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I have done ok with brush cutter line. Its really hard so seems resistant to teeth, although probably not a bronzies.

Bet you thought it was a kingie for the first 5 seconds, cracking fish though.

The ABU 7000 is just about the best overhead made in the last 30 years so why change? I use one for most of my surf fishing and I have had it for over 20 years, looks like crap but it still works fantastically.

ChristianGoneFishing wrote:Another reason fresh bait is better is it holds its form better and therefore stays on your hook longer. Bloody hate crappy Pillies and worse pippies, they fall off your hook acc soon as you hit the water.

Bait elastic, never leave home without it.

[quote="Lightningx"]I have never taken kilos of burley when I go lb fishing for reds. If I think back to most of my best sessions I haven’t had to burley at all. We were only using frozen bait bought from the local servo as well. Have never used Fluro leaders and caught plenty of big ones mate :)[/q...

There's been a few occasions while fishing for reds not getting a touch,then when the surface burley started attracting baitfish (gars/slimeys) and i get a few an put them straight on the hook didn't take long to have rods buckling So my opinion the fresher the better Just wonder if that’s just a c...

Been doing a bit of gearing up for snapper season and one of things I'm trying to do is not take so much gear. Walking into some spots is not easy, so taking less kit makes sense. This made me think about the "essentials" being fresh bait, burley and good leader material, are they really essential S...

67 is a cracking fish, loving the light tackle approach. Good stuff.

4lb is asking for trouble on decent salmon man, but its the best way to learn to fish light line class. good luck on the next round, id try 6lb maybe first, should be doable on that if you have a good rod and smooth drag Probably would have been the same result with 10lb line as it was a big bit of...

Cheers bud. There goes the live bait idea. Also Dezza 4lb is completely unreasonable for salmon. I'm literally casting 60lb at the moment (cos my salmon reel exploded and i'm spinning with a 10k longtail setup) and get just as many hits as the guys next to me. Using 4lb mainline but an 8lb trace as...