Ballooning the bait out

[ausea 4]

I’m looking at floating out my bait using a balloon to around 150-170m.I have heard that a life saver lolly can be used to dissolve and drop the bait to the sea floor.The information i’m after is if anyone has used this method.How long does it take for the life saver to dissolve for the balloon to let go.

[Guest horses4courses]

I've not used it personally,but my brothers mate uses this method and swears by it .........between 20 and 30 mins he says is your time frame.

[Cal 480]

G"day Ausea i remember watching this..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S02v5v09lNo&feature=plcpAnd it showed the guy doing what you are looking to do with a balloon. cheers

[Damien Dray 0]

you can also try doubleing the line over on itself blowing your baloon up and put the doubled over line through the knot before you tighten it. cut the rubber ring off. let it float out to your distance then jerk the line really hard a couple times. the loop wiil pull through the knot in the baloon and the bait will fall to the sea bed. works well.

[Crusher 18]

just wondering where are you wanting to try this? and what are you chasing?

[ausea 4]

I want to send out a pillie or a small sqid,it's going out to a reef that is hard to cast to from shore

[Crusher 18]

150m is a long cast.

[chuckemback 0]

Mario's knot/line broke very easy in that video, that fish was unlucky!

[Kingsley 19]

I thought the same thing when he just yanked the line and its snapped at the hook.

[Ale 301]

If you must use a lifesaver, could just suspend it in a glass of seawater and time how long it takes to disolve, then just assume less time due to the movement of the sea water.Id use the methed described by Damien, works well

[ausea 4]

If you must use a lifesaver' date=' could just suspend it in a glass of seawater and time how long it takes to disolve, then just assume less time due to the movement of the sea water.Id use the methed described by Damien, works well [/quote']Most methods are easy when on a jetty,but i first need to do a cast over the shore breakers so this is why i think the life saver would be better then having a string that might pull through during a cast.As post 2 said 20-30 mins is ample for me with a off shore breeze .

[Cal 480]

Most methods are easy when on a jetty' date='but i first need to do a cast over the shore breakers so this is why i think the life saver would be better then having a string that might pull through during a cast. .

Sorry for my ignorance ..but how do you cast a balloon over the breakers or anywhere for that matter? Good luck with that one.

[Bigmac54 0]

I've been known to use dental floss tied to the balloon. When it's where u want it, yank it and the floss breaks

[ausea 4]

Most methods are easy when on a jetty' date='but i first need to do a cast over the shore breakers so this is why i think the life saver would be better then having a string that might pull through during a cast. .

Sorry for my ignorance ..but how do you cast a balloon over the breakers or anywhere for that matter? Good luck with that one.

probably in most cases the evening/night hills offshore breeze does flatten the surf so it should be ok for a short cast to get it moving.