Long Line Gear Longline, Traps and Trawl are the prefered methods of catching deep water fish. Longline involves a lot of hand work. The hooks are indivually tied to a short leader and tied again to a groundline. The hooks are spaced 3 feet apart. The groundline and hooks are baited and meticulously coiled into tubs. This fisherman has 300 hooks in a tub - when stretched out, the line is 1000 feet long. He sets 5-10 tubs in one string. Back to Fishing Gear - Traps On to Fishing Gear - Buoys
Longline, Traps and Trawl are the prefered methods of catching deep water fish. Longline involves a lot of hand work.
The hooks are indivually tied to a short leader and tied again to a groundline.
The hooks are spaced 3 feet apart.
The groundline and hooks are baited and meticulously coiled into tubs.
This fisherman has 300 hooks in a tub - when stretched out, the line is 1000 feet long. He sets 5-10 tubs in one string.
Back to Fishing Gear - Traps On to Fishing Gear - Buoys
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