Thread: Attn Pig Islanders.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

How do you stop them reefing you? fishing over sand?

Horse em

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Daiwa Sol....

A touch out of my price range and all my other stuff is shimano.

Only reason it is shimano is when I started buying my own gear for fishing it was the only name I recognized as they make good components for bicycles

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Horse em

If that means muscle them how do you muscle 30+ pound of pissed off fighting fish on 10pound line?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

A touch out of my price range and all my other stuff is shimano.

Only reason it is shimano is when I started buying my own gear for fishing it was the only name I recognized as they make good components for bicycles

Shimano make good gear too so no dramas!

Softbait gear is like buying a scope though, generally you get what you pay for, make sure the rod is a decent grade graphite or you won't be able to feel what is going on down there.
IM6 is ok and tough but not very sensitive and IM8 is awesomely sensitive but very fragile, one mistake and you need a new rod. I like IM7 graphite as it gives good feel but is not as brittle as IM8.



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Originally Posted by Spudattack

Shimano make good gear too so no dramas!

Softbait gear is like buying a scope though, generally you get what you pay for, make sure the rod is a decent grade graphite or you won't be able to feel what is going on down there.
IM6 is ok and tough but not very sensitive and IM8 is awesomely sensitive but very fragile, one mistake and you need a new rod. I like IM7 graphite as it gives good feel but is not as brittle as IM8.



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Thats more like information I need cheers

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

If that means muscle them how do you muscle 30+ pound of pissed off fighting fish on 10pound line?

With one of these
https://www.accuratefishing.com/shop/dx2-400/

Originally Posted by kiwijames

With one of these
https://www.accuratefishing.com/shop/dx2-400/

This is the one you want for stopping kingies on soft Bait! 25lbs of drag!

http://www.abugarcia.com/abugarcia-r...e/1373570.html

Originally Posted by Spudattack

This is the one you want for stopping kingies on soft Bait! 25lbs of drag!

http://www.abugarcia.com/abugarcia-r...e/1373570.html

You've not tried an Accurate yet then?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Thats more like information I need cheers

No worries, unfortunately I have very little experience with egg beaters so can't really advise there. All but 1 of my reels is an overhead (a shimano baitrunner that guests that don't have their own gear use) even my surf caster has a Daiwa saltist 40.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

You've not tried an Accurate yet then?

Accurate are bloody good reels, but also rather expensive

Originally Posted by kiwijames

You've not tried an Accurate yet then?

No, spool just looks a bit heavy to throw a half ounce jig head very far though!

Looks like an awesome reel though!

20-25 pound drag not much use on 10 pound line.

Have a torium spooled with 60p for muscle work.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

20-25 pound drag not much use on 10 pound line.

Have a torium spooled with 60p for muscle work.

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Yeah that reel is for a heavier setup, running 30lb braid and throwing poppers at GTs and Kingies, not really along the lines of this thread! Haha!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

20-25 pound drag not much use on 10 pound line.

Have a torium spooled with 60p for muscle work.

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Bit like shooting mate. If you want to anchor an animal from range you need a bigger gun. Same with fishing. Taking 10lb line into a reef is a bit like shooting deer from 500y with a 243. Dreamin.
Accurate twin drag = fishing magnum = horse em!

Yea but this is soft baiting thread were I thought lighter is better like tents and cooking equipment.

I have horse em gear for deep jigging.

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