Sea Fishing Floats

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#1 Post by **pete** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:21 pm

Looking to pick up some proper big sea floats, have tried few irish online sites and uk ones plus local tackle shops and can't find the proper donkey floats - lookin for ones to carry one and two ounce ball leads plus bait. Only seeing smaller stuff and shitty polystyrene ones. Anybody be fit to help me out

#2 Post by **JimC** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:10 pm

Bigger than 8"?
Dennetts have a good selection. Their 8" is a big float. It would take 2 drilled balls to cock them. I have actually used them as an experiment shark fishing.

http://dennettoutdoorltd.co.uk/Document ... 20Nets.pdf

The ones I have are L119 on page 43

Any shop that deals with them should be able to order them for you

#3 Post by **fishface** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:21 am

gotcha angling in greystones harbour have weighted floats which are very good for casting, go see ringo, he is a very nice boy and is only to happy to please

#4 Post by **captin hook** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:28 pm

their is some lovely floats made by tronix . the floats have a brass end on it so it casts well . i seen them in john o briens in waterford

#5 Post by **fishface** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:30 pm

the very ones in gotcha

#6 Post by **cachalot** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:17 pm

Try moonfleet angling (on the internet) based in somerset uk. has some pretty good float tackle plus end rigs etc.
very helpful

#7 Post by **pete** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 8:36 pm

Thanks gents, be 8 inches and upwards.

Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:27 pm

pete wrote:Thanks gents, be 8 inches and upwards.

WTF !!!

#9 Post by **petekd** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:37 pm

McG, ye can have all the inches you want but if you haven't the correct equipment to drive it home you're goosed

What on earth are you planning? Maybe try Aldi, some quality gear coming soon .....

#10 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:47 pm

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Premier-F ... 5674182634

#11 Post by **pete** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:01 pm

Aye id wrote that and then realised it sounded...eh....a bit odd

Petey the idea is deep water floaty stuff, want something thats got enough buoyoancy to carry at least at least an ounce ball lead and bait and be plenty visible too. Smaller floats just dissapear in even the faintest of swell. Have a few marks that should have good pollock but there deep as feck and have found that float fished mac backstrap or belly can sort out da bigger ones. Oh yeah plus i wanted something to measure the snake against

jw · #12 Post by jw » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:20 pm

hi pete, if you want visibility in the swell, the standard item is a balloon, possibly partly inflated? The ubiquitous red and
white plastic floats will float 2oz of lead, they wont be as visible though

#13 Post by **MAC** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:04 pm

Some of the large tackle shops should carry the shakesphere 50g floats.... Should be enough

Failing that try one or two of the coarse outlets over here or in the UK. They will carry a float for French Catfish fishing.... It will hold quite a bit of weight as it's for holding up live Tench and Carp

Kev

#14 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:05 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WSB-10-Sea-Fl ... 5d32dd2aee

just 4oz 10 inch ones!

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