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8lb Sunline Super PE and either Sunline FC Rock or V Hard 3-5lb FC leader

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Try Gulp 2" Shrimp in Peppered Prawn and Ecogear Bream Prawn in Olive colour. For lures try Jackall Chubbies, Ecogear SX40's and Daiwa Double Clutches.

I agree with Brenton, FG is easily the strongest in my experience. Little difficult to tie on light lines but with some practise you'll be fine.In the mean time, the improved albright is very very simple to tie and shouldn't break whilst casting. On light 4lb leader I will run 10 wraps of braid over leader (in direction of leader) then 8 wraps back over the top of the first 10 wraps (in the direction of braid). Do this as neatly as you can, then wet and gently pull up tight ensuring there are no loops by pulling up on braid tag end and braid main line. I've never had this knot fail but still prefer the FG for it's better strength and casting. If I snap off on a snag whilst fishing, I won't re-tie an FG because it takes to long and is difficult when windy. I tie FG's at home and Improved Albrights when fishing.

I've mostly tried Popper type lures like zipbaits skinnypops70,bassday sugarpen70 and ecogear px45 and caught fish on all of them.You can walk the sugarpens and px's which also come in 55mm.Atomic make some good true walkers along with a few other brands and most are modelled on the luckcraft sammy or the zipbaits Fakie.The jackson t pivot is another favorite of many.The retrieves for whiting and bream are totally different though with whiting its an almost constant shaking retrieve with no pauses and bream need heaps of pauses a much slower retrieve and a very subtle approach,i also tend to pop more for whiting and slide and pause for bream cheers brenton

Load the rod on the 'back swing' and the time your release. Light braid/leader helps as does a nice slim leader knot. Mostly to do with timing the release and of course how hard you go at it.

For 15-20lb I'd def go Sunline Super PE. Easily the best value braid on the market. A 20lb leader will be plenty for throwing lures around.

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99% of my stuff comes from Ray and Annes. Great service and range and are cheaper than most on almost everything they stock.

Got one today too on a Turtle back SP. Went 32cm also, first whiting for me on SP

The YSD colour Yo-zuri is in my opinion as deadly as any lure I've ever used and if I could only take one with me it would probably be this one.Drift over weedy patched and cast and retrieve until you hook one. Drop the pick because there's a very good chance you've just found a school. We've bagged our 15 each in under 10 minutes when a scholl is located. Most of the time you'll see anywhere from 1-12 squid follow their hooked mate to the boat and this also happens when catching them landbased. If it doesn't happen and your waiting around for the next hit, cut one of the squid up into small pieces and berley for them. We generally don't use the freshly caught ones for this but rather the ones we've caught on previous trips that are destined for bait.

The YSD colour Yo-zuri is in my opinion as deadly as any lure I've ever used and if I could only take one with me it would probably be this one.Drift over weedy patched and cast and retrieve until you hook one. Drop the pick because there's a very good chance you've just found a school. We've bagged our 15 each in under 10 minutes when a scholl is located. Most of the time you'll see anywhere from 1-12 squid follow their hooked mate to the boat and this also happens when catching them landbased. If it doesn't happen and your waiting around for the next hit, cut one of the squid up into small pieces and berley for them. We generally don't use the freshly caught ones for this but rather the ones we've caught on previous trips that are destined for bait.

They'll take different colours on different day mostly depending on conditions imo. 4thalove is right on the coin although you could replace the redhead (cuttlies love the redhead) with this one:http://www.rayannes.com.au/daiwa-shimano-reels-australia/squid-jigs/yo-zuri-premium-aurie-q-rs-colour-ysd-full-size-range-in-stock-now/Plenty of others obviously work too as well as cheapies but in all honesty I consistently outfish mates that use cheapies with my Yo-zuri, Gan Craft, Sumizoku, Yamashita, Shimano and Daiwa jags. If you come across a school then it won't matter what you're using, assuming they're hungry. If boating and targetting squid on dodge or slack water between tides, we've found that sacrificing a squid to use as berley works a treat.

Not a fan of Fins, Fireline or Power Pro. I like round and very limp feeling braid but like most things it's a personal thing.My favs would be Sunline Super PE, Daiwa TD Sensor, Daiwa Tournament 8 and Spiderwire Code Red (if you can find it).

Gulp Banana Prawn 3" minnows work great and also the pilchard 3" minnow.I have a Ecogear SX40 in gold/black with orange on the bottom (don't know colour code) that the ST's seem to like also

Old thread I know but thought I'd add my $0.01 anyway. I've fished the lake for close to 30 years also not so regularly until around 3 years ago when I moved 5-10 minutes away and I too have never seen a King in there. I do often (2-3 times a week) stop and have a look at the entrance (Trimmer Pde). As I mentioned somewhere else, have recently seen quite a number of schoolies at at the entrance (and big bream that will only take bait!!! obviously no fun in that!!) Reason for my rant is that I've had residents and kids walk past and tell me that they're Kingfish. Anyone with a pair of polarised sunglasses can tell that these are in fact NOT Kingies. I wonder do these stories get around because some cannot correctly identify their fish. An older fellow down there one afternoon asked me If I could see the tommies following my soft plastics, I said 'no mate but I can see some bream right there'......

Old thread I know but thought I'd add my $0.01 anyway. I've fished the lake for close to 30 years also not so regularly until around 3 years ago when I moved 5-10 minutes away and I too have never seen a King in there. I do often (2-3 times a week) stop and have a look at the entrance (Trimmer Pde). As I mentioned somewhere else, have recently seen quite a number of schoolies at at the entrance (and big bream that will only take bait!!! obviously no fun in that!!) Reason for my rant is that I've had residents and kids walk past and tell me that they're Kingfish. Anyone with a pair of polarised sunglasses can tell that these are in fact NOT Kingies. I wonder do these stories get around because some cannot correctly identify their fish. An older fellow down there one afternoon asked me If I could see the tommies following my soft plastics, I said 'no mate but I can see some bream right there'......

Old thread I know but thought I'd add my $0.01 anyway. I've fished the lake for close to 30 years also not so regularly until around 3 years ago when I moved 5-10 minutes away and I too have never seen a King in there. I do often (2-3 times a week) stop and have a look at the entrance (Trimmer Pde). As I mentioned somewhere else, have recently seen quite a number of schoolies at at the entrance (and big bream that will only take bait!!! obviously no fun in that!!) Reason for my rant is that I've had residents and kids walk past and tell me that they're Kingfish. Anyone with a pair of polarised sunglasses can tell that these are in fact NOT Kingies. I wonder do these stories get around because some cannot correctly identify their fish. An older fellow down there one afternoon asked me If I could see the tommies following my soft plastics, I said 'no mate but I can see some bream right there'......

Old thread I know but thought I'd add my $0.01 anyway. I've fished the lake for close to 30 years also not so regularly until around 3 years ago when I moved 5-10 minutes away and I too have never seen a King in there. I do often (2-3 times a week) stop and have a look at the entrance (Trimmer Pde). As I mentioned somewhere else, have recently seen quite a number of schoolies at at the entrance (and big bream that will only take bait!!! obviously no fun in that!!) Reason for my rant is that I've had residents and kids walk past and tell me that they're Kingfish. Anyone with a pair of polarised sunglasses can tell that these are in fact NOT Kingies. I wonder do these stories get around because some cannot correctly identify their fish. An older fellow down there one afternoon asked me If I could see the tommies following my soft plastics, I said 'no mate but I can see some bream right there'......

Definitely go the Daiwa. I have a DA Custom 2500R and a Fuego 3000A (same as DA Custom 3000) and they're great reels. Light, powerful, smooth drag and spare spool. $299 at R & A's = Bargain!

They are great, have been using them for quite some time also. TW on Port Rd sell them much cheaper than almost everywhere else.

My fav setup at the moment is my Daiwa Luvias 701 LFS-R 4-8lb rod with Luvias DA 2500R loaded with Sunline PE 8lb. Also Daiwa Infeet Blue Backer BJ661XHS 8-20lb rod with same Luvias DA 2500R (other spool) loaded with Daiwa Sensor 20lb or Daiwa Fuego 3000A loaded with Daiwa Tournament 8Daiwa Tournament S 6-10kg rod with Daiwa Fuego 3000A or Daiwa Ballistic 2500SH