08-11-2009, 05:18 PM
I used to do it all the time down at Utah Lake. I would leave it out there for a minimum of 4 hours and a lot of times I would have fish on all 15 hooks. I caught everything from mud cats, channels, white bass, and an occassional walleye. I caught one cat that was pushing 20 lbs.
You can get pretty fancy when making a setline or you can keep it pretty simple. I bought 150 ft of steel line from Lowes and crimped on a steel leader every 10 ft. Then I attached a hook to the end of the steel leader. I always used circle hooks cause they are better for self hooking. Then I attached two large steel O-rings to each end of my steel line where I could fasten a large weight and tie off a jug. If I had to change anything it would probably be the steel line. Its durable but its very expensive and sometimes hard to work with.
Take your setline out where you want it, bait it up with an assortment of goodies and tie off a jug or bouy to each end then check it after a few hours or all day of fishing. Its fun stuff! Never know what your gonna get!
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You can get pretty fancy when making a setline or you can keep it pretty simple. I bought 150 ft of steel line from Lowes and crimped on a steel leader every 10 ft. Then I attached a hook to the end of the steel leader. I always used circle hooks cause they are better for self hooking. Then I attached two large steel O-rings to each end of my steel line where I could fasten a large weight and tie off a jug. If I had to change anything it would probably be the steel line. Its durable but its very expensive and sometimes hard to work with.
Take your setline out where you want it, bait it up with an assortment of goodies and tie off a jug or bouy to each end then check it after a few hours or all day of fishing. Its fun stuff! Never know what your gonna get!
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