Handlines - The Secret Weapon 

However.... you don't show the attachment to the boat, or the complete end to end set up. Where do you tie it to the boat? What is the yoyo or handline reel doing, Is it in the chain, or is just the line that is deployed attached to the boat? (so the yoyo or handline circle off to the side?)

Guess I did get enough information. My rig is: paracord loop to carabiner (this connects to a stanchion) then a doubled 50 lb exercise band (happened to have) to another loop with a carabiner. This loop holds my Cuban yoyo and keeps the line from unfurling. (I've also got a rubber band held by a tiny carabiner as a back up for this.) There is a length of paracord as the safety for the band (but the band is plenty strong.) I have a rubber band holding a 'gather' of the two bands as the 'fish on alert', On the Cuban Yoyo I have about 100' (30m) of 100lb test line, tied to a swivel and a lure with big eyes. I tried it for two hours before sunset. Out the full 100' except for a few turns on the yoyo. We were motoring our 42' catamaran at about 4 knots. Therese said, "I think you got a fish." I'd been watching the rig, I didn't notice anything, and the rubber band was still in place. But then her husband Eddie said, "Never bet against Therese; she never loses." We'd already decided to just leave it out over night. We were on a passage between Taiwan and Okinawa. So I decided to just reel it in. This is the first time I'd reeled it in so I didn't have any prior experience to compare the amount of drag. 5 lb (2kg) tuna. Absolutely beautiful powerful fish. Just beginner's luck? Probably. (Let's see if I can do it again.) Eddie had bought a fishing hoop net that was the perfect size, otherwise the tuna would've jerked off the hook. I also bought a gaff which was in my cabin. I've never seen anything flap that powerfully or quickly - it was a blur. Cut its spinal cord as humanely as possible. I'd only ever filleted a cooked fish, but it went okay. Tasted great, fed four; we still have about half left. (I cooked some with my eggs this morning, took about 30 seconds.) Thanks Ben. I guess I owe Sailing Nahoa a Patreon subscription! You guys have sure earned it.

Hey flanflystrx, Somewhere around say 40 feet of rope and then I have sections of 300lb monofilament at 40 foot sections prerigged that I can add together (eye on one end and swivel on the other). This way I can vary the length of the total setup.

Thanks tons guys! Can't wait to do a similar set up. Making one soon

Great question. This is the one thing I’m constantly changing depending on sea conditions and boat speed. A good rule anywhere between 2 to 4 boat lengths. Typically if you’re offshore fish are less spooked so you can go closer. Opposite if inshore.

Alchohol in a squirt bottle is best. Squirt some into their gills and they're relaxed within seconds. Also putting a cloth over their eyes helps if you want to get really humane.

ferenc sydney you are surrounded by water. Just wash it off and rinse thoroughly.

So do I need to tug on the line every 30 min or every hour to see if there is something dead on the line, or reel it in a bit to feel if there is something on the line? Seems to me that a beel trigger of sorts would work, so as the line is pulled out or stretched on the bumper, I would now, then can wait for the fish to exhaust itself and die, then haul her in.

You can tell pretty easily if a fish is on looking at the bungee. If it's all stretched out you got dinner in the making!

Augh, I was wondering about the bungee, thanks for the reply, that really helps, can't wait to try this contraption out next time.

@@MichaelBuck At Mediterranean locals use a 2 liter Cola bottle as a signaling device. You tie empty bottle without cap to something sturdy, and wrap the rope once around it. When the fish is on - it squishes bottle which is nice acoustic and visual signal

@@OKOK-hm2is Great idea, and a way to recycle plastic as well. Thank you very much!

You want to have enough to place the lure outside the foam and bubbles of the boat wash. For us on a catamaran that is about 60 feet depending on speed and conditions.

@@SailingNahoa thats 60ft on the handlines? They're not really adjustable, right?

You can also get bungee with a bigger hole in the middle you can put the line through and stretch it up inside the bungee itself.

Great question. You'll know you have a fish on when the bungee is all stretched out.

With that decent, mid-range Shimano TLD50 reel I would say anything past 500 pounds and then you would probably lose. Fish beyond that size you usually need to chase around for a while so they tire out, very difficult to do while sailing.

@@miketexas6135 Thanks for reply, but what I was meant, was with handines) How big a fish can you catch with a handline?

Stephan R They mostly eat pelagic fish that do not stay at any one reef they are blue water fish that never stay put therefore no real risk of that

I think a Milwaukee might die pretty quick out here in the salt spray! Do you guys use electric drills for trolling or purely for deep see jigging?

@@SailingNahoa check it out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5P_P_Cb9kZk.html

Maybe we have to revisit this! Perhaps a broader "Nahoa University" umbrella??

Bremen :)

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Too much meat for the two of us and they're gorgeous fish.