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Its a bit late in the year, you would be unlikely but if you do it will most likely be above average size. Thats for longtails anyway.

I am pretty sure that will be fine. Go the mono.

It was pretty quiet out there today, only a handful of fish for the number of boats out there today. We cubed for around 4 hours for nothing.

Depending on the ledge I would go 6ft6 to 7ft. The longer they go the harder its going to get. Most ledges I fish don't need any longer than that. A lot of guys are fishing strokers down south for the marlin as the long rod kills them.

Always check the photo's. The Rta never check them. Even if you elect to go to court, they still don't check them until they get to the magistrate most of the time. The Rta get cost awarded against them quite often because of this. You got 2 tickets in such a short period of time there is a good chance you will get off one if you get a lawyer and go in front of a magistrate. It is definately worth the effort.

I would be interested in doing the radio course. Thanks Chris

I wouldn't say the penn is better. I haven't used it so I can't say. For the fish you want to catch they will both have enough drag. Trinidad will pull around 6 or 7 kilo's. Personally I would have a smaller reel and maybe back it with braid. Topshot the last 100 metres with mono. It will be easier to cast lighter lures. I have daiwa sealine x40hv and I would not cast any lighter than the halco rooster but I can get a fair distance on a 10 foot rod. My Trinidad 16 I could go lighter but it does not have the outright casting distance of the daiwa. Has more pulling power though. You would only fish 3kg drag max for longtails unless there are sharks around. You will also generally pull them in a lot faster than livebaiting. Up to twice as quick as they don't get a run going on you when you stick a lure in their mouth. You can cast heavy lures on 10 kilo no worries, its just down to the leader. Minimum 40lb for spinning. I have got longtails on 30lb fluro livebaiting but you take your chances of the stones. That was on a calm day.

What exactly do you want to do with it. There is not "best reel". Some are just more suited to different applications. They are both very good reels. Shimano has a bigger following but that doesn't mean it is always the better reel.

We it depends on the total line capacity that you want. You can easily fish 10 on it, but it has more to do with the weight of lure that you want to throw and how easy it is to thumb the spool. The bigger the spool the harder it is to throw lighter lures and control them. You have to spin up much more inertia (weight). Yes your DC will help you control this but you will still lose a little distance I am sure. I use a trinidad 16 with 50lb braid and then top shot it with some mono if I am fishing for longtails. There is plenty of line on it then. The smaller the reel the more versatile it will be as far as casting goes but the potential trade off is line capacity.

Got one about 3.30 after cubing for about and hour and a half, probably 35kg or more. Chris

Yes its a B29. With the x-1 on it. It is modelled for after the war with the first supersonic prototype hanging off the belly.

I am pretty sure I formatted mine off the c card reader software. Are they black in colour. Are you just going to put waypoints on them?

168 kg is the heaviest I have seen and it died just off the ledge and was bought up by divers. Biggest problem with the big ones is them drowning first. Also very hard to plane them up!

We got to 26.1 deg at JB last week, mostly 24 to 25.

Water has cooled off a little by the sound of it. If I am the only one there I run over it with some skirts a few times first then do the bait thing.

A 16 is probably the better balance reel for the rod, but the 40 will give you a lot more drag pressure.

Don't kow if I would use the supple for kings though, its pretty soft. Does tie nice knots. I just use the surecatch rolls most of the time, its a little harder, still made in japan and ties up ok. I would try the black magic hard leader as well.

$30 is a small price to pay to get it right. If you tell Solas exactly what you want, all I have heard from everyone is recommendations on them providing the right prop for you.

I have a mercury 2 stroke 115 with vengeance 16 pitch ss prop. This would hit the limiter at 5500 where it says the maximim rpm is 5200 I think on the sticker on the motor. I bought a 18p vengeance prop second had to see how that would go. I got 5200 or just under with the boat pretty heavily loaded up so would this seem about right? It felt better I thought around the 4000rpm mark I thought. Just looking for some feedback. Thanks Chris

Its all good until it goes wrong. I've had mixed reports about their backup. Wouldn't be my first choice on that alone.

Make sure you have good quality welded rod holders as well, with a cast head or similar, not those pressed and rivited holders. They are crap.

Thats a great boat and one I would like to own as well if you are looking for a great allrounder. How much did you pick it up for? Well worth the drive anyway!

The other system you can still run your start battery flat, yes you can manually switch on the other battery if you want. The one I have shown you, you never need to switch, it is close to impossible to run your start battery flat as it will mostly never go below 12.7v except when starting. If you want manual, get the cheaper system, if you want automatic get the more expensive system. If you are only ever going to install it once and money is no object get the better system.

Thats right, but you can parallel the house with the crank for extra starting power. Appreciating that your start battery should never be much below 12.7 as anything under that when the motor is off and the power is coming from the house battery.

With the system I mentioned you always have the same house and start battery. You power will never go under 12.7 volts when the engine if off on the start battery as it automatically switches to the house battery at this time. For me its a no brainer as I never have to switch anything around. You also have the ability to parralell the batterys if you did have battery problems. There is no switching between battery one and two on this system it is automatic. You can only turn them on or off if you wish to.