There goes the quite peaceful trip down the beach.
fish-feeder wrote: I wouldnt bother with a weed eater motor man,it wouldnt handle the weight of a decent set of fish at all. Get a mobility scooter motor off trade me,theyre 12/24v and work mint,then look at getting a good quality drum/spool made up out of stainless or alloy (10mm) cause a hell of a lot of tension on the drum will encourage fail points,believe me,lol.
My system is a bit crude looking,but it definately does the job,the most weight ive pulled in was a 9kg snapper and a 6ft bronzy on the same set,if anythings going to fail,it will be the joins/knots/crimps in the line,or as i found out a few weeks back,the bridle where the lower kite attaches to the main line.
It can be done fairly cheaply,i make my own dropper lines with stoppers every 2mtrs,that saves me $70,i also make my own trace clips.
the hardest bit of making the setup is making sure your drum can handle all the weight of the line,sinkers,kite/wind and the fish.
Fix your drum onto the axle of the scooter motor with a grub screw so you can freespool it out,then tighten and retrieve your gear.I also have made my winch so that i cal take the drum off the motor incase of an over run or tangle,its no fun unknotting a km or two of line on the beach,with alot of wind,makes it more likely you will lose some part of the line,or have the dropper rig get washed about in the surf,not a nice thing to have to do.
Ill take a pic of my rough and ready winch for you and point out whats what.
But yeah,forget anything thats petrol powered,you only want a meter every 2 seconds coming back onto the drum,any faster and if you get a snag,by the time you notice its too late,your line will snap.seeyaa gear. |
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