Making ADJUSTABLE Depth Line For Light in Shrimp Classroom Learning Center - Tips & Tricks. Q&A Forum

0 Points

Making ADJUSTABLE Depth Line For Light

Angler	Comment
CaptLeeNoga	Making ADJUSTABLE Depth Line For Light		Lead	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/03/10 05:33 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Tags : None MATERIALS: 12--1" Stainless Steel Rings [Lowe's] 1/4" rope cut to 18ft. Cable Ties Whipping Line (Waxed) or Dental Floss Liquid Electrical Tape Stretchy Mastic Electrical Tape [optional]. Allow 24 INCHES on each end before marking line every foot with permanent marker ATTACHING SS RINGS: USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal! Last Edited By: CaptLeeNoga 03/03/10 05:44 PM. Edited 1 time.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/03/10 05:42 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	You repeat the process of adding the SS rings (in the vicinity) of your ink marks until you have added 12 rings. Use cable ties to hold the ring as you progress to the next ring. USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal!
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/03/10 05:54 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Once ALL your rings are added to your depth line, we re going to make them more permanent. Yes, you can leave the cable ties on, and call it quits. This will work. I cannot guarantee how long the cable tie will last. Cable ties can snag the line as well, but this method will work. If you want to reduce the "snag", then let's proceed with the wax line step: I am using sailboat mending waxed whipping line. It came with a needle to sew canvas sails. If your using dental floss, you can go to any store and buy a upholstery needle. When the ropes was bent over the ring, it creates butterfly wings. I pinch them together and and sew line (about 10 passes) Remove the cable tie next, and whip line around and around real thick where the cable tie used to be. Tie it off real good Once you have done this to ALL rings, coat the wax thread with electrical tape. If you want more added step, use the stretchy mastic self adhesing tape and wrap around the floss, and apply a sealing coat of LIQUID electrical tape over the mastic tape. USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal! Last Edited By: CaptLeeNoga 03/03/10 06:05 PM. Edited 1 time.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/03/10 05:59 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Attach one end of depth line to U shaped shackle which will attach to the weight. Attach the other end of the depth line to a small U shaped shackle and attach to the light. You can cut off the excess line once you secured the line to the shackle. I shorten it, and cable tie it to the main line and use mastic stretchy electrical tape and wrap the little pigtail to the main line. I leave the cable tie at the base of the knot. USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal!
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/03/10 06:04 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal!
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
Frankk		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 533 03/03/10 10:02 PM	Gosh Lee! Please don't be mad, but here is a.........Well lets say different way. We use long line clips fastened to the light at both ends. This makes them infinitly adjustable and useable at any reasonable depth. http://www.snlcorp.com/SN...ackle/LonglineSnaps.aspx Also Mark Snell sells 6# cast iron navy anchors for <$5 per each. I use the anchors without chain and 50' of hard braid ¼" nylon. Stored on 10" Cuban yoyos they are kept in a canvas tote bag untill needed. The main boat anchor is set, then you set the navys about 15' on either side. When the boat drops back and you see how it is going to lay, you pull up and snap a light to first on one and then the other line. I roll the slack into the boat until all is set, then cleat everything off. My cost on the clips is about $0.42 each and they will hold a 200# swordfish so your light is safe. Best regards, Frankk
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/03/10 11:07 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Mad? Not Me! There is a million ways to make the adjustable depth line and I am hoping folks come forward and talk about how they rig their setups. I am SOOO HAPPY you shared your way Babe! You ROCK! THIS is what this place is about....and all I can do is show other's what I do. Is what I do the best setup? Dunno. If I catch shrimp and don't lose my gear then it works for me. There is SO much flex ability in this sport, and with that......I have seen/heard of some of the most unique clever setups & neat tricks! I would love to have pics of your rigging...if you are not sure how to upload [most use photobucket], email them to me at LEENOGA at CFL.RR.COM You have those clips at each end of the rope, but I am not sure how your adjust the line for depths. This fascinates me, and I need pics, now. Your a keeper Frankk! USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal! Last Edited By: CaptLeeNoga 03/03/10 11:10 PM. Edited 1 time.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
Fish On		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1032 03/04/10 12:02 PM - 1 Limits 2012 - 6 Limits 2011 Elite $300+ Member Website Donations	Maybe we will find a better way thru others but so far this way works and I haven't had any of my lights ropes with rings come apart.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/04/10 12:56 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Fish On wrote: Maybe we will find a better way thru others Amen Sista', I do NOT know everything that is for sure, and I am no different then anyone else...I love to learn, and remain OPEN to any/all suggestions when it come to angling or shrimping! This is another reason why I want to pull folks together..so we can share. As for dinner...OMG, how do I decide? Ribs or Crab? .... I will take the crab! But if you want to make ribs, that is fine. Your offer just cannot be refused no matter what you prepare! USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal!
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
Fish On		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1032 03/04/10 01:21 PM - 1 Limits 2012 - 6 Limits 2011 Elite $300+ Member Website Donations	Ok crab it is but without spines
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
Frankk		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 533 03/05/10 04:58 PM	I will drag out the lights and try to get some photos this evening. I will throw my gigging lights on the pile as well. They will work in a pinch for shrimp too. I have taken time to cast net shrimp during a run here. Usually when I am gigging I have only a bully net and a cast net for mullet with me, but in the spring I carry a bait net sometimes. Best regards, Frankk
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/05/10 08:24 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Hi Frankk, THANK-YOU for the pictures, here they are....you can explain them...especially that black ring (weight)? You adjust the depth line with the black ring of weight? What gets attached to the sail snap on the light? The depth line, yes? That weight does not slide or roll on bottom? How much weight is it? VERY COOL! USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal! Last Edited By: CaptLeeNoga 03/05/10 08:27 PM. Edited 1 time.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/06/10 09:13 AM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	The black ring is a cuban yoyo that has 50' of nylon line rolled up on it. The anchors (I have 4 types in the photo) are of various size and types. The yoyo is made of plastic and the pencil is there to show where to drill the hole so the rope can be led out of the back and secured before deploying the anchor. I wish I could post the photos to the forum. I will take a photo tomorrow (today) after I get some sleep as this is the end of my day (night). Also that is a long line clip used for droppers in deep water longline fishing. USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal!
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/06/10 09:15 AM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	(lady on left in the pic) --------------- get's it now! Thanks for clearing that up for me! THAT is slick! Where did you get those cuban Yo-Yo's Hon'? Nice fluorescent lights too! You made those as well? You are a serious crafty person and I plan on picking your brains. Which BTW, is much better than me nagging your arse' USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal! Last Edited By: CaptLeeNoga 03/06/10 09:19 AM. Edited 3 times.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
Frankk	In/Re Adjustable Line	#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 533 03/06/10 08:36 PM	Hi Lee, I hope I am doing this right? The yoyos came from SNL Commercial Fishing Supply here in Sebastian, but they are commonly available where fishing gear is sold. I did make the lights and have been making them for a long time. We hung them under the boat while sword fishing to attract dolphin to us. Without the dolphin bycatch the swordfishing would have been a losing venture. I also had a home in the keys for 46 years and bully netted lobster at night during the colder months.
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote
CaptLeeNoga		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7778 03/07/10 12:01 PM Captain USCG Licensed NEW SMYRNA DELTONA	Frankk, your doing things right! There are SO many ways to create "rigging", we are only limited by our imagination and funds usually This is what I share with people. If you are catching shrimp and your pleased with your efforts, your gear is SPOT ON and working! There are SOOO many ways to get the job down. The basics never change....You need a light, you need to control where in the water it ends up, and you need a weight for the river bottom. How people resolve these issues is a topic of fascination for me. Some people have the "gift" and vision to do it with chewing gum and concrete filled pipes, and others can over think it which guarantees nobody will ever duplicate the effort. The mid ground opens up all kinds of things. THIS is why I want people to share their rigging. If they see a few peoples rigging, they will get inspired and 9 out of 10 times IMPROVE on ours! As long as folks "get there" some how or some way, I am pleased THANK YOU for sharing! USCG Licensed [OUPV/6 pak] - Captain 100% Disabled Vet E-5/USN Medic In-shore: New Smyrna Beach, Florida Area Purchase LED Greenie Shrimplight HEREl - Our Site SPONSOR - They accept Paypal!
Interact My Recent Posts	Reply Quote

blogspot hit counter

HTML Counter

Free Hit Counter