Thread: Guy sets a Kontiki off a beach - catches Marlin!

Originally Posted by Gibo

The only thing that boggles my mind is how a pissy little long line hook held on normally pissy trace too

Light gear is the go atm. Running lighter hooks that set with less force needed and ~7kg drag has been slaying them apparently. Even my lil cuz managed to pull one in on the light gear because of this at 13yo.

Bayleys is a stunner of a beach but definitely a first to get a marlin on the torpedo haha

Originally Posted by Haggie

Light gear is the go atm. Running lighter hooks that set with less force needed and ~7kg drag has been slaying them apparently. Even my lil cuz managed to pull one in on the light gear because of this at 13yo.

Bayleys is a stunner of a beach but definitely a first to get a marlin on the torpedo haha

Yeah we run all light gauge system, not quite as light as a traditional long line set though which down here is normally a 3-4/0 recurve with 60lb trace to the backbone.