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What brand braid do you recommend? Been tossing up between 20 and 30lbs, but agreed, leaning towards 25lbs. Looking to try some different brands. Talking about being spoiled, a few weeks ago I was spoiled by a monster off Stockton on a tiagra 80.

Thanks guys, much appreciated advice. Now settled on getting 2 different rods. IAs for the lure setup 'm aiming for a 10 ft rod, looking at the Penn allegiance, veritas, and Shimano speed master. Other than the dawia, can you recommend any others? And what weight class should I be aiming for, as I want to cast lures for tailor, salmon, Jew, ECT, and matches the reels below. As for the reel, it's coming down to line capacity, I have been recommended to look at a 5500 slammer which has a line capacity of 380/30lbs. But I want to cut down a bit of the weight. So I'm looking at the Saragosas 6000hg but it only has a line capacity of 295/30lbs. Will that he enough for Jews? Any pointers with ideal line capacity would be much appreciated. As for the bait rod, I'll probably go a prevail 24-37kg or 15kg. I know the 37kg will be a broom stick but I prefer that when handling sharks.

That sounds promising, I'm definitely going to be adding a saragosa to the list to look at. Talking about breakages, I actually managed to strip the main gear of one reel and burn out the drag of a spinfisher 😂. I'm only interested in properly sealed reels, as I know the effects of sand and salt all to well. Is the sphroes a good option or would I be best to spend the extra for a saragosa as this will be used off a kayak as well.

That sounds promising, I'm definitely going to be adding a saragosa to the list to look at. Talking about breakages, I actually managed to strip the main gear of one reel and burn out the drag of a spinfisher 😂. I'm only interested in properly sealed reels, as I know the effects of sand and salt all to well. Is the sphroes a good option or would I be best to spend the extra for a saragosa as this will be used off a kayak as well

Sorry, how are you finding the Saragosas? Are they giving you maintenance trouble? I'm currently looking at the 6000hg as it's very similar weight to the slammer 4500 but has a bit more line capacity. I'm planning on going to a shop and actually having a play with both.

Thanks for the great answer, actually was perfect, because the beach I mainly fish is Stockton. I've been looking at the Penn allegiance as it has a medium-fast action and has a more suitable length for lures. What length would you use for lures on Stockton? I'm strongly considering the 9' allegiance but also open to other rods, I was also looking at the Shimano speed master. I did used to have a heavy surf setup, with a 37kg rod and a 10500 slammer, until the rod gave wave and snapped. That setup stopped everything 😂.

Other than the dawia sensor, can you please recommend any other brand or rod? I've had a couple of bad experiences with dawia and now don't buy from them anymore. Got 2 saltists, within 4 weeks, a few of the guide inserts fell out while just sitting on the shelf, called dawia and they said I can either send them back and wait 6 weeks for them to make up their mind wether it's a warranty or I can go fix it myself, (they wanted me to pay shipping both ways). Looking to get a heavier rod for baitfishing for Jews, something in the 15kg range. Do you ever target Jews on lure off the beach? What setup would you use?

Been meaning to ask, do you have a smaller tackle box that you pack for traveling? Or do you just take everything? Once I have the fridge, recovery gear, sleeping arrangements, spare parts, fuel, water, ECT, really not much spare left. Have you had any experience with a 3 piece rod? Are they any good?

Agree with the 2 setups, and I actually do have multiple beach rods. Just to elaborate my situation, I am getting into long distance touring so having multiple rods just doesn't fly, hence why I'm looking for a more multi purpose one. What influenced your decision to choose a 9' rod for spinning on the beach? I found with my 9' rod, I was struggling to get lures out any reasonable distance. How robust do you find the Stella? Often looked them, but then considered what my gear goes through. My rods get strapped to the front of the car and run up and down the beach. They also get dunked, dropped in sand, splashed on the kayak ECT, hence I transitioned over to Penn as the stradics were giving me trouble. As for the bait fishing, would you ever use your lure setup if say you could only bring one setup? The nice thing about the 4500 slammer is it has the line capacity and the drag to stop most things on the beach while being light enough to cast. As for the rod, what do you think of 8-12kg, would that be a reasonable compromise? Can still flick smaller lures for tailor, salmon, ECT and reasonable lures for jewfish. As for my dedicated jewfish bait setup, I already have a baitrunner and just need replace the rod as it fell out of the rod holder and was run over. But at the moment, have been using a 8-12kg heavy rod. Do plan to get a 15kg. Use to have a 24-37kg but that one was unfortunately snapped.

Good afternoon, after a 2 year break, i am returning to fishing. I am looking for some advice in regards to beach fishing combos. My intended use for this would be to cast lures for jewfish, tailor, salmon, ect, with a secondary use of soaking baits for jewfish, bream, flatties, salmon, ect. I am currently looking at a penn slammer iv 4500hs paired with a penn prevail. Firstly, I am wondering what weight class would suit my purpose the best. Secondly is there any other combos i should be looing at, thanks.

Lots of fatties, the bottom is quite muddy, so keep that in mind and it's quite shallow through there. Think of it like a big mud flat. Its starting to get a little bit to cold for whiting, but there may be some around. Main target would be fatties. Though there are bream in holding up in pockets

I've eaten them and am still here, so I'd assume they're ok to eat. If your worried id just not eat to many. They're good with garlic and butter

Yeah I've had an issue like that, they measured the bream which was right on the legal dot, and they still took it and gave me a warning. I guess it depends on who you bump into. Do they have a quota to fill?

Live prawns for harbour kings.

Try a bit of burley, slightly larger sinker and drop it through the school and slowly bring it back up and drop it down again.

Yeah they're great

I use a td hyper rod with a stradic 2500

It's really easy, just get one of those through hull kits the brand of mounts that you want (there is heapes), then drill them in and do a through hull wiring. Try and standardise on one brand of mount for rod holders, ECT. You can mount the transducer in the front of the hull with some marine goop and then run the cable up through the hull. As for the battery, I recommend getting a lunch box and a bit of cut up noodle to hold that battery in the box. Drill 2 holes in the box and put a cable tie around the mast in the hull and then run the power cable through the through hull kit as well

I had the same issue on Stockton. Started throwing 70g jigs, problem solved on most days

You can see the lumps on your sounder, but I usually just have a look over the side. Can usually see the bottom or most of the way down on a good day. Head out about 2km then a bit up north, then you will find an area full of concrete blocks.

When long reef gets rough and has strong currents a lot of the fish go into the debris where there are quite a few caves/ crevices. Just drop a bait right on top of them and they come out pretty quickly

Can someone please confirm whether this is the correct weed for luderik. Thanks

On a kayak, your silhouette is a lot lower, shadow is usually a lot smaller and you can travel around a lot quieter. As said before, stealth is key, especially in clearer water. Fish are very routine, if anything is to out of the ordinary, they will be spooked. An example of this is the carp in the dam. Caught many carp over the years out of the dam, but over time they stopped taking my baits if I stood in my usual spot. When I crouched down, the baits got smashed. Furthermore kayaks has almost an all access pass to access different waterways, meaning they can fish a lot closer to structure and different areas.

250m is absolutely perfect. It's enough to stop 90% of things. I use about 300m of 15lbs and have never had any issues stopping things. The fish are usually a lot closer in than expected, so you don't always need to cast so far out. Reasonable size Jew fish will give you a run for your money, but if you okay them well, shouldn't be an issue. The only thing that will pose an issue would be rays and sharks. Some of those can be unstoppable, lost over 800m of braid to a shark.

In the dam there's about 3 that hit lures while the rest don't 😂.