kumz]

Hey Kumz... those circles look good.... think they be strong enough for a  ?

Guess what I'm thinking....

I wud def think so ...,.,
 
U want sum ???
It is freaking cheap ... Clearance sale - a mate arranged them for me ...

[John F]

YEAH!!!!

Please get at least 10 of them if you can...

Thanks!

[Kumz]

YEAH!!!!

Please get at least 10 of them if you can...

Thanks!

will let u know once i get them ???

[John F]

 :fnx:

[Hooch]

Gents, if you look ast a swim bait that has been crowed, were is the bite marks normally? And everybody suggest we pin the shark next to its dorsal fin? Hence we still use a one hook setup? No pun intended, but look at some pics of sharks that were chowed, and you will see that 95% of the time the tail gets chowed. This is to immobilise the shark completely. That is why my swimbait trace for sharks not rays has two hooks. A J hook to pin it at the dorsal fin and a big circle for the tail. Me thinks you will have a bigger hookup rate that way than with just one hook.

[Sylvester]

Nice looking trace! Very neat. I would go with 2 J-hooks as well but not bound back to back, rather one pinned just ahead of the dorsal fin and one between the dorsal and the tail.


Also why use S/S hooks? They are a menace if lost in the fishes mouth!!

[MIKE PIKE]

Agreed i'm going to make some variations on the next trace and on the one already made (flattened barbs on the s/s hooks) and on the next trace a "J" hook for pinning the swimbait and a circle slightly further back on the trace but not in the swimbait , more like a skelm hook but snelled of course trailing behind the dorsal or it can be attached to the tail area.