Juninho

got the pilchard colour use the smaller size in west lakes. Caught heaps of bream and salmon trout. They look good when swimming through the water, cant comment on the bigger size lures tho.

Also with the hooks most of the time you want the barb on the hook free

Generally off land based you don't need very large hooks to catch most bread and butter species. Long shank are generally the go and with whiting or other bottom species I'd tend to stay between size 4-8 and with top water feeders like Tommie's and garfish id go with size 8-12.Like others said google is a great resources along with this site for getting started on dofferent knots and rigs that you can apply to your fishing. Also a 7-8ft 2-4kg rod with a 2000-3000 size real will cover majority of fishing you find landbased. But as ugly4life mention sensitive tips are the key. Also braid is grea

Think Flurocarbon or mono is essential for squidding...if ur going braid straight i cant seeing this being as effective as mono or flurocarbon...

+1 Aird is nice little reels ive always brought a 2500 which came with a 3000 which covers majority of my fishing...

Hey guys just random question but what is everyone targeting or trying out this summer.My two goals are to catch a Mulloway and get some yellowfin on poppers.Love to hear whats on everyone list.Cheers Juninho

Hey guys my old reliable was the orange bottom, yellow sides and green top but recently in the last 3-4 months the Shimano Sephia Egixile 14T has been on fire.Also love the old cheapies in pink and orange always favourites and still deliever.

I leave a tackle box in the car full of stuff i might need and then you a carry bag which is smilar to what afishyfish was speaking of. Has plenty of pockets to put lures, soft plastics, jigs heads, pre made rigs in and so on. Also carry squid jigs in a old pencil case with bit of soft foam to place the squid jigs in. Keeps everything together nice and neat.

I brought one a while ago now, cost me $16 including postage...does the job, nippy, light, not bad casting lures as well, awesome fun with salmon trout, bream and whiting...for that price they arent too bad rods...id rate them in the same category as the stuff you find at kmart.

wanting to get a landbased kingfish looking at port august atm but any tips, advice more than welcomed ;)Happy Fishing everyone

+2 Samaki loving these rods

trying not to peak to early but these byes r gonna b a killer tho

Cheers Fellas the 5000 FJ fits my budget and leaves me some spending money for some braid as well.So will be looking at attacking something decent soon with this combo can't wait. Thanks for everyones input and advice always great.Thanks Juninho

Yeah been doing some reading up on the Stradic FJ 5000 looks good enough to handle what I needing it to do.

Hey everyone looking at some new spinning reels for my new rod (Shimano T-Curve 902 spinning) was looking at chasing snapper and kingfish and anything else that may be hanging around off the rocks and maybe salmon off the beach if they are within striking distances. Mostly using lures but some times baits when off the rocks.Price Range $200-$350 mark.Thanks

Coach name is johnny

My team is Just another champ, i think its still in there

gamakatsu love them esp the circles

Okuma trio reels, look good and feels awesome too, have the trio 30s myself and have been able to handle lots of different species. Off eBay around the 80 mark from us but think tackleworld has them now too not sure of price

Thanks everyone for your input and suggestions it has been awesome. I ended up going for the Wilson 8144, looks the goods and balanced well with my reel. Again big thank you for all your suggestions, hints and tips made a beginner feel lot more comfortable hearing stories from exp fisherman.Now hopefully get a few nice size fish Happy fishing all

yeah thinking about getting onto either wilson 5120 or trying that shimano dyna rod both look goods and seem ok just going to get some time off work or over the wkend head into ray and annes with my reel and see what fits better.But again big thank you to everyone, exp is always a good thing and having forums like this make it amazing and soo helpful for shopping around for the best gear in your price range with awesome reviews from soo many exp anglers soo again thank you everyone for your input i have learnt soo much from this post about the surf and rods and lines and so on.

yeah that does make it tough, ive just been using albright knot i think tis called from my braid to leader would there be a knot you would suggest would be better or easier for me to learn.

Yeah thought the same, didnt trust myself with braid and rocks mixture dont think i have the right technique looking at purchasing either another reel around the 100 mark and use it off the rocks chasing some fun fish.

Thank you everyone for your input the suggestions are great giving me a variety which i like. Keep them coming....oh lil off topic a mate has always joined my wagon and wanting to hit the surf but he has got nothing so if you guys could suggest some combos that would b around the $200 mark that would be awesome tht combo luke_southoz mention seems good value. but again all suggestions are amazing help

Thanks both for the quick reply and the advice I think I might have to just head in to ray and annes and find something that will do what im looking at doing while still getting the balance I wanting. Thanks for the advice about the balance as well kelvin, never would of thought of that til after i was holding the rod in my hands for a few hours.Yeah I am thinking of murray mouth as what ive read there is a lot of action down there and same with salt creek seem to be favourites when fishing for some big fish.