Hand line storage?

[Bait O' Eggs]

After tuna fishing a couple weeks ago, I realized there was some tackle I didnt have, so off to Englunds I went this weekend.

I made 4 handlines (quite time consuming) and now need to store them. If I had a few spools like the tuna cord came on I would wrap them on the spools, but I only have 1 spool and 4 handlines. How are you storing your handlines?????

I tried to coil them, and put them in a plastic bag, they seemed to want to tangle :depressed:

I now have them wrapped on 4 boards that I cut notches in the end of It works, but they dont fit in my tacklebox :depressed: and it seems kind of crude.

Anybody already invent this wheel to store handlines?

I think I need another big tackle box, just for tuna gear Now if I just had a boat to get to the tuna

[Miss B Haven]

BOE- Find somebody that welds and get the wire spools or go to FMS/etc and get bulk fish line spools. I use a little short spool for my short line, a medium for the two mid lines and a wider one for the two longest lines. That way you don't have to guess or unwind and count out hand pulls to get the lengths.

[corrirod]

I have mine on the same wooden boards. I attached a handle to the side though and it really works good for me. When wrapping them for storage I just use a rubber band to attach to the end of the handline and then stretch it to grab the other fork on the board. Then when it's time to fish all you have to do is take the rubber band off, attach your lure, and let it out. The handle helps in case Al Bacore decides to get an early lunch before you get all the line out, don't ask me how I know this! [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img]

[Miss B Haven]

HeHeHe- Rod.... I won't ask but that's why I always tie my lines off before I let the lures out. I can't imagine the blisters trying to hang on to one of those half way out on the hit. HeHe...I won't ask, not until I see ya anyway! :grin:

Plastic stringline reels work good. If you know anyone in construction ask them to save them for you. Rod's boards work good too.

[corrirod]

Mel, apparently the stretch in my shoulder socket wasn't as much as the snubber and he snapped my 300# leader! :shocked: Thank God the leader gave or I'd have been in the drink.........cause I wasn't letting go and he was winning the tug-o-war! :grin:

[Bait O' Eggs]

Mel - I made 2 lengths of lines. The 2 longer ones I tied figure 8 knots every 18 inches inches, and the 2 shorter lines I tied an over hand granny knot every 18 inches. [img]graemlins/idea.gif[/img] I thought about putting long and short bungies on them also, but the store only had really really short bungies and the length I wanted. :depressed: But a bungy a couple inches shorter would have been nice to remember which was long and which was short.

[Gus Orviston]

yeah BOE,,,find somebody that welds :tongue:

BOE,
I tied knots just down from the snubber to identify the length of my hand lines. 1 knot for each 25 feet.

[crabbait]

Roy - I have a couple of empty bulk spools you can have. I have my four hand lines on two bulk spools, one of either end, so I can let out either one first and the bungee end is available to hook to the cleat before I start releasing line.

[Fishplay]

Mine are on bulk spools just like crabaits. One on either end of the spool. It's a little bulky though. I'm going to change over to the plastic stringline spools Keta uses as soon as I can lay my hands on some. They will store nicely.

FP,
Didn't I leave one on Rotsa Ruck for you?

[Pilar]

Plastic wire spools work too. I pick them up at construction sites during startups. Popeye has some trick plastic handboards that worked really nice.

When you wind them on, put the swivel end into the spool first. When you gear up for some TUNA! fishing just attach the bungee end to the cleat ... wind the line into your handline storage bin (5 gallon bucket or a baitbox on my boat) ... then attach a lure to the swivel.

Just pitch the lure into the wake and let the line out. If Al Bacore can't wait then let go.

Picture the junkyard dog hitting the end of the chain ... yeah, that's gonna leave a mark

We use a bin for the lines to minimize the tangles when you reel the lines in. A bucket works but don't let Al get near it .. he'll turn your neatly coiled lines into .. a huge freaking mess when he starts thrashing ...

Don't ask me how I know this.

[DriftR]

I made up boards with "V" notches in them like some of you other guys. Because we fish handlines off the outriggers my buddy just wrote on the boards the length of the lines. We just grab the longer lines first and out they go working down in length until we get to the Yozuri Diving boards that we hang off the stern cleats. One thing you learn real fast. Always wear gloves letting out and hand lining in gear and albies. We use those yellow gloves with rubber lines poured on the outside. Used to use those all rubber coated blue cotton gloves. Gave them up for the yellow grippers. They dry out easier and you can wring them out. I have gone a step further. I use an athletic wrap tape. It does not have adhesive but it really just sticks to itself. Now when we go after albies on the way out I wrap my left and right small fingers all the way. Then I wrap the left and right index finger also. Then with the gloves on you can yard in albies all day long. Keeps the soreness down on those fingers your using as a fulcrum to hand line in those tuna.

[fish assassin]

OK, I'll throw my two cents worth in here. First, I keep all my handlines in
a big old plastic tupper-ware box. I coil 'em up and place 'em in there.
Second, to help me figure out which line goes where ... I used a permenant
marker and put a line around the bule (or green) tuna cord for ever 10 feet of
cord. Works pretty well for us!

-assAssin-

[Bait O' Eggs]

Mel does this work to and from the ramp for us guys who trailer our boat?

I could always go over to LIG forum and wrap the handlines nice and snug around some of those yokels throats for storage :shocked: :shocked:

[BOTTOM TIME DIVER]

i have changed from the boards to cord reels that look like a wheel at the hardware store. its nice to whip in those lines on them.

good fishin'

got tuna?

[Fishplay]

Oh! Did you leave that for me? I thought it was just an oversight like the pliars and Tuna jig.

I guess I only need three more now. :grin:

The only thing I need back is the pliars :smile:

[Miss B Haven]

Actually- the best place to store them is in the water, behind the boat at 6 knots or so! Keeps them nice and neat. :grin:

[fish assassin]

Mel,



-assAssin-

[ 07-29-2003, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: fish assassin ]

[corrirod]

Fishplay, I told you not to mention the pliars. :tongue:

Rod
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[Slow Roll]

I know its a little ways off, but during christmas the stores carry a plastic expandable spool (about 8" dia. outside, 4" inside) for those wonderfully frustrating twinkle lights. I have several of them and I would think that those would work pretty well for handlines. You can fit about 50' of lights with ease.

Just a thought.

Paul B.