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Nice pan sized snapper there mate, a perfect eating size indeed! Just wondering what sized jigheads you used when fishing in 20-25m of water ? Regards CT

It is interesting to note that you have mentioned Quantum swoffa. Some of their top of the range spinning reels have a pretty good following and are mentioned heaps. What stories have you heard regarding quantum gear?

That's a beauty mate, congrats Tony ! Did you get that fish off the flats or from casting to the bank? Here is a pic of my mate's 54cm PB bass which was also caught from Somerset on a vt65. I was going to get Akke to pass you the pic but thought i would post it instead Regards Caleb

Read about this from tackle tour: the kix is made in thailand and has a plastic rotor and side cover or something along those lines. Your are deadset correct. Check it out before you buy one..... but those guys on the TT forum know their stuff so i dont think they were telling a lie by any means.

Nice fish there ken. Good ole camera curse aye. Trophy fish i think are camera shy. You always seem to catch a stonker when you don't have a camera on yah :S

Sounds like fun mate. Havn't seen any 1 inch hawgs here in QLD yet. Will have to track some down. What colour is that browney hawg that you were using?

thanks for that ken cheers mate

Hey guys, What size owner hooks come with the sx40's? size 12's or 14's?

yeah i would be keen to hear about these bags too .... do you have a pic?

Its good to see the breamski's are starting to fire up in QLD. Just one question ken, what lb leader do you fish with on these flats? And from your experience do you notice a decrease in fish caught/hits recieved when upping the leader class ? Regards CT

Hey guys, Saw this on tackle tour when they did their review of the certate range http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwacertate.html Their certates have the cork knob!!! I thought this mod couldn't be done on the certate and could only be done to the airity?? Some of you might wanna look into it. It looks even hotter with the cork knob! Regards CT

Interesting you guys should mention the gulps .... why is that? They are a top softie if one can call em that

Hey is that a 2000 or 2500 certate pictured?

Mate, Thanks a heap for the insight. greatly appreciated. And yes, i will definately readup and ask for help regarding venting fish and making sure they are released with a 100% chance of survival. Did anyone in the top 5 or 10 so ppl not fish the deeper stuff and fish some other way ? Regards CT

Great report guys and what a buzz it would have been to fish with the winning boater Jay. Re: Deep water jigging for bass How about some tips for the average joe to apply to his local impoundment.... I am particularly interested in lure choice and colour. Why did that ecogear redish paddle tail catch fish as opposed to the other plastics? And what "jigging" techniques were used to target the fish holding at specific depts? Was it a matter of locating them on the sounder and constantly jigging the plastic at that dept in their faces? Any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Cheers CT

how much do those platinum stickies retail for .. and how many in a pack ?

how much would that glass triton set one back?

Hey ken, Just broke my tarpon duck a week or too ago and you are correct, they are one damn hard fish to hook. Then comes the landing the fish part as they leap out of the water! Tarpon are suuuch great sport on light line! A lake 200m from where you live would be sick! Try a muscadine good old bream sized slider mate for something different if they are holding a tad deeper.

RE: Sounder interferance When using a sounder powered by the leccy's deep cycle battery i get MAJOR interferance problems ... as in everytime i steer with the leccy (with speed) the sounder cuts out? Does this happen to anyone else? I am assuming that the use of the leccy in bursts to steer requires a surge of extra battery juice thus disrupting the batteries output temporarily which causes the sounder to cut out? The battery i run is a brand new trojan 130amp with duel terminals, the sounder works fine when on a dedicated battery ... Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I have an inspira 30 and IMO stay away. for the money a similiar priced shimano is a far better reel. I am very dissapointed and expected alot better. Thank goodness i got it overseas, they are such an overpriced reel! Would rather fish with a symetre anyday. The drag increments arn't senseitve and when opened up, the componentry is cheap. Each to their own but that is what i think. Hope that helps.