This allows for the fish to encounter a larger hook gap and on the bite. This will enable your kite to float should it end up in the water.

To counter this scenario we tie a small balloon to the back center of the kite with some rigging floss. Nothing is worse than losing a kite while fishing due to the kite line breaking or the kite taking a bump into the water and then breaking the kite line. The colored side of the solid ring will always go into the release clip facing the boat to avoid line being twisted around the clip in the air.įloats and sinkers to keep lines straight and visible. We color one side of each solid ring with a black or blue permanent marker and thread the solid ring onto the mainline colored side up. We use stainless steel solid rings to attach our mainline to the kite clips to prevent twisting in the clip. Bring several sizes of splitshots with you so that you can experiment on the water to get your kites separated perfectly. The amount and size splitshots that you use to separate your kites will depend on the make/model of your kites as well as the speed of the wind. Our middle kite is left unweighted to fly straight downwind, and our right kite is weighted on its right side to fly right.

Our left kite gets several split shots crimped onto its left side with pliers to fly left. In order to fish more than one kite at a time, we weight our fishing kites with lead splitshots on one side of the kite or the other, depending on the direction we want the kite to fly. Let's look at a few accessories that enable us to maximize kite fishing success in varying conditions. With winter winds right around the corner, now is a good time to refresh your kite-fishing supplies. Accessories to help fly your baits into the danger zone.

Kite fishing balloons