Hand Line Fishing Rig

A 20-ounce plastic beverage bottle can be easily turned into a fish catcher. Add 6 pound test fishing line, recycled washers, a small piece of wood, an old shoe strings, a rubber band, a fish hook, bait and a lake and you can have a fish diner tonight.

Step 1

First remove the cap and drink the cooling beverage. Then put two holes across from the other on the top edge of the cap. Thread the old shoelace through the holes and knot on the inside of the cap. This will be a lanyard. Screw the cap back on.

Comments

[skimmo]

do you keep your gear in the bottle?

[mr.green]

No I have a smallbox that i carry tacle in.. However I have thought about using a zip bag that could be slipped inside the bottle also a cigar tube if cut short can fit inside the bottle.

[besttarzan]

This is a really cool idea, I've been using this exact same fishing tool for a long time to fish in rivers in the Dominican Republic and i can reel in some mountain mullets (although there are much more different fish but i don't often go to deeper parts to get them).

[mr.green]

Thanks for the good input. I generally use a rod and reel to fish but sometimes I use my handline rig on small ponds I would hate to hook a big one. Do you use a similar float system?

[besttarzan]

i dont use any float on it because i fish on waters with fast running water and i think it will sort of scare the fish with the float moving all the time due to the fast currents. and even tho u didnt ask but i use live small river shrimp and prawns that can be found in the same river itself, avocado pieces, and earthworms to catch fish. Even though the avocado sounds bizarre that is something that mountain mullets really love.

[Tool Using Animal]

Nicely done, I've seen subsistence fishermen using these in the intracoastal in florida, with the exception that they use beer bottles.

[mr.green]

Tool Using Animal Thank you for your positive comment. This has been a lot of fun mr.green