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Depends, are you running braid or mono? A 5000 spooled with braid would be pretty ideal, but if you use mono youde probably want something with a bit more line capacity. Ive got an 8000 baitrunner on my 12 foot beachrod and it hold about 150m of 30lb mono.

G'day, about 20cm of worm threaded up a 5/0 longshank. Gamakatsu 01315 are pretty good

Try a running sinker on your main line, to a swivel then your leader and hook. Shouldn't tangle as much and you'll feel bites clearer than you would using a paternoster. Quick and easy to rig up as well

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Haha that's a blessing in disguise smasher, wish it happened for us lol. Would have been awesome staying that extra night..

Haha cheers man, she didn't claim it but she did insist we release it Cheers mate yeah we loved the place, apparently pretty good fishing just offshore too for those with a boat. Big snapper and pearlies

View from above the camp

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I use a crossfire 1202H off the beach and it's great. They make a 10 foot model as well which might be worth looking at, good value for the price anyway.

Cheers dude, he got pretty battered up trying to land it but still released okay seems to be alot of them around

Yeah it's a beauty, was the first time ide fished out this spot too. Massive drummer scales everywhere out there, I bet it's some blokes drummer hole lol

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Look up shimano baitrunner, they have a switch on the reel that allows the reel to freespool without adjusting the actual drag. As soon as you begin to wind in, it clicks off and you're back into gear. Otherwise if you don't want to buy a new reel, do what Daniel said and just adjust your drag when you have a fish on. Rovex makes a cheap one for about $40-$50 called a Nitrium.

Nice report woodsy, spewing about the wind getting up sounds like you still managed to find em though. 50cm flathead is perfect size for the table, good on ya for looking after the neighbour with some fresh fillets too

That's a beauty mate, ide be stoked too! Hopefully they keep biting for ya tomorrow You get that one on bait or lure?

CHeers lads!

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Good stuff! Did you keep the jewells?

I always aim to go worming when the tides running out; When there's swell and plenty of movement on the shorebreak try focus on the flatter sections of the beach so the water runs off for longer. If theres not much wave action however, try find a slightly angled section of beach as that's where the most water movement will be. Also try start as high up the beach as you can to prevent walking over the area you're trying to bring them up from. I buy a pack of bottle squid and take a couple out to use as hand baits, then leave the rest outside overnight in a net or stocking so it works up a nice smell. Squid is an awesome hand bait too cause it doesn't break apart unlike pillies or prawns If they don't come up straight away, persist in the same spot for a couple more waves before moving on, sometimes they take a while to catch on to the scent. A few things I know they definitely don't like are strong winds, and the presence of sand crabs.

What a beauty, nice work man and congrats upping the PB. Let us know when you crack that 50cm bream ? 44cm is still a bloody horse

The slim swimz are a great flatty lure. My favourite though for flatties is the STORM twitching nipper in pink, rigged from the tail end so it swims backwards. Looks just like a yabbie

Squidgies make pretty much identical ones. If you can't find any with the keeper barb this type works well too - most tackle shops should have something like the ones pictured

Ive also never used glue, have you tried using a jighead that has the keeper barb protruding backward inline with the hook? like this They're designed that way to overcome the problem you're having

Thats it, they look identical to the expensive ones out there so should be fine