Thread: Return of the clothespin rig

Originally Posted by BryanB

The rumored, speculated, trial-run (whatever you want to call it) idea is to allow trolleys north of the ocatagon. Most everyone who free-lines and snobbles does so off the octagon at the end. So why all the fuss over the trolleys? They wouldn't be in the way of the free-liners and snobblers. Plus we're only talking the upwind side of the pier, for the most part. What about people who can't stand up and fish all day? Like the elderly, handicapped, or otherwise hindered fishermen. Shouldn't they be afforded a way to fish? On the old pier there was Doc Hayes, Ms. Velma, and a bunch of other retirees who simply weren't able to stand all day at the rail. I've seen days when ONLY the trolleys were catching fish. It is an extremely effective method, especially the two-line method. It is just like kite-fishing. It keeps your line and leader out of the water and presents the bait in a very appealing way. When I used to fish the two-line rig, I always monitored it and kept it out of the way of people fighting fish. And I will reiterate, if it is north of the octagon, why should those fishing on the octagon mind it?

You ever had a nice fish run north of the Octi?

ever fought a fish through the sabiki brigade ?

ALL of this ; because Someone started an UNFOUNDED RUMOR (having no basis in fact ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After all the controversy generated on this thread, I can see why trolley rigs were outlawed in the first place.

Originally Posted by frednic

While we are on the subject I would like to ask a question.

Is a single-pole rig with the hook and float sliding above a sinker (say 4 oz pyramid or one of those jobs with spikes) considered a "trolley" by the rules or do they only apply to double pole rigs?

A trolley is apparently a trolley even though the sins of the two-line are far greater than the sins of the one-line. Single-line trolley rigs probably could be interpreted to fall under the "bottom fishing only upwind rule" but it would still probably draw flack. It would depend a lot if you could keep out of the way that mythical creature (at least this summer) which would be a hooked fish. Like balloon fishing or bag fishing, it draws fire just because it is.

That said, I've seen trolley fishermen on east coast piers who had trouble playing well with others.

Wish we could get float fishing banned also!!

Originally Posted by Jbearden

Wish we could get float fishing banned also!!

Perfection

Originally Posted by Peaches

Perfection

But how will u fish with out your training wheels ????

Why don't we go back to arguing about beer on the pier?

But I do have to thank this beautifully long thread and those who are against a 2 line trolly for drawing so much attention

Please?!?!?!