How to use fishing stringer

You’re new to spearfishing Hawaii. Have you been wondering how to use a fish stringer? A fish stringer allows the diver to hold many fish so they can keep hunting without worrying about their catch. Check out this video by Conor Haligan showing how to use a fish stringer our way.

How to Use a Fish Stringer

Reasons to use a Fish Stringer

  • Holds your catch for you
  • Keeps the fish away from your body (and the sharks)
  • Less drag than using a bag

A fish stringer, or ‘kui’ in Hawaiian, is not an essential piece of spearfishing equipment but if you shoot more than one fish you’re going to wish you had one! As a beginner you may not catch much but as soon as your skills improve. The more fish you poke the more storage space you’re going to need. This video features a fish stringer by JBL. The nice thing about this particular model is it has a built in swivel which allows the fish to twist around without twisting up the monofilament line it’s strung on. When rigging a fish stringer it’s important to have a good dive float. This makes it possible to hang the fish stringer off of so you don’t have to attach it to your body. It’s also required by law to have a dive flag and the float provides a nice place for your flag to attach to. When attaching the stringer to your float you’ll want to have a shark clip so you can quickly attach and detach the stringer. You may also want to ad a second shark clip to the other side of the float so the stringer is more streamlined.

If you have a fish stringer or you want to get one to integrate into your setup swing by the shop and we’ll help you get it set up right. We are happy to help show you how to use a fish stringer with your existing setup. Spearfishing Hawaii is a bit different from spearfishing other locations. We have different demands here and so you may benefit from swinging by to learn more about spearfishing Hawaii.

Using a Fish Stringer

When spearfishing you are going to be hyper focused on shooting and landing the fish but don’t forget about what to do with it after you shoot it.

1. Get a good hold on the fish with the barb pointing away from your body.

2. Kill the fish with a pointy knife into the skull cavity right behind the eyes (if it’s not already dead) or use your pointy end of your stringer.

3. Run the stringer through the fish’s gill and out through the mouth

4. Repeat until the stringer is full of fish or you are ready to stop fishing.

It’s important to kill the fish soon after catching it to discourage sharks and eels from commandeering your prey. When predators hear the sound of the fish fighting it’s like ringing a dinner bell. If you’re planning to eat the fish on shore immediately after catching it you may want to gut and scale it right then and there. For pelagics like Ahi, Ono, or Mahi you can cut the bottom where the gills attach to the belly to bleed the fish for better tasting meat.

Some people will use a mesh bag to hold their catch. The mesh bag can get smelly and creates more drag when pulled through the water than the fish stringer. To learn how to use a fish stringer come by the shop and we’ll be happy to show you the recommended way to do it.

What’s it Made Of?

A fish stringer or ‘kui’ is simply a piece of monofilament line with one end that has a loop or clip and another end with a metal spike that it pointy at one end and blunt on the other. A good quality stringer will have heavy duty monofilament, a long stainless steel spike and a swivel at the other end to allow the whole thing to twist as the fish are pulled along underwater. The monofilament can wear and break but it’s easily replaceable and inexpensive to do so. Just bring it by our spearfishing shop and we’ll get it taken care of for you. We can also show you how to use a fish stringer most effectively.

Spearfishing Hawaii is some of the best spearfishing in the Pacific. This is because of the calm clear waters and very little current. This makes Hawaii an ideal spearfishing Mecca. We constantly have Spearfishermen coming into the shop to fins out more about were to go spearfishing on Big Island and which fish to shoot. Check out our spearfishing guides to learn about spearfishing Big Island. The Big Island of Hawaii has some of the best spearfishing in Hawaii because of the conditions and the bountiful reefs close to shore. You won’t have to go far to find good opportunities to hunt here.

Spearfishing Big Island can also be very challenging because there are many skilled spearfishermen here that keep our more desirable fish on their toes. It’s a good idea to have your freediving skills up to par so you can stay down long enough to get your quarry. You can take a freediving course with Kona Freedivers. In the freediving class you will learn how to hold your breath longer and dive deeper. You will also learn about safety so it’s a good idea to bring a buddy along because they will be the ones safetying you while you dive. We offer regular level 1 freediver courses. Many spearfishermen find a large benefit from taking the course in improving their spearfishing abilities. In our spearfishing course we can show you how to use your spearfishing gear the most effective way including how to use a fish stringer. We also go over which fish to shoot and why. We also cover techniques for using your gun and hunting with it.

Our Kona dive shop is the highest rated and most reviewed in Hawaii. We specialize in carrying top quality freediving and spearfishing gear. We offer brands that are not available at other shops. It’s our goal to find the best product for your needs and sometimes that includes no product at all!

So you caught a fish, but you want to catch more or have a long paddle out, you should find a way to hold your fish new. The use of a fish stringer is an excellent way to do this at a low rate.

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How to use a fish stringer?

To use a fish stringer in a boat:

  1. Tie it to the water with a short rope length.
  2. Take the stringer out of the water, attach fish.
  3. Run your stringer or looped hook through the gill and out of your mouth.
  4. Return to water.
  5. Return to water.

It’s that simple.

There are still a couple more things we need to know before we declare ourselves experts on how to put fish on a stringer.

There are many string forms. There are also alternate options to hold your catch new, which maybe even better than a stringer. So let us delve into more depth to learn what we need to know to keep your capture new.

How to use fishing stringer

Various fish string styles

The first thing we need to remember is the distinction between the various string forms. Like all, everyone has a unique position to perform.

That’s the easiest stringer on the market. It was made of polyethylene wire, paracord, or other stuff, occasionally. There is a metal loop on one end. The other end has a metal loop.

The end of the metal stake passes through the fins of your fish and out of your mouth. The seal is then drawn down until the metal ring rests on the gills. In this method, you can run a lot of fish on the same side.

The cord may be securely attached to the boat by attaching the end of the metal stake directly. Or with the help of a different cord length as a chief. I choose to make the second alternative, as it helps cut the stringer from the rope more quickly than the ships to string more fish.

The second most famous stringer looks like a chain of clips. It is a stringer for the clip. The clip stringers are a little more complex than the stringers and make it much simpler to bind a fresh fish to the stringer without needing to disassemble it at all times.

Bind them to the boat. Then tie a long seal from the boat to the water with a hinge in the seal at the end of the water. Then, I clip the metal stringer onto the hoop knot, and I’m ready for it.

To tie a fish to the line, pick up the clasp, drive it through the jaw’s crayons or bottom, and exit the mouth. Then, drop the stringer gently back into the water and finish your fishing experience.

  • Stringer Heavy Duty Square End Clip

These strings are pretty much like the clip string, except for the significant game—the big fish, which only won suit some ordinary stringer.

It acts as the clip stringer for smaller fish. Remove clasp and fill the wire with the gills or the lower jaw, and then remove the lips. Next, secure your boat’s large game clip string by winding the rope through it and linking it to the yacht.

  • G2 Pro Stringer ForEverlast

It is a perfect boat stringer. It has an integrated float that prevents the fish from becoming too far and tangled into the underwater system. In addition, it has a fast release which enables more fish to be added to the stringer more easily.

The stringer is of a snag-free cable that enables fish to slip freer on the stringer and less harm your catch. If you decide, since it was too little, to throw a catch back, your fish would more definitely live if you use this stringer.

A cord ties this string to your boat. Fish are added to the stringer much like the rope strings of polyethylene.

How to use fishing stringer

Fish Stringers Pros and Cons

The use of a fish stringer has certain benefits, but there are still several drawbacks.

Holding your catch new when fishing from a boat will be difficult for a fish stringer to beat. You’re more about binding your tuna to your boat. It’s almost zero.

The advantage is to use the ocean to hold your fish healthy and alive. You did not require some effort on your side.

You also benefit from the small space by keeping your catch overboard rather than a cooler on the boat. You know how sacred every inch of the room is on your boat if you have a tiny boat.

However, nothing seems ever flawless. If it is helpful for a fish stringer, it may even be not very pleasant.

If you canoe back behind you, a line of fish will slow you down. If you trickle, you can’t trickle the action it wants, so you slow down. Often it’s better to bring the catch on board and then start paddling.

I fish in the bay, too. Often my subconscious begins to dream. This fish stringer is like a large live bait trolling lure if I will be visited by a shark or two. I hope they don’t belong to BIG!

Any stringers can even make your fish a little rough. If you realize that the fish is a keeper, it might not be a problem. Perhaps you make an error and finally realize why you try to toss a fish back even faster. A cord stringer or clip stringer in polyethylene may injure the fish.

Alternative solutions for fishing boat stringers

There are some ways to hold your catch fresh. Like several forms of strings, there are many ways to hold your catch on your boat fresh.

Coolers

A cooler is one of the most popular ways to keep your catch new. Get your catch on ice immediately is a fresh, delicious fish ticket.

Most boats have a rear seat behind the chair, where they can hold a cooler. In addition to the milk box, it may be used for packaging or kept in the milk box itself. Test the proportions and use a soft-shelled cooler that will fit strange spaces.

The cooler has some disadvantages apart from having rooms. They require ice and get stinky and filthy. In addition, it is a drag that must always keep ice on hand, especially on a boat. All this adds to the weight, not to mention.

Fish are stinky and slimy, too. Store a handful in a colder place, and the scent of fish doesn’t come out.

Baskets

The fish basket is another tool used to hold fish fresh. Fish baskets are constructed of wire mesh and appear as the name suggests. They are like a stringer hooked off the boat and left in the sea. Your capture is dropped in the basket, and you can swim free for the rest of the time inside the basket.

Fish buckets are hard to paddle. So before you start to paddle, it is much better to take them to the sea. They even have the opportunity to be isolated from you. However, a hotter one doesn’t.

HATCH FRONT

I don’t always use my front hatch for a lot, but recently I enjoyed using it as a place to store my catch.

What you need is an isolated shopping bag. Velcro it within the hull to the bottom so that it won’t pass. Filled it with frozen bottles of water (the bags are not water-resistant, if you load it with liquid, the melting ice will spill through the boat’s hull). Throw your catch on top.

It’s a little challenging to get into the hull, but it’s handy.

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