Buoy Gear

tunaguy · 01-30-2008, 02:20 PM

Hey, been reading the threads on this board for some time now and you guys have some great info. Just moved to southeast florida so Im new to this whole buoy gear fishery. Just wondering if anyone has any pix of what this gear looks like exactly, Ive never seen it before. Im from the northeast and we dont really have a fishery like this except for LL's.

Thanks

Capt'n Shane · 01-30-2008, 05:12 PM

You know what a string of christmas lights look like?

tunaguy · 01-30-2008, 07:16 PM

Yes I do. Im just curious as to what this gear looks like. Nobody has pix?

Theresa L · 01-30-2008, 10:42 PM

Youll Know them when you see em they r in a line but not connected , so you can go through them .

Theresa L · 01-30-2008, 10:43 PM

red and dreen i think , one of the colors indicates fish on but im not sure

quack quack · 01-31-2008, 08:13 AM

Jap ball then a bullet bouy then 150ft of main line to leader then hook.That is really all there is to it.Some guys fish small flyers and they all have stobes on top so they can be tracked.You make your set of around ten bouys in a row about 1/8th a mile apart.Then you run back and watch your bouys for a bite.

tunaguy · 01-31-2008, 03:47 PM

I got it now, thanks guys. So Im assuming these are just left to drift freely, while the boat is just in the area to watch for hookups?

quack quack · 01-31-2008, 03:50 PM

yep they can not be attached to each other.What part of the NE are you from?

tunaguy · 01-31-2008, 08:38 PM

NY, but I fished all over new england.

quack quack · 02-01-2008, 07:55 AM

OK I am from Montauk myself.My sister owns the frances fleet out of RI.

tunaguy · 02-01-2008, 11:17 AM

Ive fished Montauk alot, one of my favorite places other than Gloucester.

01-30-2008, 02:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
tunaguy Grunt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE FL Posts: 5	Buoy Gear Hey, been reading the threads on this board for some time now and you guys have some great info. Just moved to southeast florida so Im new to this whole buoy gear fishery. Just wondering if anyone has any pix of what this gear looks like exactly, Ive never seen it before. Im from the northeast and we dont really have a fishery like this except for LL's. Thanks

01-31-2008, 08:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 4,425	Jap ball then a bullet bouy then 150ft of main line to leader then hook.That is really all there is to it.Some guys fish small flyers and they all have stobes on top so they can be tracked.You make your set of around ten bouys in a row about 1/8th a mile apart.Then you run back and watch your bouys for a bite. __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.

01-31-2008, 03:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 4,425	yep they can not be attached to each other.What part of the NE are you from? __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.

02-01-2008, 07:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
quack quack Old Salt Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: lake worth Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger Posts: 4,425	OK I am from Montauk myself.My sister owns the frances fleet out of RI. __________________ Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.

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01-30-2008, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Capt'n Shane Hooked Up Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Aventura, Florida Boat: 26 Cat "Man-O-War" Best Catch: 63" Swordy Occupation: oilfield production Posts: 386	You know what a string of christmas lights look like?

01-30-2008, 07:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
tunaguy Grunt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE FL Posts: 5	Yes I do. Im just curious as to what this gear looks like. Nobody has pix?

01-30-2008, 10:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Theresa L Lines In Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mich Boat: 35 whaler Best Catch: 80 yft /missed a slob swrd Occupation: stone mason Posts: 16	Youll Know them when you see em they r in a line but not connected , so you can go through them .

01-30-2008, 10:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Theresa L Lines In Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mich Boat: 35 whaler Best Catch: 80 yft /missed a slob swrd Occupation: stone mason Posts: 16	red and dreen i think , one of the colors indicates fish on but im not sure

01-31-2008, 03:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
tunaguy Grunt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE FL Posts: 5	I got it now, thanks guys. So Im assuming these are just left to drift freely, while the boat is just in the area to watch for hookups?

01-31-2008, 08:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
tunaguy Grunt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE FL Posts: 5	NY, but I fished all over new england.

02-01-2008, 11:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
tunaguy Grunt Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE FL Posts: 5	Ive fished Montauk alot, one of my favorite places other than Gloucester.

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