boat tackle advice?.

Wed May 11, 2011 11:02 pm

hi all. well I'm going to get back into the boat angling. and wondering if you lads can help. I'm wondering what terminal tackle i should look into getting.Ive got the rod and reel and new braid on it so that's OK. and Ive used the hauk eye feathers before and they work well but what about traces? and rigs?.any ideas .thanks.

Re: boat tackle advice?.

Thu May 12, 2011 11:16 am

Determined Dan wrote:hi all. well I'm going to get back into the boat angling. and wondering if you lads can help. I'm wondering what terminal tackle i should look into getting.Ive got the rod and reel and new braid on it so that's OK. and Ive used the hauk eye feathers before and they work well but what about traces? and rigs?.any ideas .thanks.


Shamrock are doing some nice rigs these days. The ones i'd use most out of the range are the kilmore killers and the micky fish rigs. Plain old baited feathers can be good for cod and smaller ling. For bigger ling i like to use a pirk with one or two hokkeys above it. Although the last few times i was out i had most of the ling on the pirk. For smaller fish like wrasse and the likes, your 2 or 3 hook flapper rigs that you'd use on the shore would be fine. For general drifting over clean ground you could put one of the flapper rigs on below a boom as a 2/3 down.

Re: boat tackle advice?.

Thu May 12, 2011 9:09 pm

hi evan699. ill keep an eye out for the shamrock range of traces. good thinking on the flapper rigs.thanks for the reply.

Re: boat tackle advice?.

Thu May 12, 2011 9:13 pm

Some tips here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34178

Re: boat tackle advice?.

Thu May 12, 2011 9:18 pm

thank you Donal that answers my questions. :) .