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Post by eggroll on Dec 9, 2009 15:42:35 GMT
When fishing from a pier or wall what is the maximum weight of fish that can be reeled up safely without the use of a drop net. Kind regards.
Alex
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2009 16:39:54 GMT
Depends on gear been used, at Bempton they wind cod up the side of the cliffs.
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Post by tommy1 on Dec 9, 2009 19:08:45 GMT
Don't know for sure mate, but you'll do it easier with a multiplier as opposed to a fixed spool reel, having said that, i would advise investing in a drop net, no good for such as bempton, but a godsend for piers, i think mine cost £17 ish from the tackle shop in whitby.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2009 22:04:41 GMT
There is a lot of factor involved.
How strong is your line (with a set of gloves you can hand line up larger fish) Heavy main line allows bigger fish to be hauled up hand over hand when fishing alone.
Hooks thin gage sea hooks can bend Hooks need to be strong to cope with lifting fish through mid air
Do you want to return the fish or eat it? As you have to use the drop net to put the fish back as some times the impact returning the fish can kill it.
Another tip is add plenty of lead to the bottom of the net so that it sinks easily in the water and is less affected by the running tide.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2009 9:20:36 GMT
To be honest Ive never had a fish off a Yorkshire pier thats needed a drop net, all my better fish have come from beaches or rock marks. Although Whitby has started to do some good pollack through the summer.
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Post by scrivy on Dec 18, 2009 20:22:36 GMT
I've lost a few fish in the past trying to haul them up piers so I always use a drop-net for anything bigger than mackerel now. That said, with strong line and hooks that won't bend it is possible to land slarger fish without one. I made my drop net myself using an old coarse landing net head and some rope and it seems to work well, just make sure its well weighted at the bottom.
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Post by jerseyman on Dec 21, 2009 20:09:53 GMT
Up to a couple of pound, Aberdeen hooks around 2-2/0 will be alright up 20-30ft.
Even using vikings [or whatever the current pattern is called]
you would risk dropping a 3-4lb fish kicking around. Most sea fish caught on the bottom will be deep hooked and liftable, until the day you hook that mythically 10lber.
Then again, that 2lb plaice spinning gaily in the tide, do you really want to lift it?
And the fact that having one, allows you to return unwanted fish safely,is a good reason to have one as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2010 13:39:58 GMT
I once made a Drop net out of a boys bycycle wheel ( it must be a spoked wheel though )i then took all the spokes off the wheel, and then used bottom half of a Keep net ( old one out of shed ) fastened the
keep net to the spoke holes in the wheel, and then got some good strong rope !/4 of an inch Dia or it could cut your fingers tie it like a hanging basket on three points of the wheel then to a stout ring, then tie your main hauling rope to the ring, make the three pieces of rope at least 18 inches from wheel to ring
I found that the best length to let fish in the drop net. Hope this helps
Fus
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