I normally use around 2kg of drag for the snapper. Too much and you may pull the hook, too little and they will run and reef you. just enough to be able to pull the line off the spool with a bit of force. Big snapper can pull quite hard and sometimes take big runs. Best thing to get out to a spot, hook a few and you will soon work it out. Good luck! Richie.
Want to leave it in the holder buy a thunnus or baitrunner style reel perfect for that sort of fishing.
Without a bait runner i would probarly set the drag tight enough to set the hooks cast the bait out put it in the rod holder and then grab the line and yank as hard as you can if the rod comes flying out the holder then loosen the drag haha
Thanks guys, I had two schools of thought ( no pun intended) 1. Drag tight, fish feels resistance and drops bait. 2. Drag too light, fish isn't caught because hook doesn't penetrate.
Get yourself a couple of bait runner reels. My hook up rate sky rocketed when I went from normal spin reels to bait runners, it’s what they are designed for. Money well spent if your anchoring and burleying for pinkies.
I lost too many good fish from stuffing bait trying to tighten the drag quickly as the fish is running for the reef and missed too many finicky snapper coz my drag was too tight and they felt resistance and dropped the bait. With a bait runner you got best of both worlds and way more fish hitting the deck!
I have a number of them--a couple of 6500's and a 4500. That old 4500 has caught everything from snapper to a big sailfish. Having them able to run with no resistance , and then being able to hook by just turnng the handle is a godsend. And the bigger 6500's have had the hell beaten out of them on big fish. Sails, sharks, XOS mackerel, big snapper, cobia--great for the set and forget type if you like leaving rods in holders ( which I generally don't) If I have a mug fisherman on board without their own gear they'll be given a 6500 baitrunner on one of those cheap clear-tipped 7' Shimano spin rods--they'll have every chance of landing a big fish if they hook up, and they are pretty well impossible to hurt.
Pretty much all the info you need there. All I'll add is to use circle hooks if your leaving the rod in a holder with light-medium drag, the fish should hook themselves
richie68
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Drag Pressure
I normally use around 2kg of drag for the snapper. Too much and you may pull the hook, too little and they will run and reef you. just enough to be able to pull the line off the spool with a bit of force. Big snapper can pull quite hard and sometimes take big runs. Best thing to get out to a spot, hook a few and you will soon work it out. Good luck! Richie.
Travis p
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If you
Want to leave it in the holder buy a thunnus or baitrunner style reel perfect for that sort of fishing.
Without a bait runner i would probarly set the drag tight enough to set the hooks cast the bait out put it in the rod holder and then grab the line and yank as hard as you can if the rod comes flying out the holder then loosen the drag haha
wont catch em sitting at home!
piston broke
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Thanks guys, I had two
Thanks guys, I had two schools of thought ( no pun intended) 1. Drag tight, fish feels resistance and drops bait. 2. Drag too light, fish isn't caught because hook doesn't penetrate.
Dale
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Depends what reel I’m using, my TLD will have maybe a couple of kilos of drag, and spinning reel a little less.
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Paul_86
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Date Joined: 27/03/09
Get yourself a couple of
Get yourself a couple of bait runner reels. My hook up rate sky rocketed when I went from normal spin reels to bait runners, it’s what they are designed for. Money well spent if your anchoring and burleying for pinkies.
I lost too many good fish from stuffing bait trying to tighten the drag quickly as the fish is running for the reef and missed too many finicky snapper coz my drag was too tight and they felt resistance and dropped the bait. With a bait runner you got best of both worlds and way more fish hitting the deck!
timboon
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TLD dale? Do you fillet with
TLD dale?
Do you fillet with a machete?
Dale
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No, just shave with one.
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ranmar850
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My vote for Baitrunners for that style of fishing
I have a number of them--a couple of 6500's and a 4500. That old 4500 has caught everything from snapper to a big sailfish. Having them able to run with no resistance , and then being able to hook by just turnng the handle is a godsend. And the bigger 6500's have had the hell beaten out of them on big fish. Sails, sharks, XOS mackerel, big snapper, cobia--great for the set and forget type if you like leaving rods in holders ( which I generally don't) If I have a mug fisherman on board without their own gear they'll be given a 6500 baitrunner on one of those cheap clear-tipped 7' Shimano spin rods--they'll have every chance of landing a big fish if they hook up, and they are pretty well impossible to hurt.
luke george
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Pretty much all the info you
Pretty much all the info you need there. All I'll add is to use circle hooks if your leaving the rod in a holder with light-medium drag, the fish should hook themselves