SAIL KITE FISHING

Sail kite fishing is simply enough, setting out a sail attached to a line of hooks running between the sail and the shoreline. Many Fishermen have been very successful at this method of fishing. Here are my simple tips on Sail line fishing, I will try to keep it very simple and set you up with the basic information to get you started in this sport. Be sure to read and follow the State regulations listed below, or find the regulations for your state before attempting to Sail Line fish, if you are planning on multiple set ups (hooks) as this method could be construed as trot lining. Otherwise using two rods, one for the sail kite and the other as the baited rig, your just trolley fishing but on a grander scale. Now you can choose wither to troll out your baits and wait or run them out, drop them off and retrieve in the sail kite for another run off the beach with a different rod, though it is possible to attach more than one rod to a sail kite using different release clips, the odds of entanglement do increase.
Simple rules to follow:
1) Make sure the wind is blowing towards the water, If not your sail wont go out!
2) Try and set up your sail line where there is Very Little Boat Traffic.
3) Bait your hooks with live, cut or artificial baits.
4) Use "Tacking" to adjust for wind direction.
TACKING:
Tacking is an adjustment, as a sailboat does to move against the wind, through adjusting the clip to your line to the chain on the rig so it sails off at an angle to the wind. If the wind is blowing straight out and you want your sail line to go to the left, simply clip your line a bit to the left of the centerline. To make it go right you clip to the right of the centerline. This also works if the wind is blowing out at an angle if the wind is blowing over your left shoulder as you face the water; simply clip on your line to the left of the centerline of the chain until it seems to be going out straight.
You can build a simple sail rig out of PVC PIPES and a few connectors you can buy at just about any hardware store. The sail can be made of anything, but your best bet for this is Rip stop Nylon (Kite Material) which you can get at a cloth store. I hope that you know a tailor who can sew it for you. If not, maybe the cloth store could recommend someone or you could get it done at a laundry/cleaners that does alterations or just do it yourself with staples and duct tape, no one said it had to be pretty. Here are some simple ideas for getting you started in building Sail Kite Rig. The pieces are actually all white, I color coded them so you could tell where each piece goes.




NO WIND? NO PROBLEM!
Here is a nice tip for using your sail line in an area where there is Current instead of wind, Use all the same methods as above except you would have the sail line rig upside down with the sail under water catching current instead of wind.