boat rod and reel

Hi Guys

 

Just bough myself a boat, need to grab a few tips on what rod/reel to buy im looking to catch big game fish but generally just an all round good rod/reel to use?

 

Any tips will be greatly appreciated cheers

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Cheers Nath


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plenty of good gear for sale

Tue, 2012-03-06 16:42

plenty of good gear for sale on this site mate, depends on budget

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worst fisherman ever

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No budget mate ;) hahahJust

Tue, 2012-03-06 16:44

No budget mate ;) hahah

Just want to get some tips on what people use off the boat to to get some ideas of what I should be looking for

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Cheers Nath

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 Are you using bait or

Tue, 2012-03-06 16:53

 Are you using bait or jig/soft plastic. If your not using artificials are you going to want to in the future as this will factor into what you will need an also what depths will you be fishing? I didn't know when I started buying gear that 2 years later I would stop fishing with bait and only use jigs so I have had to buy a lot of things twice. Better to spend the cash once

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 Plumber and gas fitter- 0415489103

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hey mate yeh thats what I was

Tue, 2012-03-06 16:55

hey mate yeh thats what I was told from a friend of mine, but for the time being i think ill be sticking to bait nothign like fresh occy or livebait! (well thats my preference anyways)

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Cheers Nath

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 My first boat combo was a

Tue, 2012-03-06 20:51

 My first boat combo was a fin-nor offshore 30h overhead with 50lb braid and a penn mariner boat rod 15-24kg. Caught me a lot of good fish and a lot of firsts. Did the job until I took up jigging. Have since put a mono top shot on it and use it for trolling instead of bottom bashing. 

Cant go wrong with a shimano talica or Trinidad matched with a tcurve200 if overheads is your pick

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 Plumber and gas fitter- 0415489103

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 Cheers for that mate I'll

Tue, 2012-03-06 23:27

 Cheers for that mate I'll look into it, I want to take it step by step no point jumping into it with

No idea! I'm a beach fisherman by trade so any tip is a good tip thanks again

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Cheers Nath