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| 891.1 | artificial reef | SMURF::AMATO | | Tue Oct 11 1988 10:33 | 9 |
| Steve,
My understanding about FAD's (from other articles) is that these
are something along the lines of artificial reefs. The concept
is that small fish will concentrate around the structure thus bringing
in the larger game fish. I'll look in my sport fisherman to see
if there's anymore info on them.
Joe
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| 891.2 | FAD = Floating Structure | NYJDEV::HORWITZ | Beach Bagel | Tue Oct 11 1988 10:49 | 34 |
| A few years back when they first started using FADs, SWS ran a good
article about them. Basically they are 'artificial structure' designed
to attract pelagic species of game fish. As I recall the article,
they are barrels (empty beer kegs???) suspended at various depths,
although usually close to the surface. They look something like:
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There were some experiments with these on the East coast a couple
of years ago. I think there were some put in near one of the artificial
reefs off Cape May NJ.
Since these devices get mention frequently in SWS articles about
Hawaii, they apparently are very effective.
Rich
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| 891.3 | Available in silk or leather | SCOMAN::WOOLDRIDGE | Worm fishermen have stiffer rods | Tue Oct 11 1988 12:46 | 7 |
| YO,
"Bassy", a new glossy fishing magazine is dedicated to bring
only the best "DEVICES" into your world of fishing "pleasure". It
will arrive in the mail incognito in a brown wrapper. Just write
"Bassy" in Elvira, Ca., attn; RAD FADS Dept. 101.
NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~~
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| 891.4 | BOBBERS | AD::GIBSON | Lobst'a Ayah | Tue Oct 11 1988 14:10 | 19 |
| I like the beer barrel idea, I'm sure we would have no trouble making
an empty one with help from these guys on the notes.
Steev if you want to work on some over the winter? Give me a call.
^ (SP)
I've also heard of somthing else it might be. It's a floating pump
that sprays water into the air ,When it lands it looks like bait
fish on the surface making little splashes. Weird eh?
How about floating beer kegs squirting chum water ?? Best of both
worlds.
I was thinking of setting out a deep water mooring on Old Scatum
with a 55 gal poly barrel as a marker, This would really be good
for sharking and tuna. What's the regulation on something like this?
Walt
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| 891.5 | They do it with mirrors | DNEAST::OKERHOLM_PAU | | Tue Oct 11 1988 14:22 | 13 |
| I read an article some time ago about a research project in Hawaii
which was trying to determine the effectiveness of various FAD's.
I seem to remember that the most productive device had mirrored
surfaces on it. It was rigged something like Bagel's sketch. I also
saw an advertisement for one like the one Walt mentioned. It had
the mirrors also and pumped water to mimmic the sounds and activity
of fish near the surface. I'm definately curious as to how effective
they might be for offshore fishing. I imagine that you would have
to leave it in an area for some time to become effective.
Sounds like another Winter project.
Paul
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| 891.6 | They do work | SMURF::AMATO | | Tue Oct 11 1988 15:22 | 20 |
| Paul,
I've heard of the type you referred to, mostly being used in Hawaii.
The (pending I believe) world record pacific blue marlin (30 lb
class) of approx. 1100 lbs was caught be Kelly Everette (sp?) of
the northern lights by a FAD. From what I understand, they catch
lots of smaller tuna (5-20lbs etc) around these devices and then
use the tuna as live bait for the marlin. I would imagine these
are used in primarily deep water where artificial reefs are
impractical. I haven't heard of these types on the east coast,
does anybody know where any are? What I've heard of on the east
coast is creating an artificial reef for the same purpose. The
ship mercedes (she ran into a ladies swimming pool in Fla a few
years back) was later sunk as such. I've heard of these being used
around RI, and I think Mass. I'll see if I can find out more tonight.
Joe A.
p.s. Thanks for the info on the shark tagging kit. It came a little
late, but I'm ready for next year.
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| 891.7 | Hep a crappie fishermun.. | DPDMAI::BEAZLEY | | Wed Oct 12 1988 02:05 | 8 |
| Bak home dey come aroun after Christmas an get all dem trees frum
de jonk piles. Chew tak coffee cans full ob concrete an tie dem
to de bottom ob dem. Den chew tak dem out in de lak an tak site
lines frum two or tree places an drop dem in. Nex spring chew fis
ober dem for crappie(sac-a-lait, or White plerch). Don dere dey
neber hab to burn dem trees after christmas.
Coonass
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| 891.8 | A FEW MORE | SCOMAN::WOOLDRIDGE | Worm fishermen have stiffer rods | Wed Oct 12 1988 12:53 | 8 |
| YO,
Other FADS:
HULA HOOPS
MOHOWK HAIRCUTS
BELL BOTTOMS
REEBOKS
FRISBEES
NIGHTCRAWLER~~~~~~~~
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| 891.9 | Its a FAD in Hawaii!! | PEACHS::CRAWFORD | Hawaii No Ka Oi | Fri Oct 14 1988 15:42 | 14 |
| Off the Kona coast of Hawaii they use a FAD that is attached to
a buoy. It is a group of barrels and tires that grow algae and attract
the small bait fish. It also has a transmitter that gives off signals
that attract the fish. The larger fish come to feed off the smaller
fish and so on. Eventually the larger pelagic species such as the
marlin are attracted because of the smaller tuna. It is common practice
for the sport fishing boats to come out to the attractor, catch
some 3-5 pound skip jack tuna, hook them up as live bait and troll
for the marlin. I've done it a time or two myself.
Aloha
Hawaii_Harry
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