01-23-2006, 12:25 PM
In South Africa snook are mostly fished for by an ethnic group called the Cape Malays, who populate the Cape Province. They go out in "snook boats":
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There are usually 6-8 guys per boat, and the fish are caught using handlines rolled around "line axels" - a 10" metal pipe with a flange four inches in from each side of the ends. The line is wound around the pipe between the two flanges.
In use, a ladder trace with 2 (sometimes more) hooks and a 2lb weight are tied to the line. The sinker sitting at the very bottom and the hooks above it at about 3 foot intervals. The fishermen wearing leather gloves, drops the weight overboard, holding the "axel" on one end and pointing the other at he ocean, allowing the line to peel off as the trace and weight sink to the bottom. Hooks are set and the fish is hauled in by hand, hand over hand.
Various baits are used, but I believe a combo of squid and sardine are the most popular.
PS: I was born and raised in S Africa, but have been living in the US now since '97.
@TubeN2
I have been called full of sh** on more than one occasion for saying I had nailed a "whatever" fish of "x weight". When in fact, in South Africa the fish has a different name and is a large fish, whereas elsewhere a different fish with the same name, never grows bigger than "x weight".
LOL.
-ABT-
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There are usually 6-8 guys per boat, and the fish are caught using handlines rolled around "line axels" - a 10" metal pipe with a flange four inches in from each side of the ends. The line is wound around the pipe between the two flanges.
In use, a ladder trace with 2 (sometimes more) hooks and a 2lb weight are tied to the line. The sinker sitting at the very bottom and the hooks above it at about 3 foot intervals. The fishermen wearing leather gloves, drops the weight overboard, holding the "axel" on one end and pointing the other at he ocean, allowing the line to peel off as the trace and weight sink to the bottom. Hooks are set and the fish is hauled in by hand, hand over hand.
Various baits are used, but I believe a combo of squid and sardine are the most popular.
PS: I was born and raised in S Africa, but have been living in the US now since '97.
@TubeN2
I have been called full of sh** on more than one occasion for saying I had nailed a "whatever" fish of "x weight". When in fact, in South Africa the fish has a different name and is a large fish, whereas elsewhere a different fish with the same name, never grows bigger than "x weight".
LOL.
-ABT-
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