softy softy
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Landbased & Surfcasting
Forum Description: From rocks or beaches, here's the place for the landbased fishos to share information
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Printed Date: 15 Jun 2026 at 1:45pm
Topic: softy softy
Posted By: profish0
Subject: softy softy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 8:33pm
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right to go with my 24 k out fit ive got myself a couple of penn 525 mags,mother sent mine over from uk....now the thing is ive got one with 10 kilo line with a 10 metre leader of 60lb tied to my trace line which is 3 metres of 80lb flouro would this be idea for the kings trying the softly approch?? the only problem is theirs prob only 150 -200 yards max off main line would this be enough??? alslo wot line would you use for popping on the other reel and would you add a leader too? cheers guys  ------------- FISH tremble when they HEAR my name.... |
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Posted By: Photofisha
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 8:40pm
| Is that an overhead..1 of those magnetic casting reels? |
Posted By: profish0
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 9:45pm
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yep...
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Posted By: Photofisha
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2010 at 9:55pm
Ahh then its got that high ratio 6.2.1 or something similar be ok for jigging then but this is a walkabout forum .You might want to put braid on the other reel for casting poppers and add a mono/fluro leader that way you will get plenty on there and better distance!
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Posted By: profish0
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2010 at 10:13am
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no bro its a reel to use for fishing the beaches back home its not a boat reel,was juat going to use it as another set up really. the reel can handle it just wos'nt sure if the amount of main line would be enough?
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Posted By: BeachedAsBro
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2010 at 12:29pm
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I've never used the softly softly approach but then I've been busted off heaps too and in hindsight I may have been better off not trying to stop the fish. I reckon you should ditch the mono mainline and respool with braid though- you'ld probably double the capacity.
I once got a 13kg kingie on 4kg braid but that was from a boat and it almost spooled me a couple of times. We lifted the anchor so it could drag us around in the tinnie - would have been no chance from the rocks without a ****load more string ------------- Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish caught will we realise we can't eat money. |