Cocos Isle Hammerheads

[Deep Thought]

Here are 3 pictures of the Long Line fishing gear.  You can see a section of the long line gear that I cut off of a reef called Dos Amigos off of Cocos.  There was hundreds of yards of the heavy monofilament line with floats entangling the island.  The heavy monofliament line is laid out for miles with plastic jugs to float on the surface, and a radio beacon at one end to locate and pick up the long line.

photo 1 of the complete long line bait end of the gear. This is attached by quick snap to the miles of line laid out from the ship.

Photo 2 shows the quick snap that is used to attach the few yards of monofilament leader with loop to attach bait hook to the surface long line.

Photo 3 shows the use of a steel leader and hook at the end, with steel leaders used primarily for sharks that would break the hook end if not for the steel leader.