NORMAL SKEINFISH SKEINS FOR GARFISH BS.10 PCS. WHITE

 

Using Skeinfish Skeins

You may have heard of a "miraculous" skein that lets you catch garfish without using any hooks...
This skein, called MECIUDA, is trolled at low speed, from a boat or from shore.
The garfish mistake it for a small fish, attack it and get caught by the "beak".
This fishing technique is used above all to obtain live bait without injuring it; in this way the garfish remains lively and active for much longer.

The usual setup for trolling for garfish is two rods, preferably light ones, one to the right and one to the left, spread as far outwards as possible; the main line must never be thinner than the leader: 0,18-0,25 nylon, depending on how clear or murky the water is. The most effective speed is around 3 knots. The lines should be let out 35-50 metres astern. The garfish is a predator too, but it has a rostrum; and, like all fish with a rostrum, it uses this protrusion to strike at live prey as it swims, then swallows it once stunned.
Trollers have made use of this behaviour. In practice, when you feel a strike on the line, let out 2 or 3 metres of line with a broad, quick movement of the rod backwards, so that the bait stops and the garfish, convinced it has hit its target, decides to swallow it.

This bait is simply a series of synthetic filaments that hold the garfish without the need for a hook, making use of the porosity and abrasive surface of this fish's rostrum. The skein was a very important innovation for garfish fishing, as it is highly effective and, above all, does not harm the fish because it has no hook. Two or three skeins are attached to each leader, 40-50 centimetres apart, and that's all there is to it.