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RIROCKHOUND · 08-03-2009, 04:42 PM

Get some heavy cable (350lb+) and crimp a heavy 350lb+ swivel at each end. 8-10ft lengths. haywire on some piano wire (3ft) at each end, then each time you can just change the end out, and you get the bite resistance of the wire and bendability of the cable... rig some w/ good hooks for the baits you can't see, and a lot with cheap hooks for the bluesharks you bait at the boat. Last shark trip, we managed to straighten a hook at boatside on a blushark with enough pressure, making a great clean release for them. Some guys like circles. I used to do a lot of sharking with a boat out of Newport, but it is a 1-2x a year tune-up thing for us now...

08-03-2009, 04:42 PM	#8
RIROCKHOUND Also known as OAK iTrader: (0) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Westlery, RI Posts: 10,349	Get some heavy cable (350lb+) and crimp a heavy 350lb+ swivel at each end. 8-10ft lengths. haywire on some piano wire (3ft) at each end, then each time you can just change the end out, and you get the bite resistance of the wire and bendability of the cable... rig some w/ good hooks for the baits you can't see, and a lot with cheap hooks for the bluesharks you bait at the boat. Last shark trip, we managed to straighten a hook at boatside on a blushark with enough pressure, making a great clean release for them. Some guys like circles. I used to do a lot of sharking with a boat out of Newport, but it is a 1-2x a year tune-up thing for us now...
	Bryan Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& "For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"