Giant Tuna Kite Fishing Equipment

There are several variations of kites available on the market for giant tuna anglers.. Some which fly with relative ease while others prove more difficult to get a handle on. We experienced success using Boston Big Game kites along with Power Chute and Mega Mouth fishing kites. Obviously kites need wind to be effective and the more breeze there is, the simpler it will be to get your kite flying high. However making a few minor adjustments in equipment can make a big difference in how your kite will perform in blustery, along with calm conditions.

Using a kite rod and reel packed with 100 pound braided line when Fishing Cape Cod, features a few distinct advantages over a reel packed with dacron. Braided line isn't going to allow any stretch, while also providing more line strength with less line diameter. Essentially this means that the kite attached to braid will need to lift less weight than the kite linked to dacron. The additional strength provided by braid will even help ward against breaking off a kite in windy conditions.

Loading your 50, 80 or 130 class reel with braided line will also help make kite fishing more effective and efficient. A reel spooled with 2oo pound dacron can still be fished with a kite, however the bulky dacron (in comparison to the thin diameter of braid) can make it trickier to fish with a kite during very calm wind conditions.

When we first started fishing kites we employed simple, ordinary kite clips. Now, with a year of experience under our belts, we found that using kite clips with rollers makes life a bit easier. The rollers enable the main line coming from our 80 and 130 class reels, to slide easily over the clips with less resistance. This helps keep our baits positioned happily on the surface, as opposed to dangling in mid air-due to the friction created by non-roller kite clips.

Employing an elastic bridle to rig live baits will help to reduce damage to the bait when targeting giant tuna. This is important because live pogies, mackerel and bluefish often times require a great deal of time and energy to obtain. It is vital to keep the baits alive and frisky. In place of traditionally hooking a bait in the top of the back or through the snout, a bridle makes it possible for an elastic to be threaded through the bait-much like stitches through skin. This way the opening pierced through the bait is much smaller than that created by traditionally hooking the bait. The bait will swim long and with more vigor because of this small alteration in technique.

Braided drop lines also ought to be part of a giant tuna angler’s kite fishing aresenal. Drop lines run from the ball bearing swivels, that are spaced throughout the kite reel’s braided line, down towards the ocean’s surface. The length of these lines may vary depending on wind conditions. Afix a roller kite clip to the tag end of the drop line. Your main running line will pass through the roller kite clip. Drop lines allow your main line to remain closer to the water’s surface, instead of towering high in the sky.

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