- Hi, I'm Ian from Paul's Fishing Systems.
And I'm here today to talk
to you about the ShoreThing device.
This is a fantastic device.
It's gonna protect your Kontiki from shark bite offs.
And it's gonna make setting
and drifting weed areas much easier.
And when used correctly, will increase your catch.
The key to achieving a perfect deployment
of your hook section with your ShoreThing
is to be sure you've wound your hook section correctly.
When you've wound it correctly,
your hooks should deploy flawlessly just like this.
So, we've pulled all the hooks off.
Now, it's time to put them back on.
Okay.
Placement of the spool on the post provided.
Only here's one slot
that the handle can go on for your ratchet.
The key to maintaining perfect tension on your spool
is never letting go of that line whilst winding.
If you need to put the line down for whichever reason,
we suggest tucking that line
into a slot before walking away.
First thing you need to do
is wind the sinkers on at the bottom of the dropline.
Make sure these go on correctly.
Be sure not to cross them over each other.
It should look like this.
Now, we keep winding until we come to the first stopper.
You'll feel one hit your hand.
Your hooks are on a swivel that runs between two stops.
We're gonna bring this first stop
to about one hand span away from the spool.
We bring that swivel to that stop.
And that hook line goes the same way around the spool
that the mainline is.
Always maintaining your line going up
and down the spool evenly.
So it's not to bunch up at either side.
Stopped, one hand span away.
Hook comes up.
Same thing again.
Whilst winding your mainline onto the spool here,
it's important to keep the constant tension on that line
with your left while winding to the right.
When we come to our stops, we like to bring the stops
approximately one hand span away from the spool.
What this does
is puts this hook here right in front of where I'm working.
Very easy to see what I'm doing here.
If that stop's too far away,
it's not very easy.
I'm leaning over the spool to try and see a slot that works.
Too close,
we're going to have the same problem.
We found one hand span away works perfect.
Now, when choosing a slot,
it doesn't matter whether it's top or bottom.
All we wanna look for is a slot
where the eye of the hook looks
as though it's about halfway in that slot.
So, we bring the hook around.
We find a slot that works for us.
It does here, it looks pretty good.
Slide it through, while removing just enough tension
to allow the length to get through there.
Then reapply the tension.
Turn the hook.
That's them hookin', really.
These are our sinkers.
We want to make sure we wind these on correctly.
Placing them alongside any other sinkers,
or against the side plate if the case might be.
We don't wanna lay them
across another of our sinkers, like such.
Another stop is next, again.
So we'll, to the stop closest to the spool.
Hook goes around the same way as your mainline.
And we're looking for a slot that matches.
Top or bottom, it doesn't matter.
With a bit of practise,
completely re-spooling your hook section
should take less than 10 minutes.
And remember, you're not only storing your line as such.
You're preparing it for your next set.
All that's left to do is bite it.
There are no more clipping on tracers.
Now, occasionally you may come to a point where
you have a rail hooked here and a rail hooked here.
And, you're hook just doesn't have a home.
What we do in these occasions,
release the ratchet just a little bit,
allow some line to come back off.
Remembering, don't let go of that line,
keeping the tension.
Now when we rewind that line we go up and down,
a little more sharply, change that pitch.
What this does, it uses a larger amount of line
for that same rotation.
Your hook will now have a different place.
And that's it.
When you come to the end with this kite-sail clip,
we recommend just finding a slot close to the clip,
you can just tuck it in.
And that stores it.
Stops it from unwinding, keeps all that line nice and tight.
If you've done it correctly, this is how it should look.
Line on here nice and tight.
The hooks aren't loose in the slot,
but easy to move up and down.
You can put as large a bait on there as you like,
and the hooks will not come out on their own until deployed.