So, I want to get into live baiting off the rocks in Wellington Harbour, targeting kingfish. Since I'm new to live baiting I'm not targeting anything huge, so I bought a combo recommended to me by a friend for relatively cheap called the PENN Fierce III which came with quite a large 6000 reel and an 8-15kg 7ft rod. I have a few questions about it:
1. Will this combo be strong for targeting small to medium sized Kingi's which I believe are the average sizes you get from the rocks in wellington?
2. I read some forums, and everyone says mono lines are the best, so I spooled it with 50lb Berkely big game line and it seems there is not enough line on the spool maybe 140ish meters, is this enough? Or should I switch to braided line? If so, what are the Pros and Cons of using braid over mono for live baiting?
3. I was thinking of using a 100lb Black Magic Fluorocarbon trace, I'm not sure if its strong enough but I saw a few people online recommending it for beginners.
4. The reel I got has a Live Line switch, so I assume you leave that on and let the fish run with your live bait for like 10 seconds and then set the hook?
5. I was also wondering what size and type of hooks I should use for live baiting biggish jack or slimy mackerel and maybe kahawai or mullet.
If anyone has any other additional tips they can give me, I would greatly appreciate it otherwise thank you so much.
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