? about limb lines
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 2:06 pm
Just wanted to know if anyone uses there kayak to set and run limblines
Kayak Fishing the Lone Star State
http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/
http://www.texaskayakfisherman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=163090
Here's the one I've used for at least 4 years. It works great; I spray some WD40 on it occasionally when it starts to stick, and it's as good as new.uplandrun wrote:I like the tip on bruch clamps and will use this, thanks.
Thank you for the reminder! Lots of limb lines and trotlines get left in the water here in my part of the world (no... it's not the kayaking crowd ). I have been stuck, had gear pulled out of the boat, and had to rescue one of my dogs that got caught while swimming (luckily on her collar and not in the flesh) and she would have been doomed if not for someone around to get her loose.pancho vanilla wrote:Does anyone remove the limb lines and or trotlines after they are finished? I find so many left behind just sitting in the river waiting to catch someone offguard and ruin their day. I try to remove the ones left behind when I see them but if you set them please remove them after you're done.
Absolutely. It's completely disrespectful to the environment and your fellow outdoorsmen to leave hooks behind in the water without the intention of fishing them.pancho vanilla wrote:Does anyone remove the limb lines and or trotlines after they are finished? I find so many left behind just sitting in the river waiting to catch someone offguard and ruin their day. I try to remove the ones left behind when I see them but if you set them please remove them after you're done.
I am a big fan of limb lining from the yak. I do all of mine in local bayous. At times when the water is up from rain there is some REAL heavy current. We still set our line in this current and like Maulwalker said this is dangerous. When I first started to limb line, I made my lines on site. In current this was a pain in the butt. The hooks I use are so sharp you just need to look at them wrong and the will catch you (in the packs even ). Not to mention it takes up valuable time.jaredj wrote:Just wanted to know if anyone uses there kayak to set and run limblines
I live/fish (rod n reel)/paddle for fun in what is considered the salt water boundary. East of 45 and south of I10. Use caution if you are going pick up/remove limb lines or trot lines that appear to be abandoned. This has now become YOUR property and a warden can give you a hard time if it is in your possession and it is not properly tagged or if you have a bunch of limb line in your kayak you now have to prove you were removing them and not using them in saltwater. But with this being said there are fewer dangers to other when I get out of the waterMaulwalker wrote:Absolutely. It's completely disrespectful to the environment and your fellow outdoorsmen to leave hooks behind in the water without the intention of fishing them.pancho vanilla wrote:Does anyone remove the limb lines and or trotlines after they are finished? I find so many left behind just sitting in the river waiting to catch someone offguard and ruin their day. I try to remove the ones left behind when I see them but if you set them please remove them after you're done.
I will occasionally remove limblines that I encounter that are clearly abandoned (primarily when they create an imminent safety threat to the public), but it's important to note that just because there is an empty hook on a limbline, it doesn't necessarily indicate the limbline is abandoned. Bait thieves don't discriminate; it could be a limbline that got set the night before and has been picked clean by a turtle, gar, whatever. I'd advise everyone to use care and discretion when deciding whether or not to remove someone else's fishing tackle from the water.