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    Chasing Kings

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by hooklineandsinker

    notice a lot of ez-rigs these days. what are their advantages?

    Over rigs with a running sinker to swivel, then leader for example. Similiar concept?

    How tight should the line be for rigs with running sinkers?

    advantages are simple as tidal flow gets stronger you can simply change sinker to suit conditions ie. spoon to a heavier type or snapper lead

    not real advantage from round to ezy rig which i use spoons on other than my bait does not roll with currents

    but sometimes this can go against you round sinker rolls into the gutter were fish may be hiding

    Chasing Kings

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    Posted

    Thanks Zac,

    Its not my post but some mighty fine info there good work buddy,

    I might try using some of the squid I caught the other day this way and see how I go.

    Cheers,

    Nathan

    Actually Mate,

    The guy down at the Tackle Shop mentioned that you should use beads after the easy-rig before the swivel Never used this setup but have you ever used beads before???

    Regards,

    Nathan

    i have always used the plastic outer casing of my old extension leads you know the colored part red, black, green as it is soft and prevents the ezy rig from beating on your knot assuming thats why he mentioned it

    Finally Cracked The 1m+ King

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    HI Raiders,

    What day of fishing, went out Saturday to jig forkings, There was kings everywhere for the marjority of the day we were landing rat kings and average 70cm plus models with plenty of throw back to boot.

    I can say it was a day i will never forget, all up we landed over 40+ fish for the day, the conditions was great not much swell or wind which made life easy. We were dropping a majority of 200g - 300g, by lunch time i was sore and tired so i gave the heavy outfit consisting of a t-curve 200 and a Saltiga 6500 the retirement and opted for a lighter option of 30lb outfit with a 4500j fream to have some fun as the fish we we're getting were all around thr 65-75mark, as soon I changed to the lighter gear, i hooked up solid to a 83cm fish which smashed my previous PB of 73cm, stoked as hell already!!! But this record didn't last, on the next drop two turns of the handle i am on solid again, this time it was right on the bottom over some nasty ground and line was peeling off fast, i had the drag crank right up and with 9kg of drag this thing was not stopping, I was in a position where i was going to be reefed, I made the decision to go for gold and hope for the best but with 30lb i wasn't very confident, the next few seconds went like this: line is still peeling off at a rate of knotes so i palmed the spool and ping the hook pull :mad3: , this was a much better fish, At this stage everyone was jeered up so more jigs gets dropped, feeling a little disappointed as i know i have lost my chance with a good fish. I ropped my jig again, the jig hits the bottom i get it up 10 or so meter and get hit again, this thing was a machine! line immediatley was peeling off the little 4500 heading in one direction towards the reef, this time i wasn't going to lose him pump and wind pump and wind i gave it all i had, the rod butt was digging in to my stomach but this was the least of my worries as i still had plenty of to work to do, the next feel minute was heart in mouth stuff, i finally turned him and had him comming up, i gained some and he took some but i had him away already and had a sniff at the prize. The fish faught all the way up after i had him half way up the thoughts of is my knots going to hold, is the leader damaged or will a bloody jacket bite me off ran through my head. But all this faded when we had colour and with a good net shot I had my first Hoodie king on the deck. I checked my leader and there was damage shown but eveything held together and the fish god smiled upon me.

    Need less to say we stayed around and jigged more but the action dead of again and another mate scored a 83cm model and plenty more of of 70cm plus and undersized fish. All day the action was pretty consistent with fish coming over the side on every drift.

    towards the end the wind picked up and made our life very hard as we counldn't get our jigs down to he bottom so a call for the day was made, all up I am sore all over but that is all part of the fun.

    The stats:

    Size 105cm

    Weight 9.80kg

    Hope you enjoyed the read.

    Cheers,

    Sz1

    that is a great fighting kingie all 105cms of it :thumbup:

    Sometimes You Got To Spoil Yourself

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by hooklineandsinker

    well i thought it would be a good time to get some new gear and spoil myself at the same time

    first up are u.s import uglystick tigers got 2 of them one as a spare and one to use of course and got an ozzie uglystick platinum 6-10 kg to play with while they were sent in the post

    then i picked two live liners for 300 beans i was stoked and i decided i would pick up a cheap overhead to see if i could cast it well

    tried for about 30mins then gave up wasn't to bad at casting it i just could not cast far at all about 7metres

    i managed to get plenty of pings ie line breaks on 20lb while trying to cast

    i doubt its a baitcaster any how

    also i was casting on an O/H rod not on the uglystiks spin rods posted here

    now just got to catch a jew to to get a nice bend in the rods

    the old set a forget bait runners well not really

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    ps dont worry about the the line on the spools

    Beyond Desperate

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by hooklineandsinker

    Your day was better than what most of us had. I stared at a computer all day at work. Would have happily changed positions with you any time, fish or no fish. You will clean up next time out there.

    hey clem seems we have something in common we dont catch fish but always try too

    maybe we should fish together one day and see who bait stays on the hook the longest

    went to clarkes point to day 9.30am to 1130 just to see my original baits still on the hooks when i packed up

    only saw one fish caught while i was there a small bream

    could it be the moon phase ?

    my baits were prawn and dead poddies

    Wisemans Last Night

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    Posted

    Hi hodgey thanks for your help but for some reason it still wont work! I have a new printer and computer and ever since owning it i cant get photos onto the site. I had the old one workrd out, but at no stage, no matter what I do, I cant get an option anywhere to _ resize. I might have to call in an expert and pay them to show me how to do it.

    pete.

    good to see you got pics up

    can't wait to catch my own legal jew :biggrin2:

    Questions

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted · Edited by hooklineandsinker

    """Hi bass_beginner

    Might help if you tell us what you are planning to catch with this gear & lures

    Cheers John"""

    ill assume its a bream stick

    for me reel wise its a 1000 stradic c14 much lighter and cheaper to boot than a twinpower but no spare spool

    and a pflueger supreme they have a couple of sticks in 1-3kg range

    total should be close to 650

    thats my opinion any how

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