Toggles make it easier for the fisherman to pick up his line because all he has
to pick up and place on the pot hauler is the toggle line, not the weight of
the entire line's "sinking weight" going from the main buoy to the trap(S).
Without a toggle the line leads directly down from the buoy. When a boat runs
over a buoy the hull simply pushes it aside and the line goes with it. I have
never caught a non-toggled pot warp in my wheel except one day when I stupidly
backed over one.
However with a toggle, if a boat goes between the toggle buoy and the main buoy
it is almost impossible to avoid catching the toggle line in the prop. It is
virtually assured this will happen at night or in the fog when the buoys are
invisible. Even in the daytime I hit three toggles in a run from Vinalhaven to
SW Harbor one day. Fortunately my wheel broke the toggle lines.
Toggles are an device for lazy fishermen. They should be outlawed or be
designed so they are not a hazard to other vessels.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Johnson
To: [email protected]
Sent: 7/31/2008 4:32:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Maine Cruising Reccomendations
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Craft
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Maine Cruising Reccomendations
This is an important point. Lobster bouys in the West bay tend to not have
toggles but the minute you get through the Thoroughfare they are all toggled.
You can learn to read them fairly quickly. Look for pairs of the same color
bouys this is a set with usually 4- 5 traps between them. You should notice a
smaller white float near the colored ones. The toggle is between the white and
colored bouys. Sinking line is used in this application so don't go between
them. When the tide is running hard the toggles can be drawn just below the
surface.
When you get over to the East side set your radio to scan as the
lobstermen are more talkative and enjoy razzing each other. Helps pass the time.
Bob
Thick fog can indeed make it tricky to see and avoid the lobster pot buoys,
particularly the ones with "toggles" on them that you find much more numerous
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