Fish bite indicator

[michael_reiber]

Just curious if anyone has tried used the fish bite indicators for halibut fishing? You see guys using them all the time for carp fishing and bar fishing etc, and was curious if anyone has tried them for halibut fishing, my main concern being that every time the ball pounds off bottom it’s going to trip it, or even just coming up and down over the swells.

Cheers,
Michael

 

[advTHXance]

Braid has very little stretch. If youre using braided line and stiff rods meant for bottomfishing the rodtip is a pretty good bite indicator in my experience.

 

[fishbadger]

halibut bite indicator = drag clicker on my boat.

we don't touch the rod til that thing is buried and peeling,

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[Aces]

halibut bite indicator = drag clicker on my boat.

we don't touch the rod til that thing is buried and peeling,

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Same here.

 

[michael_reiber]

Braid has very little stretch. If youre using braided line and stiff rods meant for bottomfishing the rodtip is a pretty good bite indicator in my experience.

Yeah fair enough, just being lazy and saw them on amazon, and thought it might be a good way to not have to be paying attention to the rods!

 

[wildthing]

clip on rod top bell works and cheap off flea bay......
bite alarms work with line being pulled over a wheel or reed switch to activate ..
other option would be a mercury tilt switch ....
i have thought of it as come from a UK carping background 76 -06.
now get out a try a hair rig ....lol

 

[Derby]

Every once in a while .. I want to float one of these bad boys out the back of the boat

 

[michael_reiber]

Every once in a while .. I want to float one of these bad boys out the back of the boat
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I like it

 

[Derby]

A friend on mine made them for me...