float fishing with live mackerel

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:35:04 +0100, Derek Moody
wrote:

In article , Dave
URL:mailto:[email protected]. wrote:
What Derek says may be true but down here in Poole, over the Needles bridge
many use the float method with success and use a size 6/0 to 8/0 size hook
on a 30ft trace, live joeys are best however. You need a big cigar type
float.

Joeys will stay on a big hook OK but 'standard' mackerel, which bass deal
with perfectly well, do the Houdini with the larger hooks. 1/0 is standard
with late season bassers in the Portland Race.

Again we see a prime example of the old axiom, "Different strokes for
different folks." Thank you very much.

Cheerio,