Thread: Trotline tied to a bouy

Originally Posted by slabho

Curious why you think that?

How is it any worse of an idea than dropping a trotline 3' from the buoy but using your own weight and marker system, which is perfectly legal?

slabho

how is affixing a line to a river bouy dangerous? for one thing those bouys are attached to a fairly long cable and the bob and weave in the current like a prize fighter, try to run a trotline that is giving you slack one minute then pulling against you the next. your not gonna be able to steady it and it might just pull you right out of the boat. next scenario; because the bouy isn't stable its gonna pull slack into the trot line. this slack will allow a bow to the line toward the down river side of the bouy, which is the side you will approach with a boat. get that line hung up in the prop, get turned around backwards in the current and your boat will sink in seconds. gaurenteed. if you run the 'sippi a lot then you probably know this already.
the reason you have never heard of someone getting hurt by lining off a bouy is that not too many people are gonna try it.

I'm not trying to start an argument, either. just saying my .02

Originally Posted by south point

how is affixing a line to a river bouy dangerous? for one thing those bouys are attached to a fairly long cable and the bob and weave in the current like a prize fighter, try to run a trotline that is giving you slack one minute then pulling against you the next. your not gonna be able to steady it and it might just pull you right out of the boat. next scenario; because the bouy isn't stable its gonna pull slack into the trot line. this slack will allow a bow to the line toward the down river side of the bouy, which is the side you will approach with a boat. get that line hung up in the prop, get turned around backwards in the current and your boat will sink in seconds. gaurenteed. if you run the 'sippi a lot then you probably know this already.
the reason you have never heard of someone getting hurt by lining off a bouy is that not too many people are gonna try it.

All great points. How about if the trotline pulls you out and then you some how get hooked. In that current, it'll drown you quick.

I've had 2 buddies get trotlines in their prop on Truman and I can tell you I don't like the dam things at all. At least you can see jugs.