Fishing Victoria Forum

Nude up wrote:I have made new sinkers gears all good but the wife has organised an overseas trip aug to early oct,so will miss the start

Will still have plenty of time after that mate :thumbsup:

Ah yes. I’m thinking about it already and getting excited however haven’t started preparing just yet

That’s good to hear :thumbsup:

Not bad mate. Sounds like you are getting onto a variety of species. I got a couple of small snook there too when I was last there on plastics.

Ok, thanks, would I get busted off if I continue using my current rod/line? (Would I be able to cast such a huge rod? *Insert opinion here lol) Well I would say using 8 lbs main light is too light. If you hooked onto a big red you might be in trouble. Although having said that I have landed big sna...

Last time I fished was a rock wall but I would like to try off piers as well. Whatever works with my setup really. :) When Fishing for snappers/pinkies lb I generally use 10 or 11ft rods with a 4-5k size reel spooled with 20 lbs braid with a 40 lbs leader :) Ok, thanks, would I get busted off if I ...

What gear do I need for snapper/pinkie fishing? Last time I used a 7'6" rod with a SR-40 reel (I think it means 4000 size?) which is spooled with 8lb mono. I caught a 32cm pinkie on it with ease and could cast ok (maybe the fish wasn't running? idk). I wanted to know if the line I was using has too...

What gear do I need for snapper/pinkie fishing? Last time I used a 7'6" rod with a SR-40 reel (I think it means 4000 size?) which is spooled with 8lb mono. I caught a 32cm pinkie on it with ease and could cast ok (maybe the fish wasn't running? idk). I wanted to know if the line I was using has too...

What gear do I need for snapper/pinkie fishing? Last time I used a 7'6" rod with a SR-40 reel (I think it means 4000 size?) which is spooled with 8lb mono. I caught a 32cm pinkie on it with ease and could cast ok (maybe the fish wasn't running? idk). I wanted to know if the line I was using has too...

Buzman610 wrote:Thank you very much , i'll let you know my results

No problem mate. I hope you catch some. Good luck :thumbsup: