fishnNauru
08-06-2011, 05:46 PM
So was out the other day on a friends boat, fishing around Nauru. We were out near some feeding noddies and he had a winch and dive board and a very experienced halco 190 fire tiger and caught about everything.
I was flatline trolling with a rod and reel and he outfished me for 4 hrs.
The end tally was 2 yellowfin, 2 skipjack, a 9kg wahoo and rainbow runner. We lost two to the dolphins and another wahoo at the boat. Of the 9 hooked, 7 were on the dive board line. I even tried my halco fire tiger and the fish still wanted to eat his on the dive board. He reckons the board went down about 3m, and the lure about 1m.
So does anyone else use dive boards, and if so what ones and what do you run off them, and what is your set up.
I hate winches as they are too commercial and unsporting, but they sure help u get the fish in quick to avoid the flipper and shark thiefs. His winch had 200-300lb mono to the dive board (a #9 or #10 Yo-zuri at a guess)then 80lb trace of ~15m from db to the lure.
I hope to get my own large dive board and maybe rig my rod line off the back via a rubberband and keep the dive board on some heavy mono off a handline.
So...any dive board users willing to share their thoughts and insight and rigs???
I have a few small paravanes but i doubt they would keep a halco 190 2m diver down.
I was flatline trolling with a rod and reel and he outfished me for 4 hrs.
The end tally was 2 yellowfin, 2 skipjack, a 9kg wahoo and rainbow runner. We lost two to the dolphins and another wahoo at the boat. Of the 9 hooked, 7 were on the dive board line. I even tried my halco fire tiger and the fish still wanted to eat his on the dive board. He reckons the board went down about 3m, and the lure about 1m.
So does anyone else use dive boards, and if so what ones and what do you run off them, and what is your set up.
I hate winches as they are too commercial and unsporting, but they sure help u get the fish in quick to avoid the flipper and shark thiefs. His winch had 200-300lb mono to the dive board (a #9 or #10 Yo-zuri at a guess)then 80lb trace of ~15m from db to the lure.
I hope to get my own large dive board and maybe rig my rod line off the back via a rubberband and keep the dive board on some heavy mono off a handline.
So...any dive board users willing to share their thoughts and insight and rigs???
I have a few small paravanes but i doubt they would keep a halco 190 2m diver down.