King.jew Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Went fishing last night in the harbour, had four rods in the water, and got about 6 runs, drags were all set loose so that there was no tension when the mulloway got the food to run, runs were short only lasted about 3 seconds then stop, then Afew minutes later same rod goes off for another 3 seconds, tried leaving them but the runs wernt lasting long enough, so on the next few tried striking and still didn't work seems to just pull the bait out of there mouths, what could of been the problem? Small juvenile mulloway? Or..? Also just want to get some feedback on the how the rest of you guys do it? I fish land based so leaving the drag tight wouldn't be a good idea, also that I hear any tension on the bait and the mulloway will spit the bait back out.. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbf1 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 What bait and how big? They are defiantly Jew runs...... What size hook or hooks? I struggled in early October but have found a formula that I am hooking 90% or runs now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King.jew Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 What bait and how big? They are defiantly Jew runs...... What size hook or hooks? I struggled in early October but have found a formula that I am hooking 90% or runs now. Was using fresh squid for bait and size 5/0-6/0 hooks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Keep your drag on fighting drag they will hook them self Sent from my GT-S7500T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King.jew Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Keep your drag on fighting drag they will hook them selfSent from my GT-S7500T using Tapatalk 2Thanks kingfisher84, I'm going to try that this weekend, I had my drag set very loose so that the jew can take the fish and run, because I have read that in a lot of forums if it senses any tension on the bait it will let go :/ obviously not lo!What would be a good fighting drag 2-3kg strain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krause Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Only have the drag very loose if you can strike the fish (if youre holding the rod). Otherwise tighten the drag a little and tie the rod down if need be. Just my opinion though... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King.jew Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Only have the drag very loose if you can strike the fish (if youre holding the rod). Otherwise tighten the drag a little and tie the rod down if need be. Just my opinion though... Cheers thanks for the info krause, i will try that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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