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  1. I want to buy a hook vice. I'm looking for a vice that can hold up to a 6/0, would prefer second hand. If anyone has one for sale. Other wise I  will probably just make one. I want to use it to tie flasher rigs with hooks from size 10 to 6/0,

  2. 5 hours ago, Wert said:

    I've only given them an in shop spin but they do seem nice, I also note that they have the quality drag system found on the higher end reels which is nice.

    I do have an exceller which is pretty similar and my only complaint is a bit of body twist under heavy load which my higher end reels don't have, not much but noticeable, I suspect the Laguna will be basically the same.

    At the price point though that or a Shimano will be good safe value.

    HOWEVER, even though I'm a real (reel?) Daiwa fanboy, at that $100 mark especially matched on an ugly stick for some all round dirty work, I'd be going a Penn Spinfisher SSM everyday.

    Thanks, I checked out the Penn Spinfisher SSM range. The 650 SSM has a max drag of only 4kg and weighs 680 grams (about the same as my Saragosa 10000) At the top of the range, the 950 SSM only has a max drag of 7kg but weighs 978 grams. The Daiwa Laguna LT 6000-c has a max drag of 12kg and only weighs 375 grams. I think I will probably get the Laguna.

  3. 2 hours ago, gregtech said:

    Your Saragosa has good and not so good impact on your rod choice I think. At around 700 grams it narrows down your options which is good in a way. No overthinking required! Its a big reel and is right at home knocking off a heap of larger models. It is overkill for snapper but like you said, you have it already. Doobs mentioned catching his first snapper on my gear and it was a nice fish but it was a tuna outfit and he made short work of it!!! That was a 6000 Shimano on a T curve Deep Jig 200.  Again, huge overkill for snapper but it is a brilliant allrounder for offshore work. Troll the tuna in the morning and bottom bash for nannies and whatever comes along in the arvo. Still sensitive enough to feel the bites on bait. The Terez range has a heap of rods in that 7 foot ish range in 1 and 2 piece. The TZS70M might be worth a look.  I'd head to a loaded tackle shop with reel in hand and try a few.

    Thanks for the advice, I  will be using the rod for any heavier work,  I  have 2500 and 3000 reels for the lighter fishing. So a good allrounder if there is such a thing is what I  need.

     

     

  4. 53 minutes ago, Wert said:

    I picked up a Terez from Kuerschie earlier this year, I'm a Daiwa man but gotta say it's a beautiful stick, sensitive enough for whiting but powerful enough for decent eagle rays (so far) and hasn't snapped yet nor do I think it will unless I do some reckless highsticicking.

    Highly recommend.

    Hi what size Terez do you have?

     

  5. I  want to buy a new Snapper rod for the boat, the more I  research the more complicated it gets. I want a spinning rod, around 7', probably carbon fibre.  I have a Saragosa 10000 reel I will be using, yes its big but I  already have it, so it's what will be going on. I  was looking at a Terez, but  I  seen a lot of reports of them snapping.  I will be using the rod for chasing other species as well. Mostly bait fishing.  Looking for a rod around $300 Any suggestions would help.

     

  6. On 23/12/2021 at 8:45 PM, MAH said:

    I rigged it like I do for live nippers. With a nipper I always hook the tail first. When a nipper is trying to flee they swim backwards.

    So do prawns and they have spikes on the front so the can not be swallowed head first. And a lot of fish like bream have spikes down their backs that stand up to stop them being eaten from the back, so get eaten head first. Lots of things have their defence facing the end that's going to be attacked. And a lot of other things have worked out to attack the other end.

     

  7. 2 hours ago, yellow door 1 said:

    Yeah its annoying when you try a new line, only to find out its got some bad traits.

    In general, flourocarbons have a harder outer coating and dont absorb water like alot of mono's do. That has a tendancy to make them less supple.

    Some companies like Berkley Vanish make a "leader" version and a "main line" version of their flourocarbon. So maybe a "Main Line" version would be a bit more supple

    When you say twist - are you spooling your whole reel with it or just cutting off 2m sections for leaders.

    Unfortunately I dont have a recommendation for you, as I only use flouro as leader and havent experienced your issues - but good luck in your search

    Heres some, the Breammasters recommended, when the issue of spooling up your whole reel with flouro came up

    Sunline Assassin FC
    MB Dragon Call
    Unitka Silver Thread
    famell spinning fluoro 
    Yamatoyo spinning fluoro 
    Famell spinning fc 

    I'm running 15 lb braid as a main line, then a 12lb fluoro carbon leader and some times a short length of cheap 10lb line to the sinker  below that, so if I snag I only lose the sinker. I have always just, used Mono for traces, but thought I should try the Fluoro Carbon. Even after I have finished the rig it's not sitting as neatly as I want. Which brand of fluoro carbon are you using for leader?

  8. If you can not use fresh, local mussels for bait because they are sold for human consumption, fisheries need to get off their ass and fix it. How can you sell wild bred cockles that are under commercial pressure and not mussels that are farmed, both grown in SA? Maybe it would be a good idea, to reduce the cockle quota and start encouraging companies to grow our bait. When cockle that are just taken are $22 a kg for bait and mussels that are farmed are $8 a kg for human consumption, some thing is very wrong.

  9. 4 hours ago, yellow door 1 said:

    Ive also wondered if pureeing mussels flesh and using it as a marinade on precut chicken pieces would be a good idea

    I used to make lure scents from blended mussel, oil and salt - but never tried it on baits.

    I also remember watching a guy on King Island useing cotton wool dipped in the yellow un cooked gunk, inside of a cray fishes head as bait - and he was smashing the trevally on it. So anything can be made tasty if it has the right marinade😉

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    I was thinking of soaking them in some tuna oil as well. They have fresh mussels for $9 a kg grown in Port Lincoln.  If whiting are eating chicken pellets that people are using for burley, I think it's got to be worth a try, if they don't want them on the hook, they can go in the burley bucket.

  10. 23 minutes ago, yellow door 1 said:

    A mate of Mine and Doobies called Dave😉 went out 2 days ago, for a short session with a mate and got outfished 13 to 0.

    Reminds me of a guy I use to fish with, he could have caught fish in a bucket of mud. He always claimed that it was the oils in your skin that rubbed off on the baits and that his tasted better. And those guys that do every thing right, but can not get a bite, tasted like fish repellent.

     



     

     

  11. On 10/08/2021 at 4:20 PM, SurfcaztR said:

    For those who love Shimano,this is the new look Nasci that's arriving soon.

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    I don't think this is a photo, I think its a artists sketch. Makes me wonder if the spool  really holds that little line, would be good to see an actual photo, or the specs.

     

  12. When I was a lad my dad kept the worms in an old copper, that use to be used for heating water, it was full of horse poop and table scraps, and had a couple of hessian sacks on the top, when ever we wanted worms, you just wet the sacks, the next day you lifted the sacks and there were hundred, between the sack and the dirt at the top, he swore by tiger worms.

     

  13. Thanks MAH, I ordered both of theses yesterday and 8 other, I am keen on trying  the KG whiting and the sand whiting, Squid have been around since the Jurassic I figure by now they must know what the fish they eat look like,  I don't hear a lot of people using them, every one is mad on pink.

  14. 13 hours ago, Soobz said:

    I tried Rui, no more resilient than the $5 jobbies, after 1 session the cloth needed to be glued back on. At $13 for Daiwa Emeraldas or Rui I reckon Rui aint in the running for my $. Bought the last lot of jigs from tackledirect168 on evilbay, very cheap at $3, and seem decently made compare to 'Neptune Tackle" crappies, but we'll see how well they last/perform.

    Recently out squidding had a lady in white bikini on a yak circling around me, I know I am pretty irresistible but she proceeded to tell me she'd lost her new (expensive I assume) squid jig and she was not stalking me :), she paddled off and no joke as soon as she was out of yelling range (I tested this) I found her jig. Sadly I could not snag it and lost sight of it as soon as I got turned by the breeze. If I'd had my white bikini on I could have dived in after it.

    Sounds fishy to me!

     

  15. 28 minutes ago, MAH said:

    No, I haven't used those. I haven't found that you need to match the hatch with too much with squid.

    I mostly buy 3 or 3.5 for fishing from the boat and a few 2.5 for shallow water, I notice RUi have 4s, they don't put the sink rate on the site, but I presume they sink faster and for stronger current? I was thinking of getting a few for deeper water. I'm sometimes in 6 to 8 metres.

     

     

  16. Thanks MAH That is very helpful information. Have you given the KG and sand Whiting ones a go? They are the fish I target, while I am squiding,  seems to make sense to use what they are use to eating.

     

  17. Hi any one using the Rui squid jigs? I normally buy the Yamashita jigs, but was thinking of trying the Rui. They have a few natural ones I am interested in, like the KG Whiting and the sand whiting ones.

     

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