Will1702

@Noob-Fisho the coltsniper bb would be a good option in that price range, I just mentioned Palms because they’re reputable for shore jigging tackle.

High end options: - Zenaq Sonio 100m PE 1-3 cast range 10-70g lures, 10-not 70g jigs - Zenaq Accura 100H PE 2-5 30-100g lures, 30-200 for jigs (you'd need to run pe 4 to get the full potential of this rod) Mid range options: - Palms shoregun evolv range Most of these are all rounder lure fishing rods and can handle topwater, shore jigging If you want to specialise in shore slow jigging id recommend the Sonio or the Palms Shore Slow Shore Slow series. Make sure you match your reel to your rod. You'd need a high gear ratio for this style of fishing. 6000 size reel for PE3, 8000 for PE4

I have that exact same outfit (stella 8000hg with 300m of pe4), its a killer combo for stickbaiting and shore jigging. The rod is specialised for casting from the shore and keeping pressure on big fish as it bends evenly throughout the blank. Nice responsive tip to cushion the dive of a topwater lure or bring a jig to life. It's also got an insane lure weight range, 30 - 120g for stickbaits and up to 200g for jigs. There are times when you need to drop the lure size and weight to match the bait and this rod allows you to do that.

It will still work but its not ideal. Shore jigging requires more specialised rods. They’re usually around 10ft, relatively soft tip and can double as stick baiting rods, however with poppers you’d be limited to smaller sizes.

In the case of shore jigging, it's similar to spinning with metals. However, specially designed jigs have much wider range of actions than standard metals. There are plenty of resources online or on youtube detailing this style of fishing, search for "shore jigging". Otherwise if you're from a boat, I'd imagine the techniques are very similar but without the cast, you'd just drop the jig straight down. First cast/drop the jig and let it sink to the desired depth... 3 basic techniques are: 1. straight retrieve (jig swims straight and tight) Simple, just reel in the lure. 2. one pitch jerk (jig swims side to side widely) Tuck the rod under your arm with the rod pointed down, lift the rod vertically and when you start to feel the weight of the jig then drop it back down, it's almost like you're lifting the slack in the line instead of the jig. To make this easier, lift the rod when you're rotating the reel handle in the up position, therefore both arms are doing the work. 3. high pitch jerk (jig darts around tightly with each jerk) Tuck the rod under your arm and start reeling, when the rod handle is the down position, jerk the rod a little to the side, repeat this action. You'd switch and combine these 3 techniques on a cast to induce a bite. Don't forget to pause every now and then to let the jig fall, sometimes you get hits on the fall. Two jig's I'd recommend for beginners would be "The Dax" and "The Smelt", they're made by a Japanese company. There's a few tackle stores around Sydney that stock them, have a search online "The Smelt jig". Having a few of these in various weights e.g. 30g, 40g and 60g in different colours is important as sometimes you need to downsize your lure or change the colour to get a bite.

If you're a diehard lure fisherman and refuse to use bait for kings like me, then heres my advice. Use metal jigs and vary the size (approx 30-80g) and colours of your lures. Rotate the lures every 5-10 casts and see what works. I've found metal jigs catch more kings in the harbour than topwater lures and minnows, they cover more of the water column and often match the baitfish better. However, in winter it will be much harder to catch them.

Both I use floating stickbaits and poppers if the wind and swell permit, otherwise will fall back to sinking stickbaits. Its also important to change your lures to see what works on the day, and a sinking lure allows you to work the deeper parts if you allow it to sink.

Does anyone know why on stickbaits (out of the box) the split rings for attaching the hooks are larger than the tow point split ring? Sometimes it seems like the larger split rings used for attaching hooks are overkill as a smaller split ring would be sufficient to handle drag pressure and provide enough room for the hooks to move.

There was this time when I was fishing with 5 other strangers shoulder to shoulder on a small rock ledge. I was fishing 15lb mono straight through, pea sinker running straight to hook, everybody else was using heavy rocket sinkers and heavy trace. I ended up catching the most fish, large bream, samsonfish and 3 kings around 60cm, there was just 1 other guy who managed to catch a grouper and the other 4 caught nothing. So yes, I would say going lighter definitely helps.

nah it was new, seemed a bit weird to me how even on the Abu website they didn't list it.

Hey guys, I bought a an Abu Garcia spin reel from a tackle shop last year which was labeled as "Abu Garcia Orra s60" however upon searching reel schematics (when i had to do maintenance), it seems like the reel size doesn't exist... I have even emailed Abu Garcia and they said i must be mistaken as "Orra" doesn't come in size 60. Furthermore, I have seen an online store sell "s60" as well... Attached are the pictures, reel is a little scratched but you can still make out the "s60" on it. Cheers!

Looks like a grouper, they're a member of the wrasse family. Normally get them when fishing the rocks.

Hi guys, just cought this fish. What is it and can we eat it? Keeping it in the rock pool atm.

Hey guys, anyone know what this is? Some kind of trigger fish? Photo is a little blurry though. Cheers

haha thanks for the replies guys. it was raining that day, hence the radiation suit sting as in, getting spiked? or as in venom?