| #1  10-28-2010, 07:12 PM | ||||
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| Wire Boom? Can any one explain what a wire boom is used for? And when and where should it be used and how effective is it ect... Many thanks. __________________ 1 2 3 4 5 once I caught a fish alive, 6 7 8 9 10 then I let him go again.... SPECIES SO FAR:Bream,Bass,Ballen Wrasse,Mackerel,Mullet,Whiting,Lesser Weaver,Pouting,Pollock,Poor Cod,Silver Eel.     |
| #2 10-29-2010, 05:28 PM | ||||
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| Re: Wire Boom? wire booms are used in making up paternoster traces and are a favourite for match anglers when 'scratching' for fish .. they are generally around 4-6 inches long and can be of the twisted wire shape or the moulded plastic type .. They are made into rigs containing two or three booms which are placed say 12 inches apart and a shorter hooklength of say 8 inches is attached to the end .. therefore almost completely eliminating tangles - tho a hooked fish can sometimes push this theory to its limits ! They basically form an 'arm' at right angles to prevent the hook length tangling with the rig body .. small hooks and small baits are generally used and its the mini species that are the match anglers target.. For general fishing they can be used on piers for wrasse and other species found close to the structure... The drawback... not very effective for larger baits or fish species due to thier small size and habit of bending under pressure and aren't good for casting at range or when there is weed about .. On the boat 3 types of boom are used frequently - the cigar shaped slider ( the little red ones ) for making a basic running ledger .. the 'tubi' boom 8-10 inches of plastic tubing used for making again, a running ledger but effective for preventing tangles..thirdly the 'french' or wire boom which is basically a larger version of the twisted wire boom ( usually 8 or 10 inch ) and are used when drift fishing with artificial lures over wrecks and again to prevent the trace which can be upto 10 foot from tangling .. Steve __________________ Shore Species 2012: Dab-Flounder-Herring-L.S.Dogfish-Pouting-Shore Rockling-5 Bearded Rockling-Small Eyed Ray-Turbot-Whiting |
| #3 10-29-2010, 09:24 PM | ||||
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| Re: Wire Boom? Cheers Steve that certainly helps. didn't really know much about them and have seen them on the shelf's of fishing shops but have not ever see one in use. Could you use one say for casting a lure ? __________________ 1 2 3 4 5 once I caught a fish alive, 6 7 8 9 10 then I let him go again.... SPECIES SO FAR:Bream,Bass,Ballen Wrasse,Mackerel,Mullet,Whiting,Lesser Weaver,Pouting,Pollock,Poor Cod,Silver Eel. |
| #4 10-30-2010, 12:15 PM | ||||
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| Re: Wire Boom? Quote:
 why would you want to use one for a lure ?...  __________________ Shore Species 2012: Dab-Flounder-Herring-L.S.Dogfish-Pouting-Shore Rockling-5 Bearded Rockling-Small Eyed Ray-Turbot-Whiting |
| #5 10-31-2010, 05:03 AM | ||||
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| Re: Wire Boom? ill try a rod first lolbought a new spinning type lure from ebay didnt really know how to use it and the seller has suggested that its connected to a wire boom ? __________________ 1 2 3 4 5 once I caught a fish alive, 6 7 8 9 10 then I let him go again.... SPECIES SO FAR:Bream,Bass,Ballen Wrasse,Mackerel,Mullet,Whiting,Lesser Weaver,Pouting,Pollock,Poor Cod,Silver Eel. |
| #6 11-24-2010, 11:03 PM | ||||
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| Re: Wire Boom? I only use metal booms from a boat (not shore). The main function, for me, is that they can be mounted on a spindle of stainless wire and this means they tend to swing easily and unravel in any tide 'on the drop'. Secondly, they give my braid a complete feel as there is no sliding weight attached .....    |
| #7 11-25-2010, 10:31 AM | ||||
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| Re: Wire Boom? Having fished in Australia and New Zealand for the last 20 years I can tell you that 'wire booms' are regarded as excess jewellery and have no place in the rigs for species here as they tend to scare the bigger fish away and only attract the little nuisances. SO, now when I get back to the UK each year I do not use 'jewellery' for my sea fishing and my catch rates seem to be as high, if not higher than twenty years ago. I fish mainly from charter boats off S devon and inshore in estuaries such as Salcombe. IMO, THE TOP rig is a double hook mounted on a 1m leader with a ball sinker running straight onto the top hook. We call this floatlining in this part of the world and we use a whole pilchard or squid as bait and in the UK I mount a mackeral flapper or single side depending on species sought and hook size used (1/0 up to 6/0). The idea is to 'float' the bait down with between 1/2 oz and 1.25oz of ball weight in depths of up to 100m, with the bait taking three to five minutes to reach the bottom. The shallower the water, the lighter the weight (depending on current) and in estuaries - use no weight at all. Pay out line up to three times the depth of water or more and then retrieve, cast up current/drift and start again. In Salcombe last year I took thornies and good plaice on small baits and offshore, pollack, conger and ling on bigger baits when the bottom bashers were tangling up their jewellery under the boat!!! The UK is getting difficult to fish so try something different and try it without the metal work. Cheers Plato |
