layaran

setiap warga joran berhasrat ingin berdansa bersama ikan layaran!
mereka adalah famili billfish & swordfish

ada 6 jenis layaran yang perlu diketahui & kehadiran mereka dialam ini semakin pupus..
1. blue marlin (makaira nigricans)
2. swordfish (xiphias gladius)
3. striped marlin (tetrapturus audax)
4. sailfish (istiophorus platypterus)
5. longbill spearfish (tetrapturus pfluegeri)
6. shortbilll spearfish (tetrapturus angustirostris)

blue marlin

ganas lagi liar! maksimum 16" 5' (5 M) & beratnya 910 kg (2,000 lb)

swordfish

swordfish hanya satu satunya terkandung dalam famili
xiphiidae & tidak mempunyai sisik

maksimum 15" (4.6 m) & 590 kg (1,300 lb)

striped marlin

lautan pacific & indian (important game fish!) di idam-idami selalu!
maksimum 13" (4 m) & 313 kg (690 lb)

sailfish

maksimum 10 " 10 ' (3.3 m) & 110 kg (240 lb)

mempunyai keganasan yang luarbiasa!

longbill spearfish

maksimum 8 " ( 2.4 m) & 52 kg ( 115 lb)
selalu ditemui dilautan yang curam kedalamannya (steep drop-offs)

shortbill spearfish

maksimum 7 " (2.1 m) & 40 kg (90 lb)

bait
squids, live or dead fish - mackerel, herring & mullet & lures - kona heads, feathered jigs & plastic squids

tackle
small species - 20 to 50 lb ( 9.1 to 22.7 kg) class boat rod with 20- to 50- class lever drag reel or 6/0- 7- class star drag reel
large species - 80 to 130 lb (36.3 to 59 kg) class rod with 80- to 130- class lever drag or 12/0 or 14/0 star drag reel


line - nylon or dacron line with a heavy wire or nylon leader

hooks - flat-forged size 8/0 to 14/0


credits: the new encyclopedia of fishing/ flickr/fishsniffer.com/badme...fisher.com/mustad.no/various source