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There are several variations of kites in the marketplace. Some which fly with relative ease while others prove more and more difficult to get a handle on. We experience success when fishing Cape Cod using Boston Big Game kites along with Power Chute and Mega Mouth fishing kites. Obviously kites need wind to work and the more breeze there is, the easier it's going to be to get your kite flying high. However making a few minor adjustments in gear makes a big difference in how your kite will perform in windy, along with tranquil conditions. Utilizing a kite rod and reel packed with 100 pound braided line features a few distinct advantages over a reel spooled with dacron. Braided line isn't going to allow any stretch, as well as providing more line strength with less line diameter. In essence this means that the kite linked to braid will lift less weight than the kite attached to dacron. The added strength furnished by braid will also help ward against breaking off a kite in windy conditions. Loading your 50, 80 or 130 class reel with braided line can also help to make kite fishing more effective and efficient. A reel loaded with 2oo pound dacron can still be fished with a kite, however the bulky dacron (when compared to the thin diameter of braid) can make it more difficult to fish with a kite during very calm wind conditions. When we first began fishing kites we employed simple, run of the mill kite clips. Now, with a year of experience under our belts, we found that using kite clips with rollers makes life a little easier. The rollers enable the main line coming from our 80 and 130 class reels, to slip very easily over the clips with less resistance. This helps keep our baits positioned perfectly on the surface, as opposed to dangling in mid air-due to the friction produced by non-roller kite clips. Using an elastic bridle to rig live baits will help to minimize damage to the bait. This is significant because live pogies, mackerel and bluefish quite often require a lot of time and energy to obtain. It is important to keep the baits alive and frisky. Instead of traditionally hooking a bait in the top of the back or through the snout, a bridle allows an elastic to be threaded through the bait-much like stitches through skin. This way the hole pierced through the bait is substantially smaller than that produced by traditionally hooking the bait. The bait will swim long and with more vigor due to this small adjustment in technique. Braided drop lines also ought to be part of a fisherman's kite fishing arsenal. Drop lines run from the ball bearing swivels, which are spaced throughout the kite reel’s braided line, down towards the ocean’s surface. The length of these lines may need to be changed depending on wind conditions. Attach a roller kite clip to the tag end of the drop line. Your main running line will pass through the roller kite clip. Drop lines allow your main line to remain closer to the water’s surface, instead of towering high in the sky.
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