Robertos87 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Ok guys. I was wondering what everyone's biggest fish on light gear is. Now light gear would be relevant to the fish caught, for example a 35cm bream on 12 pound line wouldn't be considered light but a 1 metre Jew on the same line would. Ill go first: a 60cm Australian salmon on 4 pound braid with 10 pound fc leader. Lot of fun andreally made me determined to fish as light as possible. Look forward to hearing everybody else's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ojay Samson Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 im sure may would have better, but my contribution is a 62cm rat king on 8lb yozuri main line and 8lb black magic fluro leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 4lb line 6lb trace 60cm kingfish 72cm salmon 86cm flathead alot of these species around this size whatever wants to take a litle 3inch minnow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singers83 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 260.6 kg tiger shark on 6 kg 13.0 kg spanish mackerel on 3 kg 11.0 kg longtail tuna on 3 kg Gotta love sportsfishing!!!! Cheers, Singers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeb870 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wow, some amazing catches here. Mine wasn't as epic but very memorable. My First kingfish was 75cm on 12lb mono line and 12lb mono leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoordan Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 260.6 kg tiger shark on 6 kg 13.0 kg spanish mackerel on 3 kg 11.0 kg longtail tuna on 3 kg Gotta love sportsfishing!!!! Cheers, Singers Hats off to that... My most memorable would have to be an 8.2kg swampy on 4lb. I must have got smoked 10 times before i fanally landed one. I reckon some of the ones that did me would have been over 10kg. 4lb, logs and weed, you do the math.. For an obnoxious pest their pretty bloody good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 20 minutes, 64cm rat, 4lb fireline, 6lb leader... Sedona 1000 and 2-4kg starlo stick which for some reason is blessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick59 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 29kg jewfish on 10kg maxima off the beach/rocks peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerFisher Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) 2lb Gladiato r Braid sienna 1000 reel pioneer 4feet 2-4kg rod 60cm kingfish but i was using a 12lb leader. 2LB Gladiato r Braid, 6lb mono caught 65 cm travelly 10 min fight at tuncurry. Edited May 1, 2012 by PowerFisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 (edited) 97cm flathead on 6lb braid, 6lb leader. Taken from the noosa river 5 years ago! Took 15mins Edited May 1, 2012 by mack attack 79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I caught a 40cm bonito on one of those light 6 hook bait rigs while fishing for herring off the breakwall at SWR. I also managed a 1m gummy on 6lb mono off South Cronulla years ago. It took about 20min to get to the boat. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Personally a real feat 5lb 8 ounce pig on Sportex 663 (sloppy 12ft luderick stick from the 60's) Avon royal mk3 loaded with 10lb dango wax and 6lb maxima ultragreen leader. took a good 5 yo 10 mins to alnd and a lot of heart stopping moments, same set up and the pig was followed up by a 4lb 6 ounce luderick! Taken off Pig rock at Kurnell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettmann86 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 18kg long tail tuna on 8kg line whilst spinning for bonito.. That was fun nearly had me to the knot before it turned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evets Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 My best was a 10.0 kg jew on 1 kg pretest mono (it actually had a breaking strain of 925 grams). I was catching yakkas for bait using a single no 12 long shank hook when my bait got absolutely smashed by the jew. Took almost 2 hours to land. Since then I have not been jewie fishing because I know that there is no way I will ever beat that again Evets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooooled Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 My best was a 10.0 kg jew on 1 kg pretest mono (it actually had a breaking strain of 925 grams). I was catching yakkas for bait using a single no 12 long shank hook when my bait got absolutely smashed by the jew. Took almost 2 hours to land. Since then I have not been jewie fishing because I know that there is no way I will ever beat that again Evets that is heart in the mouth fishing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 My son 11 y/o 95cm Flatty 5kg on 4lb mono with no trace and 1/0 hook last July. Me 30lb snapper 6lb braid, 20lb trace single 9/0 gamagatsu last Sept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombora Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 A 31 pound Sydney cobia on 8 pound Maxima mono (pre braid days) and then recently a 93cm Sydney king on 10kg braid in three fathoms of water. Both fish, a couple of decades apart, ate home made hair jigs, which upped the joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 i usually over rig for what im catching caught a salmon on monday 48cm 2-4kg rod penn 260 slammer reel (smallest slammer reel) great fight took about 5mins to land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt84 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 80cm king 6lb braid 10lb leader 25kg king 15kg mono 60lb leader 4kg groper & 3.5kg pigs 10lb main blackfish outfit 100kg marlin 15kg mono 80lb leader 92cm flatty 6lb mono few +15kg longtails on 8kg mono land based & 6kg boat based stack of +10lb salmon n bonnies on 4lb braid 80cm tailor 6lb braid 6kg mowong 6lb mono The list goes on.... to many to name, i always fish light were i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassboy888 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 63cm barra on 10lb braid and 20lb leader (leader doesnt sound light but when its up against barra it sure seems light ) theres some damn good catches on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 My first Jewfish on plastics would have been my best. 6lb braid and alb leader fishing for bream in the lane cove river. NOt sure how big?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinfisher 4.9 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Wow, many amazing catches and not sure I can compare, but my most memorable catch was off the rocks at South Avoca many years ago - a 34lb Kingfish on 15 lb line on an old Seascape - and those who can remember the Seascapes and their delicate pinion gears and somewhat variable star-drags, well that was an achievement, for me anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben.marshman Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I caught an 89 cm Flathead on 6 pound line. It took half an hour after a seemingly endless amount of runs .... It sure was a test of patience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevally Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 98cm kingfish 4 lb braid 6 lb leader 122 cm flathead 3 lb braid 4 lb leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefin Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) 6'6" 20 year old Butterworth fmt72l (extended 6")okuma eb20 with 4 kg mono. Bloodworm for bait, fishing for bream for breakfast off umina beach. 23kg Jew! Look to the left!!! Edited January 6, 2013 by bluefin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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