12-05-2008, 07:46 AM
what causes the release is the fish.
it tugs on the line bending the rod below the catch point and the arm that holds it up slams back against the main body. hence the slamer name.
now as for those fish that mouth the hook and not run, its just a matter of using a lighter rod. but even with gills that are typicaly known for sucking in the bait and not running there is realy nothing that can be done for them because this setup like all other setups requires the fish to make an attempt to swim off.
thre is a comercial unit on the market using another name and is a bulky peice of plastic that runs in excess of 50 green backs. It swears up and down it works on gills and crappies.
I emagine it will work well on them, I just know that when fishing for pan fish I would rather use a rod in the hand because I get enough swallowed hooks with out giving them a long standing rig like this slamer or other similar style rod type tipups.
for gills I tend to use one and two pound test line and would be afraid of using this type of setup in fear snapping the line every time the rod set the hook. but I would emagine if you were using a real fast action rod "aka noodle rod" it would work just fine.
the amount of tention set on the arm is in direct relationship to the rod you are using. So making your base ajustable for different rod lenths will be a great asset to you later in the season when you want to target different species.
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it tugs on the line bending the rod below the catch point and the arm that holds it up slams back against the main body. hence the slamer name.
now as for those fish that mouth the hook and not run, its just a matter of using a lighter rod. but even with gills that are typicaly known for sucking in the bait and not running there is realy nothing that can be done for them because this setup like all other setups requires the fish to make an attempt to swim off.
thre is a comercial unit on the market using another name and is a bulky peice of plastic that runs in excess of 50 green backs. It swears up and down it works on gills and crappies.
I emagine it will work well on them, I just know that when fishing for pan fish I would rather use a rod in the hand because I get enough swallowed hooks with out giving them a long standing rig like this slamer or other similar style rod type tipups.
for gills I tend to use one and two pound test line and would be afraid of using this type of setup in fear snapping the line every time the rod set the hook. but I would emagine if you were using a real fast action rod "aka noodle rod" it would work just fine.
the amount of tention set on the arm is in direct relationship to the rod you are using. So making your base ajustable for different rod lenths will be a great asset to you later in the season when you want to target different species.
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