Please post your experiences with fish attractors. I hunt in Florida and am trying to transition to the bluewater.
I've seen some Dolphin recently on broken weedlines but I have also spent a lot of time simply floating in the empty abyss. I saw a pretty large hammerhead swim by which just made me think "oh great". But I soon forgot it. Otherwise, I am trying to get a handle on how to most effectively hunt this resource.
I have read about hunting transitions and such, that is all well and good. But I also am interested in how to attract fish if it can be done (short of tying bonita fillets to my thighs).
On the reef, I've suspended some home-made fish attractors from my anchor line with limited success. I've had some amberjack visit a cluster of 5 gallon pails I had down at 60'. Otherwise it was just curious Ocean Grey Triggerfish (which ended up tasting very good fried).
I've got some ideas for very large attractors that I could deploy out in the blue water. These are based on tarps, with floats and weights in the appropriate spots.
I am wondering what sort of devices have been deployed by the spearos here, especially devices that proved to be effective.
If it would bring the right kind of fish in, I'd be willing to roll out some pretty elaborate (and large) devices. It is very clear and seemingly empty in the deep blue out here. The sportfishermen pull in all manner of large fish though by trolling. I simply want to emulate their success by trolling myself and some large array of stuff and harvesting the fish in our style.
I've seen some Dolphin recently on broken weedlines but I have also spent a lot of time simply floating in the empty abyss. I saw a pretty large hammerhead swim by which just made me think "oh great". But I soon forgot it. Otherwise, I am trying to get a handle on how to most effectively hunt this resource.
I have read about hunting transitions and such, that is all well and good. But I also am interested in how to attract fish if it can be done (short of tying bonita fillets to my thighs).
On the reef, I've suspended some home-made fish attractors from my anchor line with limited success. I've had some amberjack visit a cluster of 5 gallon pails I had down at 60'. Otherwise it was just curious Ocean Grey Triggerfish (which ended up tasting very good fried).
I've got some ideas for very large attractors that I could deploy out in the blue water. These are based on tarps, with floats and weights in the appropriate spots.
I am wondering what sort of devices have been deployed by the spearos here, especially devices that proved to be effective.
If it would bring the right kind of fish in, I'd be willing to roll out some pretty elaborate (and large) devices. It is very clear and seemingly empty in the deep blue out here. The sportfishermen pull in all manner of large fish though by trolling. I simply want to emulate their success by trolling myself and some large array of stuff and harvesting the fish in our style.