Bro, I got a lighter Offshore Illusion PSS 8' w a Sustain 8000 2 spools loaded w JB hollow 60lb; 90lb ABS. Ideal for swimming stickbait. Welcome to use it any time and spend a bit of time fishing with it down here, see if you like it. Been thinking about letting that set up go as just sits here looking pretty. Be well suited to your needs and wouldn't break the bank. Welcome to all my gear to have a tutu.

i did a lot of landbased stickbaiting with a stradic 8000 and was loosing the bigger kings and expensive stickbaits try get a stella mate you wont be disapointed

Not just an LBG man, I'm a TAS man too

So off the bricks I'm guessing drag is more important than retrieve rate?
Also what rods are you lbg guys using?

EditB wrote: So off the bricks I'm guessing drag is more important than retrieve rate? Also what rods are you lbg guys using?

Retrieve rate is very important, you'll want a decent amount to work your lures effectively. Thinking about drag however, you want to think how much drag can you practically fish from the rocks effectively. I think landing kings from the rocks, especially with braid, playing the fish and knowing the terrain is a large factor. I reckon a lot of people lose decent fish off the rocks believing their gear wasn't up to it rather than their playing tactics. A 15kg kingfish can pull 15kg of drag for a time so brute force is not going to win out for you all the time. Ultimately when you spend the time hooking kingies from the rocks you will get owned sometimes, it's part of the territory.

Remember this vid? The stella did not come up trumps here with this freight train.  Could have slammed the brakes on harder earlier but I reckon he would of lost the fish a lot earlier and had less of chance of bringing it in. It's not like your fishing in 100m of water. I think he played his cards right really. Possibly could have even backed right off when it went on that big run as they'll often come right when not feeling as much pressure. Who knows?

Length - 8ft is pretty sweet. You would not want to go much longer as finding the right place to perform sweeps can be difficult at times. Throwing skip baits you'd be all good thou. That's a Carnax kaibutsu PI 8'4" in that vid.

You also need to bear in mind what you can hang onto. I have a now obsolete Penn 760 slammer and it has over 18kg drag off the reel with a full spool. Its rated more like 20lb. I have approx 270m of 80lb braid on it. If i drop it in the sea or fall and it breaks or worse gets stolen they are $90 AU to replace. The new Spinfisher V series looks like it will be great performer and I cant wait to get one in my collection (drag also way under rated). 

So I had a weak moment at GoFish yesterday & walked out with  Demonblood 802xh, & a PennSSV6500 spooled with 50lb Sufix 832 & some YGK 100lb leader. 

Sweet Im keen to hear how it goes thats the reel I'm buying next. Should do well with that.

I was using a finnor 5500 did the job real well and on the 1st fish I smashed my Opus Bull yip 1st cast 1st fish and snap stoked I was,
Then brought out the 80J and put the speed master onto it and slayed em.

fish i wrote: EditB wrote: So off the bricks I'm guessing drag is more important than retrieve rate? Also what rods are you lbg guys using? Retrieve rate is very important, you'll want a decent amount to work your lures effectively. Thinking about drag however, you want to think how much drag can you practically fish from the rocks effectively. I think landing kings from the rocks, especially with braid, playing the fish and knowing the terrain is a large factor. I reckon a lot of people lose decent fish off the rocks believing their gear wasn't up to it rather than their playing tactics. A 15kg kingfish can pull 15kg of drag for a time so brute force is not going to win out for you all the time. Ultimately when you spend the time hooking kingies from the rocks you will get owned sometimes, it's part of the territory. Remember this vid? The stella did not come up trumps here with this freight train.  Could have slammed the brakes on harder earlier but I reckon he would of lost the fish a lot earlier and had less of chance of bringing it in. It's not like your fishing in 100m of water. I think he played his cards right really. Possibly could have even backed right off when it went on that big run as they'll often come right when not feeling as much pressure. Who knows? Length - 8ft is pretty sweet. You would not want to go much longer as finding the right place to perform sweeps can be difficult at times. Throwing skip baits you'd be all good thou. That's a Carnax kaibutsu PI 8'4" in that vid.