what are paravanes?
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Topic: what are paravanes?
Posted By: fishin mad
Subject: what are paravanes?
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 10:07am
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what are paravanes? and where can u buy them and 4 how much. would they suit a smallish dinghy and how do they catch fish. cheers  |
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 10:40am
| Paravanes are used to set a lure or a usually live bait down to a certain depth when trolling. it is a rather advanced fishing technique, you would be best to stick to the basics for now. |
Posted By: CEEBEE
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 11:31am
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I bought one years ago...used it once and stuck it in the box!!!
I do recall about 35 years ago using an "otter" board which is effective in a river for getting a line out to the middle (No fishing rod). It is simply a piece of 6"X1" board with 45 Deg angles at each end, place in current and voila it moves outward toward the middle dragging a few baited hooks underneath. ------------- I STARTED THE DAY WITH NO FISH AND I STILL HAVE PLENTY LEFT |
Posted By: Raging Bull
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 3:48pm
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ou can get a very basic one which has a small lure on it and is attached to a hand line, i have one and use it for catching Kahawai to use as live bait for kingfish. If you picture a paper dart, it is the same as a paravane. The line is attached to the nose, the nose also has a weight on it so when it is in the water the nose points down and causes it to dive down. Mine then has a shot lenght of line with a kahawai lure attached to the back. This means when the Kahawai grab the lure this put weight at the back of paravane (dart) and causes it to rise up to the surface. They are great for kahawai workups or when you just miss the work up and the kahawai have gone deeper, you can toe it around behind the boat and get the lure down to mid water rather than on the surface. If im by myself i just chuck it out the back and watch for the paravane to surface and pull the fish in. These are pretty cheap, around $20. So if you want to catch kahawai out of your dingy id say give it a go. As smudge said they can pretty complicated if you want to use bigger flasher versions for setting livies for marlin etc. Heres a very basic one which i have http://www.baitsdirect.com/acatalog/paravane.jpg |
Posted By: fishin mad
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 4:34pm
| thanks i will try TM |
Posted By: fishin mad
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 4:36pm
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just found 1 looks bit big but i dunno http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Fishing/Big-game/Lures/auction-282495009.htm - http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Fishing/Big-game/Lures/auction-282495009.htm |
Posted By: Raging Bull
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2010 at 11:17am
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That could work, never seen one like that before. Heres a link to Decoro, the green one is what i use and it works a treat. http://www.decoro.co.nz/shop/DiveBoards++Wings.html |
Posted By: fishin mad
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2010 at 3:06pm
| cool u reckon i should get 1 |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2010 at 8:51pm
| Depends on the type of fishing you intend to do. |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2010 at 9:00pm
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there are many types of paravanes, there were called japanese surf boards, check out gourocks they have small commercial ones, the are used to tow lures the idea is simple, to set they go in the water upside down and tow deep, when you get a shot [bite] they fip over and plane to the surface towing the bait with them, the faster you go the deeper they get but then they become unstable and trip anyways, they are great towed behind the boat with a small feather jig on them. hope that may help you.
------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Jaapie
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2010 at 10:21am
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We use them up on the reef to get scad for the swim and skip baits we tow. ------------- "Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught,will we realize that we cannot eat money" - 19th Century Indian Creed |
Posted By: fishin mad
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2010 at 4:29pm
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good stuff might give one a go |
Posted By: 1more
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2010 at 2:32pm
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have used them at low speed in the tropics, but not yet here. the ones we used would pull the line and lure a few metres below the surface, and they would pop up when struck. You can get a similar effect with a bibbed lure that dives. with the paravane there is the minor hassle of dealing with that on the strike and landing, plus the lure and the fish. |