Thread: Canal setups

I use an Abu 3000 size reel spooled with 8lb fireline braid & 8lb flouro leader, & a 3-5kg rod. I mostly spin fish up there, I get bored bait fishing. But always take a mix of spinners, softies & bait just in case one method is producing better than the others. I love softbaiting, but over the past few years I've found they've got less & less productive. The last couple of trips I've done up there softies weren't performing & all my fish those two trips were taken on a big articulated marabou streamers that I'd tied onto a jighead so I could use it with a spin rod. Killer action to them. They look big & puffy when dry, but when wet they slim down to similar profile as a softy.