smallscott69 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hey guys, I've been searching for the ultimate beach Mulloway for way too long now and I've been embarrassingly unsuccessful. Last night I went out, day after new moon, right on the change of high tide, casting out freshly butterflied yakka and a huge one at that. I had my reel on freespool and all of a sudden the line starts ripping off like you wouldn't believe. I pick it up and... The braid snaps above the swivel without even me tightening the drag... Im using 30lb braid main line with 40 lb leader. I use a large running star sinker going to a swivel, after the swivel 1m of leader with smelled hooks. I've had this problem before even when using the sinker clips it just seems to wear my line down. Could any of you recommend me a better rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I use 20lb braid and 40lb leader from the beach. Ties using a 1 metre bimini in the braid, to an albright. Never fails and casts really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Yep. Throw the braid away and run 25 to 30lb Mono instead. Have not dropped a fish since I stopped using braid in the surf. Braid has no give, so it rips your bait around and is also not very abrasion resistant and will nearly alway break in that area near the swivel that gets rolled around in the sand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belligero Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Exactly what Crossfire said.braid is horrid in the surf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallscott69 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Okay thanks guys! I think i'm going to go out and buy an entirely new combo. Thinking a baitunner 12000OC and a decent surf rod to increase my casting distance to accommodate for the mono. Do you think that reel is big enough for 30lb mono? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 i use a daiwa 5600 reel with braid and have no problems. But im not using a swivel. My Running sinker is on a snap/clip which runs along the leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hi mate I only use mono when in the surf, I tried braid a couple of times and I spent half my time fixing tangles. If you want to use braid as pred-ator said try using a snap/clip so your sinker doesn't wear your line down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Okay thanks guys! I think I'm going to go out and buy an entirely new combo. Thinking a baitunner 12000OC and a decent surf rod to increase my casting distance to accommodate for the mono. Do you think that reel is big enough for 30lb mono? Mate The reel is big enough, you'll need something that will hold around 300m of .45mm Not exactly sure it will increase your casting distance. Baitrunners aren't renown as casting reels . How far do you want to cast??. Most fish are caught within 30 to 50m of the beach. Its not a matter of how far you can cast to catch fish, you need to be fishing the right spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallscott69 Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 I just went out yesterday and ended up getting the 12000OC with about 290m of 30lb mono on it. Paired it up with a Penn Prevail 12foot 8-12kg rod, it feels amazing compared to the piece of crap I was using before. Im hoping that I can cast over 30m with this bad boy so I don't have to go waist deep in the water just to get my bait in the gutter. Just have one more question, is it worth fishing beaches on the change of low tide at night for jews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Sounds good Zodiacer, I reckon you will do a lot better than 30 meters with that outfit. Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfire63 Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Mate You've picked up a good outfit. Yes it can be worth while fishing the low tide changes at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 I just went out yesterday and ended up getting the 12000OC with about 290m of 30lb mono on it. Paired it up with a Penn Prevail 12foot 8-12kg rod, it feels amazing compared to the piece of crap I was using before. Im hoping that I can cast over 30m with this bad boy so I don't have to go waist deep in the water just to get my bait in the gutter. Just have one more question, is it worth fishing beaches on the change of low tide at night for jews?Nice combo u got there mate...One of my mate caught a 18kg jew at low tide early morning down south on frozen pilly on d rig u r using... Goodluck on d jew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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