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Thanks Scratchie, I don't suppose you have the technical capability to take a screenshot of you sounder showing what you are looking for on the bottom? No worries if you can't, I wouldn't have the first idea of how to go about doing it Bolts

Sure did mate and also sent Stino a PM. Thanks Again

Thanks Kingie Chaser.. I missed this post in my search.. just need to search "Swains" not "Swain" lol

Hi Guys and Girls, I'm a new member to Fishraider and have been very impressed by the amount of information you guys are willing to share. I'm based in Newcastle and do a lot of my fishing on Lake Mac, the Hunter river and landbased for Flatty, Whiting, and Jewwies. I have been lucky enough to be invited on a 7 day fishing trip to the Swains Reef in May aboard Easter Voyager. Given the fish up there are slightly larger (and meaner) than what I'm usually targetting I am having to upsize my gear, lures and tackle. I'm not exactly rolling in cash so I haven't been able to go too crazy but I have bought myself the following Set up 1 - Saragossa 10000 on a T curve stickbait rod spooled with PE8 Jbraid (for topwater popping and stickbaits) Set up 2 - Saragossa 6000 on a Smith amberjack special spooled with PE5 JBraid (for soft vibes and plastics on the flats) Set up 3 - Accurate Boss overhead on T Curve heavy jigrod with 60lb jigman braid (For trolling/ bottom bashing and jigging) I also have my lighter snapper set up (stella 4000 on a 4-12lb samaki rod) but I'm thinking it might be a bit light?? I have also picked up a selection of large poppers/stickbaits, smaller nomad design lure lures (madscads/riptides/Chug Norris poppers 110mm - 190mm) and zerek fish traps (95mm and 110mm) I have also got a large selection of knife jigs that i use jigging for kings near home... I have read through the couple of reports from swains that have been posted on here (thanks Chappo and John Dory) but I was wondering if anyone had been out there (or on a similar trip) that would be able to help me with any other gear I'm likely to use and most of all the amount of gear. I have no idea how much gear I'm going to lose. I don;t want to spend a fortune on gear I don't need but at the same time don't want to get caught short. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bolts (Tony)

Great report Peter, Thanks for sharing. Congrats on the PB snapper, absolute horse

Congrats Eyevan, nice report and nice fish

Seriously great article Scratchie, one of the best I've read anywhere on the net. Just one question.. do you target different depths of water at different times of year/time of day? Deeper in winter/ shallow in low light conditions etc or do you find it doesn't make any difference?

Great report Berleyguts.. hope the planets align for you again without the long wait

Great report and nice fish. Thanks for sharing scratchie