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Here's an idea, get a Penn slammer and a spinfisher extra heavy and a bit of heavy braid. There, you have an anchor winch 🤣

Light is definitely better for just general bait fishing in estuarys. Personally I use 8lbe for bream and flattys but in my big bream stop I'll up it to 15-20 as it's right amongst the rocks and need that abrasion resistance, but definitely decreases the amount of bites but gives me the chance to land the fish. 10 lbs is a little heavy for bream, but will work. Just depends on where you are. Flathead, I prefer 10 minimum but prefer more like 15 lbs. Off the beach I'll go more like 20 though.

I have found the spider co sharperner great. for my shark hooks, I go diamond, then the gray one then the white to put the final edge on it. For normal hooks, I just use the gray one and then the white one to finish off. Keeps my hooks razor sharp

Yeah. Will probably get them to leave out the re grease ect

Yeah. Parts 74 to 77 are all there, maybe is it worth replacing the whole secondary drag assembly?

Yeah, tighten the drag then rise under the tap, with a slowish dribble or just pop the whole setup under the shower. I always wash my gear after being in saltwater.

Thanks, there's a shop that supply's the parts in Australia, their prices are reasonable and I've contacted the seller, he's agreed to cover the fee for parts. Thanks again

If you head out from church point and head right, you will find the weed beds along there. Use a light natural coloured squid jig, I prefer a brown jig, and slowly retrieve it back through the beds. You can also try slow trolling but I haven't had much success. But yeah of theres been boats running up and down through there, don't really bother with the squid, unlikely they will be interested.

The weed beds all through there hold squid but when it's a busy day it's hard going.

Thanks so much for the help truly appreciate it. What parts do you think I'll need to replace to get it working?

Facebook. A couple of nights ago there was a Alvey estuary rod for sale

I'm really confused how this even works as a drag. Like I can seem to find anything that cause friction on the shaft or anything so yeah I'm really struggling to work it out

I've been putting it back together as can be seen but I've pulled it apart again to re inspect the baitrunner system. In taking it down to a professional sometime to have a peak because I'm stumped

Already done. I've pulled 100% of the reel apart and ever little peice has been degreased, regressed, inspected and then replaced according to the manual. I tried to get a vid of the shaft turning even with the bait runner on but to big to upload. Downside of such a good camera I guess lol.

But still the secondary drag isn't adjustable

Thanks for the help. I turned on the liveliner and turned the shaft and yes it turns

Yeah, the secondary drag isn't able to be adjusted. I can turn the knob and nothing happens. Its so loose its not funny, may as well be free spool, basically defeated the purpose. Its already in peices, Ive completely stripped it apart. Its second hand, with 5 day warrenty. I found a brake in the plastic but ive fixed that and it wasn't that important. Im thinking something isn't engaging properly. I noticed there are 2 sets of drag washers, one on the top of the spool and one on the bottom, which one controls the baitrunner? Im guessing its the bottom? Or is it like the slammer, I think it has 2 drags as wel, but I cant rember and don't want to pop it open again. I have completely stripped the reel down to bare bits and am in the middle of regreasing and putting it back together, so im stumped wht the problem could be.

bought second hand for pretty cheap. Do have 5 day warrenty though.

I just got my spinfisher v but the secondary drag isn't working properly. For some reason no matter how far left of right you turn it, it makes no difference to the secondary drag. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Zodias is good, I really like my TD hyper to, have it pared with a nasci, I also have the older style taipan, easily one of my favorite rods, it's light, casts well and has a lot of power for the weight.

Thanks for the tip. Just a sigle hook through the nose? They tend to inhale their food, its a trait of all tuna isnt it?

yeah, thoes are mesnt to be good. I have 2, one for free diving shallow warmer water/ surfing and then another for freediving deeper water

Thanks. ill try and grab some live baits, thanks for the tip. do you recomend drifting around with the bait or slow trolling? the reason for the flashers i through was just to give the dead bait a bit more appeal. Im guessing a snell rig? thanks for the tip abolut outriggers, thats handy to know, didn't think of that before. Yeah I always keep the deck clean. thanks again for the advice

like at the mouth of the rivers? Ahh, any specific weight? Yeah I know theyre in nelson bay at the moment, theres still supposed to be some hanging around around sydney at the moment. Yep, a couple of months ago they were an absolute plauge in the harbour lol how do you handle them in the yak? I plan to have a bag in/on the front hatch, so i guess that makes it easier to deal with them? they dont have teeth right? excluding dogtooth. I guess bonito can go in the centre hatch lol. I seem to be an expert in stuffing things in there and never been able to get them back out.

The reel sounds about right, your going to want a 30w, personally id be going a Tyrnos. As for the rod, id go a bit longer, like a penn prevail 10ft 15-24kg rod. as for the baloons, your going to need favorable conditions, if you can id be going a drone as they open the window for fishing less favorable conditions. Another option would be to get a overhead reel that is cabable of casting - though personally id still be going the drone. 50 lbs should be fine, id be putting some backing on so you dont have such a large investment in line. If you do want a large amount of braid, look at ashconfish, I use it on my shark reels, they come in bulk for a reasoable price.