Harpoon line

[Whatta Catch]

What type and size of line are you guys using.

 

[MDI45]

Rob ,I think i have 1/4''3 strand nylon

 

[duxbait]

I think size 8 sword line? Its the same thing as the longline. about 1/4''

 

[Old Mud]

Yep, #8 Sword line for me.

 

[dexterdog]

3/8 rag rope. Just coil it on the trunk.

 

[MDI45]

Yep, #8 Sword line for me.

You guys forget we live on Long Island......you go and try to find #8 sword line around here they will look at you like you have three Effin heads...we live in a non commercial fishing friendly state

 

[FirstLightNat]

I've got it and its pretty cheap. Even with shipping shouldn't be much. Let me know I've got about a thousand feet in stock. 300 per basket with a ball and dart runs about 85 so if you only need the line shouldn't be much

 

[Whatta Catch]

You guys forget we live on Long Island......you go and try to find #8 sword line around here they will look at you like you have three Effin heads...we live in a non commercial fishing friendly state

LOL so true. Even darts are hard to find.

 

[Old Mud]

You guys forget we live on Long Island......you go and try to find #8 sword line around here they will look at you like you have three Effin heads...we live in a non commercial fishing friendly state

Yeah, guess I do forget sometimes. Hell up here even the mailman would know what Sword line is.

 

[Old Mud]

LOL so true. Even darts are hard to find.

I can get darts for $ 10.55 ea + shipping ,or you can get em yourself for that price minus the 5.5% state tax. Or you just wait till I get down that way (end of June early July).

 

[Whatta Catch]

I found the sword line from a friend at cape fishing supply in Chatham for $55 for 1,000 feet. It's more than I need but you can't beat the price.

Old mud. How do you guys attach the dart line to the main line in the basket? Do you use a Square/Reef knot? Thanks

 

[Old Mud]

I found the sword line from a friend at cape fishing supply in Chatham for $55 for 1,000 feet. It's more than I need but you can't beat the price.

Old mud. How do you guys attach the dart line to the main line in the basket? Do you use a Square/Reef knot? Thanks

I tie a bowline in a big loop. With the lilly in the middle, both lines should come down to the poon so the loop is longer than the pike. That way when you dart a fish you can just cut one line and pull the other one out.

I can take a pic. tomorrow if that would help.

 

[Whatta Catch]

I tie a bowline in a big loop. With the lilly in the middle, both lines should come down to the poon so the loop is longer than the pike. That way when you dart a fish you can just cut one line and pull the other one out.

I can take a pic. tomorrow if that would help.

Thanks. That would be great.

 

[Old Mud]

W C. this is what I do. The first pic. you can see the loop and the bowline is just on the poon, 1 tape wrap just above the bowline. 2nd pic. is just my line stopper and the 3rd. is my longer poon and you can see the tape better in that one.

Don

 

[Whatta Catch]

Thanks Don. I use the painters stick to hold the line. Yours looks like rubber over shrink tubing?

 

[Old Mud]

Yep rubber over heat shrink, good call.