Thread: Sea shore fishing

Originally Posted by quentin

No permits required to fish in the sea. Just be sure to check the daily catch limits and sizes for each species.
Light tackle - depends on what you are targeting and where. 8lb will probably ensure you end up losing some fish, due to being dragged through kelp and rocks, but will be a blast. If chasing Kahawai on spinning gear, 8lb will be perfect.

Hi quentin, thanks for that, I should have said, 100% light tackle spinning for me in both sea and fresh, for sea mainly with metal spoons around 20 grams, also with what we call plugs, floating divers like Rapala's, I think over there they may be called stick baits.
Over here for shore based sea fishing I use 8lb mono on a 2500 reel and 8 foot rod, hopefully that will work on your big fish over clean ground.
Nick