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Yep stereo mate. yeh im looking to put a bit of money into mine as its pretty average at the moment, just need some help to put it all in!

Does anyone know any good marine audio installers in the Sydney metro area?? Cheers, Dan

congrats mate, any other boats get into them?

Hey mate long time no speak! Anyway, I cubed last season using a JigWrex S526 on a SW20000PG Stella with some 80lb, plenty of fin on it up to 40kg...dont need to tell you how good the stella performed but the rod made fighting the fin a breeze...plenty of grunt in the butt to turn their heads...I havent used the Tcurve but id fully recommend the JigWrex. BUT...if you want to really concentrate on jigging/cubing fin then I think you'll appreciate the shorter JigWrex..the extra length of the Tcurve will probably give you a bit more distance on the cast but it might hurt a bit more in a long fight... Dan

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Beakies - Hollowpoint Cabo Killa, Mcgoo 9 inch saurie short cup face, pakula blue angel med sprocket and lrg lumo, Joe Yee Apollo 'Evil'.... YFT - Zuker feathers, X-Rap SBM and a rare 'Big Reidee' handmade hawaiian lure dynamite on big fin Dan

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Honestly mate, with the average size of 'fin off sydney I dont think you will have any trouble with whatever you choose, our fin are pretty small compared to other parts of the world...its just some people like the bling factor of a Stella....like me Daniel

Hey mate. Havent fished with a V-Series as of yet but last weekend we cubed with a 20000 Stella (New Jap Model) alongside Sammy's 18000 Saragosa. Caught yellowfin to 15kg on each so they weren't really tested, they both performed flawlessly although thats the minimum you'd expect on fish that size. Just a couple of things I noticed between the two. When retrieving line it was obvious that the Stella laid the line on the spool more neatly than the Saragosa which was a bit lumpy (Stella had 80lb braid, Saragosa had 50lb). Subsequently this meant that the line didnt come off the spool as freely as it did on the Stella when the cube was sinking down the trail. Personally I reckon its worth going the Stella its an amazing bit of kit I have mine matched to a JigWrex (which are cheap ATM) and I will never cube with a tiagra again lol.... Daniel

Simple answer is NO. The smaller marlin eg. stripes are nice especially smoked, but as they get bigger they dont taste nearly as good and there is also increased mercury levels which isnt good for us....

Hey mate, contact the Australian distributor, his name is Andrew and you will be able to buy straight from him, any rod in the JM range. He's also the distributor for the Hots brand....anyway heres his email... arwp@bigpond.net.au Hope this helps, Daniel

Still no reports of tuna by the looks of things, did you hear anything boutime?

Also heard about the white, Glenn on Tantrum estimated it at 2000lb and 20 ft. plus. A gew makos have been tagged as well as a few blue sharks, not many fin though...

Its a custom rod....hence YOU choose what components go on your rod, whether it be SiC's or Alconites. I think Iain uses custom blanks but may be wrong...

6.2:1 is a crap ratio to jig with. Most jiggers will be using a gear ratio much lower than that in thes 4's. Its more important to have that cranking power to pull big fish away from reefs that comes with a lower ratio rather than higher line retrieve with a high ratio.....

Chris, Whites are endangered. Have seen the same pics on the net that call it as a Shortfin Mako taken in Canada lol!!!

Bob, Just recognised it, looks like the Daiwa Dendoh Marine Electric reel, correct me if Im wrong?? Just out of interest, whats the reasoning behing an electric reel for marlin.....nice bit of gear though!! Daniel

Bob what kinda reel is that?

I havent used it but on the NZ forums there are heaps of people who have imported them for use on their massive kings, it will do it with ease mate. It has a very narrow deep spool which will make it perfect for jigging. I have also seen some photos of a 90kg dogtooth caught by a Japanese rod builder called Mogi on the Nomad charters....have a look. It will be perfect for the job if you're looking for an overhead...

Hey mate sounds like an awesome session. Out of interest, what was the reel with the broken leg?

Sam thats a photo of an Ocea Jigger 5000P Daniel

Scon, out of those probably the Blue Heaven, but you will pay for it! Next choice would be a Saltiga or Trinidad. Another really good reel from Shimano that is really hard to find here (I think its a Japanese model) and would definately give the Blue Heaven a run for its money is the Shimano Ocea Jigger range, they are Japans version of a Trinidad.....but better, designed solely for jigging, heres a photo of the 5000P Daniel

Saragosa 14000...

Mushtaka, when the fin were really on at the end of May/June it wasnt hard to see why. There was a big warm water eddy holding off Sydney for a while, thats now gone, and the fin have gone with it. Water is much colder now as well with 17 and 18 degree water rather than 20 and 21 degree water we were fishing in before. Water is pretty poor at the moment, alot of it is a dirty green colour not the cobalt blue stuff. Hopefully there is another run of them coming through, otherwise we will have to wait for their run back up the coast September/October time.

Good stuff mate, I think you guys took the only fin today!!