Trolling with handlines

[sboyes]

has anyone had any success with trolling with handlines? a mate of mine took me out a year or so ago and we trolled with handlines and cleaned up!!!!
he had like a big rubber 'O' ring say 10mm think or so with the handline attatched to that somehow. any help would be hugely appreciated......THANKS

[NeilD]

A lot of cruising boats use them. !00-150lb mono to an large O ring, more mono to a steel trace and something like a feather or spoon on the end. They catch a lot of fish.

[devocean]

Wish I could take you out to the local mack patch. Pros everywhere using handlines, piano wire attached to spoons. Had a mate catch a 10kg spanish on the weekend on handline trolling. Some advice get some gloves or finger stools or else you will feel the pain. Good fun though

[fnqbunyip]

Heaps of people use hand lines to troll. I use bike tube as a rubber . 20m VB cord then 30m 2.5mm s/s wire rope then 10m No 8 piano wire and a 5" spoon . Seems to do the job . Attach the VB cord to hand line then tie bike tube on put a loop in the VB cord and tie to other end of bike tube , this gives the spring efect to set the hook and you line is still attached to something for the real big one ../ hope that helps good luck
fnqbunyip

[Burley_Boy]

umm , so whats wrong with using a tld??

[devocean]

Not enough blood

[scuttlebutt]

Handlines are just as effective as rods, but there's something addictive about a screaming ratchet going off in a rod holder.

Praying for a break in the weather,

cheers,

Steve

[mattooty]

Theres a few guyz around here who spool heavy duty handlines up with a fool roll of bricky's cord and then have a long trace of wire and a bit single hook spoon style thingy.
They all use gloves as a handline is not the safest of all objects.
Cheers
Matt

[devocean]

Ratchet never sounds as good as ya mate yelling as the line peels through his fingers

[Needmorerum]

I use cord rope on the alvey handline reel, with the large bearing swivel to about 4m of 800lb Jenkai onto a paravane, with another 6-8m of 800lb jenkai to a large spoon. Works well for mack.

Corry