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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:31 am

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Re: Long line weights

Postby Woody » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:48 am

jehler wrote:Yep, holes are important.

Woody you take several tubes of solar seal caulk and with a drill and paint mixer mix it with mineral spirits in an empty paint can, with a top so you can reseal, until it is about like pudding in consistency. Get two people and some rubber gloves, put the rope in and gooch it up, then have one guy pull while the other holds the string between his fingers stripping the excess away, like milking a cow. Don't let it hit the ground, tie it off, we hung between trees, and let tinder a couple weeks. Stays pliable and water resistant for years. A horrible mess though

Well, that sounds like it will have to wait until next year. Thanks man!
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Re: Long line weights

Postby Deltaman » Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:40 pm

Why not drill a few holes for drainage, and put a top on the 5 gal bucket to keep rain and spray from building ice.
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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:01 pm

Deltaman wrote:Why not drill a few holes for drainage, and put a top on the 5 gal bucket to keep rain and spray from building ice.

Ha! we are often pulling lines from 32-40 degree water in 20 degree temps Delta, they will freeze up stiff in minutes top or not
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Re: Long line weights

Postby Olly » Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:08 pm

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Deltaman wrote:Why not drill a few holes for drainage, and put a top on the 5 gal bucket to keep rain and spray from building ice.

Ha! we are often pulling lines from 32-40 degree water in 20 degree temps Delta, they will freeze up stiff in minutes top or not

Miss the days when you stand up and your waders crack from being frozen.

Wouldn't they still have a freezing problem being in the spools?
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Re: Long line weights

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:37 pm

Sure, it just comes off in a single frozen line instead of a frozen ball in the bottom of a bucket
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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:11 pm

yeah, our untreated lines become unusable when its real cold, the treated ones have only let us down once, and that was when they got left in the tender with water in the bilge and were quite literally a block of ice. when its that cold we are rarely running more than 4 or 5 lines, usually just 2
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Re: Long line weights

Postby DeadEye_Dan » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:06 pm

That sounds like a good way to make lines - if I didn't already have $$$$ into lines, I'd be tempted to do it that way.
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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:41 pm

The tarted lines have more buoyancy but but not so much that the clips don't hold it down. It makes the para it's stiff as hell to which is very nice
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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:42 pm

Aw fuck, I give up at typing, hope you can decifer
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Re: Long line weights

Postby Woody » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:45 pm

would that tarring be a bad idea on the big Doctari lines?
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Re: Long line weights

Postby Glimmerjim » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:53 pm

Woody wrote:
3legged_lab wrote:Did you stick it together with bubble gum?


Yeah, what you don't think that will work?

It'll work fine Woody unless you find one of those gross fish that chew the gum off the bottom of the school desk.
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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:13 pm

I've never seen the dictati lines
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Re: Long line weights

Postby QH's Paw » Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:16 am

Get rid of the buckets and buy the electrical cord spools at Home depot for $9. There will be no problems with freezing. Trust me I've used them to -20.
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As for the railroad spikes and brake rotors they might work on lakes with no current but no in rivers or heavy current situations.

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Quick and easy, your main line sold in bulk. Enough to make 3 long lines and a couple of anchor drop lines for deep water or current. You can buy your brass clips at the hardware store or feed and seed tack stores anywhere.
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Here is the cord for your dropper lines to decoys. They probably have it at Memphis Net and Twine also. Last time I bought it it was 500ft rolls at Cabelas but, they don't sell that anymore.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Banded-T ... l+Products

The clips are sold in bulk at all the longline fishing supply stores. Make sure if you use clips that you buy with swivels or you will hate yourself the first time you drag them somewhere.
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Re: Long line weights

Postby QH's Paw » Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:17 am

Woody wrote:would that tarring be a bad idea on the big Doctari lines?

Doctari lines are already tarred. It's cheaper to buy your lines from Memphis Net and Twine in bulk rolls already tarred and cut them to the length you want. A whole 500' plus roll costs what one line sells for at Doctari.
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Re: Long line weights

Postby Woody » Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:55 pm

QH's Paw wrote:
Woody wrote:would that tarring be a bad idea on the big Doctari lines?

Doctari lines are already tarred. It's cheaper to buy your lines from Memphis Net and Twine in bulk rolls already tarred and cut them to the length you want. A whole 500' plus roll costs what one line sells for at Doctari.

I'll keep that in mind next year when I buy more decoys so we can run the big boat and the layout at the same time.
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Re: Long line weights

Postby jehler » Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:15 am

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