fish
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night lines.in times past many a fine fish supper , be it eels , grayling or trout, were to be had by means of a night line, often they were set in an evenin after school or work and would be checked the next morning, the set up was a simple affair and a good bait like a bunch of lob worms on a size 4 barbed single or a size10 treble. here's a diagram done by me on my all singing and dancing painter program! (takes a bow!) 
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Baldryk
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 Is there nowt you dont know?
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fishy1
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This is one thing I can do. I find pieces of small trout to be excellent bait for big trout.
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WillOtheWisp
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And equaly small pieces of bootlace eels are excelent bait for big eels.Catch a bootlace,cut off the head,about 2 inches in length,put on a good strong rod and line,long shank hook,and wait,you wont get many,but the ones you do get are monsters 
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fishy1
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Whilst on the subject, is it true that using eels for bait will scare off trout? I've heard of it, but don't know for sure.
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WillOtheWisp
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in my opinion, no,i fish eel head on a good strong setup,and whilst I wait I fish trout on a lighter setup in same pool,and its never stopped trout taking a nice live/dead minnow
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fishy1
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But do the trout ever take the eel?
I had a pretty dreadful dream a couple of days ago, using the night line, was trying a new bit of water that looked OK, caught two trout over 2 nights with 5 hooks. Neither was over 6oz. Had one bigger one that snapped the line, which hardly ever happens.
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steve
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i used to set eel lines across a local river useing small dead roach had some good size eels this way but the last few years there has been hardley any good eels about, the last time i had a good catch i was fishing in a small creek that runs into the sea useing rods with peeler crab as bait i allways think eels caught in salt water are far more better to eat.
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fish
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far better on the plate! the ones i used to get on the somerset levels are within spitting distance of the sea!
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wildman
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hey guys,
i use night lines over here quite a bit for catfish. i like working the rivers at night from a canoe, then checking the lines at daybreak. here's a pic of a night's haul of channel catfish. (delicious)
tc,
wildman
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fish
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fantastic! how many there? 
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steve
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nice catch there wildman, what do you use as bait cheers steve.
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wildman
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fish,
there's 11 there in all. but i have caught up to 25 in a night.
steve,
i used bluegill for bait.
tc,
wildman
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hughgoldsmith
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You do realise that the use of fixed lines in the UK is illegal right? or don't you care?
Hugh
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fish
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hugh sems as yer new hear maybe you should read the posting rules.
"In particular, tales of hunting with hounds, poaching or any currently illegal activities must be fictional, anecdotal or historical. Images accompanying them must be staged or photoshopped, and included for the purpose of illustration only. "
thanks for showing a concern though, ime sure you meant your first post to be a positive one!
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hughgoldsmith
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Alas seeing your postings on other forums i think you need to change the tag for your forum from "where old poachers put up there feet" to where current poachers put up there feet.
Don't worry i wont be posting much more here.
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fish
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good and till you have proof of members actively breaking the law and the forums rules ,please refrain from slander and defamation of charachter.
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wabbiter
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aaawww, shame, we hav'nt had a goldsmith on here before, we could have learnt so much  
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fish
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enough said about this chap,i dont want to lock the thread!
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fishy1
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Oh, and BTW, fixed lines are not illegal all over the uk.
Indeed, in the sea, they are one of the least regulated methods of fishing. No permits needed, even to sell the catch as long as not using a motorised boat or a non motorised boat over 10m.
Oh, and BTW, my post was another dream I wrote down.
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steve
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just for the record when i said i used to set eel lines it was in the 1970's when you could buy eel lines licences for 50p a line from any tackle shop,, so some people should have all the facts before jumping in with both feet!
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Tidal_wear
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Night lines for moray-eels The bamboo spools are attached to a spindle which allows the fish to run for a short way
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fishy1
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Soon I will be trying longlining on a large, commercial scale. I'm starting off with only 100 hooks and a few gill nets as well, should be good hopefully.
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Tidal_wear
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Sounds good Fishy,what are you going to target?Working from a boat?Been out in a few trawlers when I was a kid,very enjoyable.You might find this interesting,bamboo spool for holding mono,guy peels a hank of line off,threads on a hook,peels a hank of line off,threads on a hook............Made his own longlines.
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fishy1
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Lol tidalwear, you seem to have pictures for everything.
Plan is to go after cod and pollack, with the possiblity of bass if I can find them. In the summer, might hand line a bit of mackie too.
Boatwise, I'm going to start just setting nets etc from the beach, and after a bit of that I'll build myself a nice rowboat, got a rough design, dory hull, 20' long. The nice part about rowing is it means I don't need licenses or any of that stuff, and I've got no fuel costs.
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Tidal_wear
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Going to take the p**s now,following on from your "Pics of everything",and please dont ask for pics of Nessie or Bigfoot,because they came out blurred,or "Intimate" pics of Ex-girlfriends because Fish said "NO",but how about this for a string of Mackie feathers?Over 100 hooks on the trace,and the "Feathers" are actually strips from a plastic fertelizer sack,very,very effective for spanish mackerel.
Sounds a good plan Fishy,let us know how you get on when netting from the beach
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