Richyd
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I generally use braid. I have bought line for years to be honest (I haven't been fishing much at all though). I think I generally use about 20-25 pound?
Maybe it's best that I just go into a a store and ask- I always just wonder if schmucks like me get taken advantage of
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Yeah, it's certainly not a casting rod, so I'll just be using it to drop off the side of a boat
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The rod is a Penn 'sports' 6601OHBH if that means anything? Line capacity 10-12kg and rod length 2m.
I was told that it was designed for an overhead reel but then I was also told that I didn't matter.
Happy to go with someone who knows what they are doing though!
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Definitely spin but if there is a baitcaster that quality and price can't beat, then happy with that too.
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Hey guys, about to go away soon and just found that my Abu Garcia ambassadeur 7000 reel is completely seized. I have been having lots of issues with it over the last couple of years and this is the final straw to replace it. Im looking at getting a new reel to replace it, hopefully something that can be used for larger fish but will mainly be used off a boat.
Does anyone have any good suggestions. Price guide is probably around the $150 but if there is a good reel then I'm happy to spend more.
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20 hours ago, doobie said:
Not sure - probably, but doesn't seem worth it.
I would have thrown it back anyway.
Yeah, I usually would returned it but was having a bad day! Firstly the engine wouldn't start, then for an entire afternoon all we caught was a moderate sized squid, 1 Tommy, 1 leather jacket and this fish. It was the biggest out of all of them and I really thought someone would have eaten it before!
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19 hours ago, Meppstas said:
The trumpet fish has quite different fins from the fish I caught. The tube mouth fish that I researched also seems to have a different mouth to the ones that you have found (looks almost identical in the photos to what I caught).
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Tube mouth seems right based on the other posts and doing a Google search (fins, barbel and colours etc match).
Anyone know if it can be eaten?
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Hey all,
New to the forum, so hopefully this is in the right spot.
Went fishing off the foot of the Yorke Peninsula over Easter and caught this weird fish- never seen anything like it in SA before.
We were fishing in a small dinghy (about 7m water depth).
Can anyy help identify it??
I'm thinking maybe a flute mouth but the tail doesn't seem right...
Advice on a reel?
in Bait & Tackle
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Thanks everyone for the replies it is very much appreciated.
I did end up getting a Shimano baitrunner- mainly because I do love the feature (I only remembered this after Yellow door posted about it, but it is actually one of the reasons that I went with the abu Garcia reel in the first place!). It was also slightly cheaper.
It was a very hard decision and the Daiwa was definitely close!
Tha ks again everyone for their help