Good work on those light tackle snaps Smudge - great job. The Nationals finished on Saturday night and you would've thought the results would be sorted by now. I was having a look on the NZDFC website earlier to see how everyone had got on but everything still pending.

Good work.

terrafish wrote: Nice work on that line class, takes a bit of patience and skill. Which one did you get?

Seriously good effort Smudge. Kudos to you.

Nice work bro, that 3KG line is no joke. I hooked something decent in the shallows last night on my 3kg set in the Muddy and lasted about 5 seconds before it destroyed me. I saw a big flash of red in 1m depth, im picking it for an eagle ray!

Fish Addict wrote: smudge wrote: Thanks guys. One Counties team got a 5 kilo snapper on 1kg line, now that's a goodie. Agree Smudge any 5:1 line class capture is a top effort.  Among the results I recall seeing a 10:1 line class Striped Marlin capture by a One Counties team member.  Now that's special imo.

****, I better call now. Thx. May catch more, of something.

Thanks Mozz, to be fair 3kg is pretty easy over sand in only 10m or so, just needs patience. Last year we lost one at the boat on 3kg which  was the biggest live snapper I've seen. Be close to 30lb, maybe more. As you would know the hardest part on light tackle is setting the hook which is why I use a single hook rig, they are easier to set. The snapper did the biggest runs I've ever seen and at one stage would have been at least 50m from the boat and swam around an entire circle and a half. After close to an hour it was maybe 300mm from the net and swam away. Seeya later! That's why we do it.

Alan - back in the early 80s the Gamefishing Association of Australia (GFAA) went metric with their line classes.  This introduced line classes that never existed previously and so there were opportunities to get your name into the record books.  I dabbled with 1kg line while I was located in the NW of WA with some success.  It was a steep learning curve.  I never used baits.  The species I targeted included various species of trevally (GTs) and mackerel and queenfish.  I soon found out that any weighted lure was gobbled up by coral trout or bottom dwelling species which resulted in long battles, many unsuccessful with species you didn't want.  I changed to trolling saltwater flies and that worked.  Deceiver flies, 2/0 ss hooks.  I scored a few WA and Australian records all of which have since been bettered, although one did last for 25 years.  It was challenging but not suitable for when you have a few blokes onboard who want to catch fish.  Preparation was everything.  I was fortunate that I had some trout fishing experience in NZ where I used to fish 4lb line.  I know other guys who hadn't fished with light tackle previously who just gave up with 1kg class.  Back then there wasn't the selection of rods and reels you have today so that didn't help either.  I ended up using egg beater style reel which had a calibrated drag knob on the bottom of the reel.  I would set it at x number of clicks and not touch it.  In the early days I'd sometimes try for just one more click during a fight, only to fail, ping!!!        

Fish Addict wrote: Alan - back in the early 80s the Gamefishing Association of Australia (GFAA) went metric with their line classes.  This introduced line classes that never existed previously and so there were opportunities to get your name into the record books.  I dabbled with 1kg line while I was located in the NW of WA with some success.  It was a steep learning curve.  I never used baits.  The species I targeted included various species of trevally (GTs) and mackerel and queenfish.  I soon found out that any weighted lure was gobbled up by coral trout or bottom dwelling species which resulted in long battles, many unsuccessful with species you didn't want.  I changed to trolling saltwater flies and that worked.  Deceiver flies 2/0.  I scored a few WA and Australian records all of which have since been bettered.  It was challenging but not suitable for when you have a few blokes onboard who want to catch fish.  Preparation was everything.  I was fortunate that I had some trout fishing experience in NZ where I used to fish 4lb line.