BabySnapperKiller

Great Article! I have the honor to join Derek for two sessions and I was completely blown away: how to cast efficiently, all the different lures, different techniques of retrieval, targeting species. And I have to admit that I am now cannot remembering most of the stuff But I am still fishing, whenever I can, whether it is using bait or lure. I watch videos, listening to how other people fish, I enjoy talking to others on the spot, and really happy when someone lands a fish. "Have faith": Most of people I met, during the conversations I usually throw this question: "where are you based", and most of the time it is at least 30min of driving to the spot, or even an hour, fishing for 3 hours and get nothing, but still trying. Happy fishing!

I am thinking to buy another light reel (My sienna from friend is about to retire) and I was planning to go with Nasci. Do you recon the Carbon X is better? From the web it is now Carbon X 2 And did you get it from Aliexpress?

@Little_FlattyKastKing is growing rapidly these years in China, as for Piscifun I am not familiar with this brand. I think they are mainly targeting overseas market. Thanks for sharing!

Wow what a great 15 min session! Surprisingly seeing that KastKing gear in the Fishraider! Looks like the brand is doing great

I have metal in my box every time then I go fishing. The only successful metal catch was at night at the wharf, where mini tailor starts going crazy and bit everything moving in the water. And agree, metal casting is fun!

This is so true! Every cast I start a count! And sometimes wind is a bit stronger which affects my casting and I wonder how people manage to use lighter gear under that condition. As for current, not much thoughts on that as I cannot see LOL

I used Berkely 3inch minnow guess Ill stick with 1/4 to 1/8 then. My next visit to the tackle shop I shall keep an eye on the hook size for lighter jig heads.

The 1/32oz one feels like just the hook itself lol I will continue to play with 1/4 to practice my casting and line management then. This also feels very tricky, I always stay at one position and keep casting different direction as I thought perhaps I didn't work very well on my lure. Twitching, lifting, flicking

Yes @DerekD! I prefer heavier one as it gives me confident casting range. I probably forgot about feeling the bottom hit these days, I cast and watch the line slack, wait a few seconds and start to retrieve. Didn't manage to land many fish hence asking about whether I should switch to lighter jig heads. And my jig usually get snapped and costs me 3-4 on average in one fish trip

My biggest lure is 3.5 inch atm and I find most of the tackle shops jig head hook size is at least 1H

Thanks for the detailed info @Tommy TJ Does fish usually attack when the lure is sinking or retrieved?(heavier lure, faster sinking). I caught my first flathead by slowly winding. I also find that heavier lure tends to snap more 😭

I'v been into soft plastics fishing these days introduced by DerekD. I bought a bunch of 1/4 1H size jig head and try with different spots. The 1/4 gives me good casting distance and fast sinking. But when I watch Shroom's videos he always use 1/12, 1/16 ones. What size do you guys use?

Yeah that's it! You know every piece of the standstone there! Yeah I can get up earlier, weather looks not promising this upcoming week, I will PM you on your availability

Abused for releasing a kingie??? thats terrible... TBH, I do want to catch big and legal size fish and share with famliy and friends, however, the moment of holding my rod, feeling the fish took the bite and hook the fish measure as much as fun as the rest.

Agree @DerekDOne of reasons of my obsession with fishing is my adventurous personality. Love searching from the Google Earth/Maps and go and explore there.