Tagline Breakaway Strength
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:35 am
Hello all,
I'm a longtime commercial fisherman (albacore troller, seabass, halibut) and I just bought a CA salmon permit and am setting up my boat for the start of the season. I have a question and have scoured the boards for the answer with no luck...
What should the breaking strength of my tagline breakaways be? Should I use the blue Ashaway tuna cord, seine twine of some kind, doubled-up Oregon leader? Common sense tells me break strength should be somewhere between 100# and 200#.
My boat is 27', aluminum poles are 24' I'll be running aluminum 2-spool S&S Machine gurdies, and plan to run 50# heavies and 35# floats. Heavies on the tips possibly with shears, floats inside about 3' in from the tips (only option for now unless I run them off the same point as my stabies, which is about 8' up from the base). The bags I have are the straight kind. Not sure if I can get float bags that shear... I may try to make a set. I've got stays and haul lines in the right places, no issues there.
Such a great site you guys have here. Just reading through all the old posts has saved me a lot of headaches already. Thanks a bunch. Hopefully in a few years I'll know enough to help someone else.
Paul
I'm a longtime commercial fisherman (albacore troller, seabass, halibut) and I just bought a CA salmon permit and am setting up my boat for the start of the season. I have a question and have scoured the boards for the answer with no luck...
What should the breaking strength of my tagline breakaways be? Should I use the blue Ashaway tuna cord, seine twine of some kind, doubled-up Oregon leader? Common sense tells me break strength should be somewhere between 100# and 200#.
My boat is 27', aluminum poles are 24' I'll be running aluminum 2-spool S&S Machine gurdies, and plan to run 50# heavies and 35# floats. Heavies on the tips possibly with shears, floats inside about 3' in from the tips (only option for now unless I run them off the same point as my stabies, which is about 8' up from the base). The bags I have are the straight kind. Not sure if I can get float bags that shear... I may try to make a set. I've got stays and haul lines in the right places, no issues there.
Such a great site you guys have here. Just reading through all the old posts has saved me a lot of headaches already. Thanks a bunch. Hopefully in a few years I'll know enough to help someone else.
Paul