Mustad French Boom

Hello all. Hope you can help me with attaching these to a rig.
What is the correct way.
Thanks.

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there are 2 ways

1. is to tie it on at each end or each corner (2 knots )

2. the other way is if you put a loop of line inside the triangle and twist it or wrap it around the back end 4 to 5 times with the loop being secured around the metal loop in the middle, no knots necessary

hope that this makes sense to you

regards

mick barry

Thanks a million mickeyfish
It was the second method i was looking for and could not remember. :oops:
Fishing my first boat comp tomorrow and need all the help i can get :lol:

where are you fishing, i may be able to give you a few hints with tactics

Not sure exactly with the weather but around Crosshaven Cork. I don't think that we will get out too far but will probably fish the reefs and banks inside the estuary.
Any tips would be VERY welcome.

if you are on the reefs and you are drifting the predominant species should be pollack, wrasse (ballan & cookoo), ling cod pouting and coalies with the possibility of a few other species popping up

1. for pollack if you are using a french boom on its own put approx 10 ft of line on it with a blood loop at 5ft tie on a hook plain 2/0 and another one at the end, there are 3 bait you can use , rag, jelly worms or my favorite the belly strip of mackerel, what to do is bait up lower your line to the bottom and reel back up to the top slowly, the pollack will hit you on the way up , a point to note to make this more effective, is to count every turn on the reel you take normally the pollack will hit you at 6 to 14 winds off the bottom, so that the next time you go down you can be ready for your next take. THE TRICK IS KEEP REELING AND NEVER STRIKE

2.COALIES CAN BE CAUGHT using the same process other wise they will take the conventional hawk-eye's

3,when fishing for the wrasse the ballans like rag and crab (recent reports say not 2 many ballans around ) again a conventional rig with size 1 hooks is perfect if you have spreaders, if you use yellow beads on your snoods this can be very effective

4, the cookoos will also take the rag but they also like thin strips of mackerel (be careful not to put thick pieces on nice and thin does the trick.

5, ling & cod generally will take a luminous rig baited with mackerel an alternative is to fish 2 hooks up and above that put on your french boom with approx 2 to 3 ft of line with a Muppet or a blade tipped off with decent bait of mackerel.

6 the pouting will come as your fishing for the wrasse but there favorite co lour is pink (they love it) either fish bait or rag will catch these

7 , if yous anchor up the possibility of ling and conger is good for the conger just fish hard on the bottom with a pirk an a 6/0 hook with a decent bait of mackerel if no pirk you can revert back yo your french boom with it as close to the weight as possible put on a short snood of heavy mono and and mackerel as bait. 2 options open to you from here 2 ft up your trace you can put on a Muppet and fish for ling or double up on the snood off the french boom similar to that i explained for the pollack but only make it 3 & 1/2 ft long one hook at the end and another approx 18 inches from the boom


if any of that doesn't make sense or my way of putting it across is confusing reply to this post and i will try to do my best for you

1. start with a 3 hook rig first when a few pollack come in change over to the gilling, after you get a few go back to your 3 up and keep on alternating until you find your own system that keeps you on fish all the time

didnt mean to write an essay just wanted to cover the basics

regards and tight lines

mick barry

nice summary there but i think you forgot to mention he needs to use the shamrock green kilmore killers :lol: :lol: :lol:

That is an excellent reply Mick.
Much appreciated and all makes sense to me.
All I have to do now is try to remember it all.
Thanks again.

Now for the bad news :shock:

Most comps out of Cork Harbour are fished at anchor only.

The main target species are usually Congers, Ling, Doggies, Cod, Pollack, Whiting, Wrasse, Pouting, Gurnard etc.

It's hard to know where the boats will fish until the morning when you get a better idea of the WX conditions. Most of the boats were confined to the harbour today.

My advise for you is to keep a close eye on some of the local anglers and follow their lead :wink:

Now the good news, plenty of mackerel in the harbour itself today :)


Jim

keep me posted to how you get on and best of luck

well how did the comp go for you coaster

Not so good, but not down to the lack of fish as much as the lack of fishing. I was so sick for about two and a half hours that I could not face re-baiting. :lol:
I was on one of the very few boats that stayed out. Weather was by far the worst I was ever out in. A few boats returned to the dock within one hour to drop off the lads that could not stand it any longer. Others moved inside around spike island but our boat stayed out. :roll:
We were thrown about like rag dolls with tackle boxes, fish boxes and anglers flying around on deck and this was on a 32' boat. One poor guy was so sick all day I thought that all that was left to come out his mouth was his ass. :lol: :lol:

The few fish I picked up all came to your gilling tips. Thanks again
I will put them into practice soon in calmer conditions.

some days are just not worth going out for, hopefully the next time mother nature give's you a break,

nice to see that some of the advice paid off

regards

mickbarry

Only reading this post now.... Fair play to you Mick, that was a great reply to the original post and gives us non boat anglers an idea of what to be doing when out, either pleasure fishing or in a comp or two.

Thanks for the post.

Kev

your welcome

just sharing the knowledge that i have,

mick barry

hi mickey,must say very good detailed report,this is what the site is all about,regards,dezzer..............

thanks lads
im boat fishing 5 years and 4 years of that is doing compitetions , even if you are not a competitive angler it is a great way to see all the tactics, rigs, lure's, & educate yourself.

i wuold recommend it to everyone when starting off just to fish maybe one or two comps its amazing how quick you learn, it means when you are having your pleasure days you are not second geussing yourself is this the right rig or not for the species you are chasing,

regards

mick barry

Fair play to you Mick for someone who has been Boat Angling for just 5yrs you have learned a lot.

Do i see a future Master Angler in the making :?:

Cheers Danny

can I suggest that Micks reply above is stickied or something as it should not be lost imo.

Do i see a future Master Angler in the making :?:

Cheers Danny

check the line up of last years irish boat team