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yeh just thumb the spool and you will have unlimited drag lol
and its a quick way to turn your rod into a 2 peice ha
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i run the hds8 and its a great unit
upgraded from a garmin 420s (which is the AUS GPSMAP550) and i love it
if you plan on using side/down scan you really need to go with the HDS8 or up
with the 8 and 10 you can split the screen into 4 diffrent screens to display all the data
you cant do this with the smaller models
plus the addition of all the on screen buttons is pefect for on the fly changes to gain/freq and other sounder/gps settings
very happy with my lowrance
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during winter the trick is to work your plastics slow and downsize them
give one of Hodgeys old posts a read will give you some tips on winter fishing HERE
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all of these units have internal aerials and there is no need for the external one unless you boat has fixed hard roof
i have used all 3 units and i would be going with the Lowrance no questions asked
if i had to rank them it would the the HDS,HB,Garmin
the garmins are great units but there screen resolution lets them down if you start fishing deeper water your going to miss alot
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can you please PM me where you get this stuff from
need to put some thing on my floor and im not too keen on carpet
cheers
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they look like cobias
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your going to need a bigger boat mate
ill have your old boat
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take Johns advice he is the kingie master
you wont be able to push 13kg of drag into a tcurve so dont worry about big drags
the gosa would be a great reel for that outfit spool it up with some pe3-4 and u will have a nice little combo
i dont think the smaller gosas come with carbontex drag washers so u might want to upgrade to them if thats the case for a smother drag
you dont need big drags and heavy rigs to catch big fish i no ppl who pull 1mtr+ kings jigging in <30mtrs of water using pe3 outfits
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The jigging master Ocean God would be a great rod if you dont want to spend the big bucks but still want a quality rod
it has all the JM quality just without the price you would be looking at around $350ish compared to $500 for a powerspell
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i recall one of Wackos youtube videos of him smashing some big kings on the downrigger around that bridge LINK
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if your serious about jiggin take my advise and save up some money and get a good setup to start with
once you get the bug you will want to upgrade your gear asap
its cheaper in the long run to start off with a decent setup
pe3-5 is what you need for 98% of sydney kings
i have a saragosa 18000 there great reels and mines spooled with 80lb but there a tad on the heavy side
so they are not every ones cup of tea
the saragosa is pretty much a pimped spheros so instead of getting a spheros and adding new drag and handle u might as well just buy a saragosa
jigging master is my pick of the litter for rods but as said they are not cheap and unless your pretty serious about jigging u should look at some thing cheaper first
the braid concept rods are ok for a light jig stick and they can be picked up for under $100 they have a nice bend and a nice action
just dont push them too hard would be a good pe3-5 rod
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if you have just bought a downrigger there is no need to switch to braid
most ppl switch once the wire needs to be replaced
braid is thiner so there is less resistance in the water so u get less blow back to the bomb
braid doesn't humm like wire can and braid doesn't produce any electrical discharge into the water like wire does
and if you happen to snag up and loose your bomb its just a matter of tying a new bomb on you don't need to crimp on a new one on
most ppl use 200lb braid and im yet to hear of ppl loosing there bombs to jackets
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as soon as you said caught at the 12 mile i knew it was a barracutta
its all thats out there at the moment sadly
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i have run 2 scotty 1050's for a few years now and never had a issue with either of them
the only thing i have done to them is change from wire to braid a few months ago
both brands make great downriggers so either one is a good choice
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some nice soundings here
the HDS units seem to be pretty popular
my new HDS8 should hopefully arrive today
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you should really try to get as much line onto that reel as possible
250mtrs is fine untill you get bitten off a few times by jackets
as the amount of line on the spool reduces your gear ratio also changes and it will take longer for your jig to hit the bottom as it will be hitting the lip of the spool
as Dangas has said some electrical tape around the spool is all you really need when i use mono backing i only use about 4-5mtrs worth just enough to give a few wraps around the spool
as for the drag 13kg is great i run around 6kg on my light outfit and this is more then enough for all the kings its caught so far
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I was scared you would say something like that. I've heard reports of kings out at 12 mile.
No sign of them yet at the Peak. There were about 15 boats at the Peak on Sunday morning but I didn't see anyone hook up.
Ben
i fished the 12 on Saturday not much going out out there atm apart from barracuttas
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my heavy jig outfit uses a saragosa 18000 and they weigh in at around 850gm
i can jig all day using it with no problems
the Tekota will be fine for jigging the ratios are fine
the only negative i see is the level wind once you are loosing alot of line with a big fish pulling alot of drag alot of pressure gets put onto the level wind and there is always the risk that it might fail and you will loose the fish
sure there is little chance of this actually happening but it could
this is why game reels and most jig reels dont have a level wind
the jigwrex rods are great i had the s605 with a saragosa 18000 running PE5
they have alot of power and will handle any king you would happen to come across
alot of ppl say they are too stiff and that you tire too easy using them
well i used to jig all day using this outfit and never had any problems
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Prawn Star,
Great fish mate, having a ball no doubt
Can you or anyone here tell me how far Texas reef is from Terrigal/the Entrance?
Have the GPS marks but the GPS is getting repaired.
Just a rough idea of how far off the coast would be appreciated.
Cheers
Knuckle
its around 24km out
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True! Tho mate told me when joining braid to mono it tends to snaps the braid jus above where you join the mono. So i was jus thinking i would give it more of a buffer where it does tends to break??
I will take a look at this AG chain knot.
sounds like he was pulling the half hitches too tight and damaging the line from friction
tie it correctly and you wont have any issues
along with the chain knot you wont have any problems
well unless you get snagged on the bottom then you have yourself a new anchor
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over kill
when tied correctly the PR will never break
ive done some testing with mine and ive pushed over 30kgs into the knot and its never failed
your maineline is going to snap well before the PR does
if your bored and you want to learn a new jigging knot do a search for the AG chain knot
its a knot the jigging master guys use to connect the jig to the leader
this along with your pr knot you have a pretty much 100% connection
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yeh i would no a few ppl
why dont u just use the recordings from your HDS instead or using a laptop
how would you connect your iphone to the NMEA network ??
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looks like Dr Depth software
which gets its data from either a nmea connection or from saved recordings from your sounder
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do you mind me asking what khz transducer your running because i've got a HDS-7 and never see results like that when trolling in close, even when we come across a school of salmon, tailor...etc.
you sounder has to be setup correctly to get nice readings like that
looks like he has his gain up a little thats why the screen is soo clear
only problem with this is you will also not see small schools of bait fish
as for the fish arches this will only happen when the fish are sitting directly under your transducer if the fish are on the outside of your transducer cone you will get half arches and so on
12 Mile Again
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Posted · Edited by Framedtrash
gemfish at the 12 ?
you sure they aint barracuttas they do look simular