Mustad Longline develops and supplies technology to the world’s line fishing fleet. Read more »
Mustad industrialized the world’s longlining fleet with the Autoline™ technology in 1978.
When the first buoys and anchors are thrown overboard, the lines are pulled from the storage magazines through the baiting machine.
The setting speed is approximately 3-4 hooks per second, depending on the spacing between the hooks. A patented baiting system secures accurate baiting of every single hook that passes through the system, independent of setting speed. The baiting machine is operated by one man, who feeds bait fish into the baiting section.