fishing?

[gabid]

Seapup, Thanks for the post. I ordered a couple of those yo-yo from bass pro. I'll leave them on the boat with a couple lures for anytime we feel like dropping a line. When I was fishing in zihuantenejo in Mexico the local fisherman were 30 miles offshore fishing for giant tuna only using handlines in 14' aluminum boats. My guide said that's how they always do it. I was amazed then because these are fish that get up to 300-400 lbs.

I'm not a fisherman, I am just curious how would one pull in the line once you have the fish in the hook. By hand?

[cptron]

Seapup, Thanks for the post. I ordered a couple of those yo-yo from bass pro. I'll leave them on the boat with a couple lures for anytime we feel like dropping a line. When I was fishing in zihuantenejo in Mexico the local fisherman were 30 miles offshore fishing for giant tuna only using handlines in 14' aluminum boats. My guide said that's how they always do it. I was amazed then because these are fish that get up to 300-400 lbs.

I'm not a fisherman, I am just curious how would one pull in the line once you have the fish in the hook. By hand?

I had a couple of questions too when I read this post. If you Google Cuban Yo-Yo reel on you tube you will get a video on how they are used.

[NiceAft]

From another site:

Claude was the only one in the community catchin’ any fish. Folks was goin’ and they wasn’t catchin’ nothin’. Old Claude Ledbetter, he’d come with a pickup truck loaded down. So the State Game and Fish Commission of Mississippi decided they’d go fishin’ with Claude, just see how he was catchin’em. Claude told ’em – popped off – said, y’all don’t know how to do it. Y’all ought to just go with me and watch me.
Well, the game warden got in the boat with him and they took off out in the middle of the river.
The game warden said, “Alright Claude, I’m gonna see how you catchin’ all these fish when cain’t nobody else catch none.”
Claude raised the lid on the boat seat, got a big, long stick a dynamite. Lit the fuse on it. Let it go down kinda short, then drawed back and chucked it. Boom! Them big catfish come turnin’ they belly up, whoopin’ it outa that water, and Claude was just gettin’em by the tub full.
The game warden said, “Boy, that’s against the law, you cain’t do that. Don’t you know you’re breakin’ the law?”
Well, Claude done lit another big stick a dynamite, handed it to the game warden; it goin’ phsssssh!
The game warden took that stick a dynamite and said, “This is against the law! You cain’t do this!”
Claude said, “You gonna set there and argue, or fish?”

I really love fishing and plan to do some from the Mac. I know this boat isn't the best fishing vessel but do you guys have any pointers or any mods that you love in regards to fishing? We have rod holders and a pretty good fish finder/chartplotter. Thanks!

The really scary story is, that's how a friend of mine would go fishing in Russia.

He was a major in the soviet army, and was stationed in Siberia. He told me that he would go to a local lake, throw in a stick of dynamite, and then collect the fish. True story, no fish tail.

Ray

[Seapup]

I'm not a fisherman, I am just curious how would one pull in the line once you have the fish in the hook. By hand?

Basically yes. Its a technique you get used to, kind of like playing a salmon on a flyrod. Small fish you can just pull in, larger ones the spool is in your left hand and you use a rolling motion of your left wrist to "reel" in. You are not turning the yoyo like a winch, the line is perpendicular to it and your hands work together like a traditional spinning reel functions. The moving boat and 100+ ft of heavy stretchy monofilament drag through the water tire the fish out. You as the rod basically just need to keep a constant tension & I find you can take and give slack manually quicker than a traditional reel. It sounded absurd to me at first, but once I started learning it I became a big fan its convince/function and actual technique. Its a bit of a ego trip fighting a fish by hand, makes them taste that much better

I have only used the larger 9" ones they sell on ebay. The smaller ones may be harder to use as a "reel" when fighting a fish. Drill a few holes in the lip and your rig stays hooked ready to go.