swimbait trace for a large edible

[bryant]

howzit buggers,  listen need advice.... going to mili and i want to swim some big southern pompano, bonefish or even kings for those size blacktips........ I have swam sharks for sharks, but swimming a edible, what would you say the best trace is?
 
 
also where can one buy those hook clips for sinkers, the plain wire ones?

[REEFMAN]

Bryant, don't think the Trace should be that much different from swimming an Ined, because your Target species would be much the same? The difference would come I think in taking greater care with "pinning" the Bait, as they are not as tough as swimming a small shark?

The Sinker Hook clips look like the pic below... very easy to make your own?!
Or you can contact Harold Venter on http://www.baitcarriers.co.za/ - he makes them.

[Half-Pint]

Bryant I agree with Reefz you will still want max tackle. My advice though would be to make a few traces with different gauges of wire. Swim the first one as heavy as you dare then if it drowns from the weight of the wire you can swim a lighter trace second time round

[Action Man]

Double number six or triple number 5 piano wire trace about 3m in length! must rember its an edible it gets chowed alot quicker. also not heavy big hooks, back to back 10/0 daichii"s work well

[Action Man]

An dont waste your time with a fish under 3kg, rather slide it out. The smaller baits once pinned wont leave the shallows as they cant swim properly with the drag of the trace an line. You have to try scale down you tackle. I would not swim an ebile with anything Stronger than .50 an 1mm leader or your bait will not make it longer than 20min in the water

[bryant]

Shot for the replies.....   Will scale down a little from my shark swim rig... Like you say reefs the pinning it essential...  So will prob go for 10/0's and tripple piano wire, feel that cable is still alot of drag......
 
I wont swin anything less than 5kg, cant stand battling with a thing that does not want to swim,,,,, looks like my trini 50 will get its first mozi tour (recon it needs a break from the t.skei)...   Only use the new perlon leader, that stuff is awesome, super super abrasion resistant.... the 1.2 is stronger than 1.5 in some brands and its tough....  using it for sliding now aswell, the 0.9 is stronger than 1 mm  in most brands..... casts further 2......
 
Reef - what steel are those clips made from??? I find that some of the clips on the sinkers bend strsight, and those impi clips snap!!!! so looking for a solution...

[REEFMAN]

1.6mm spring steel I think.