Good red
Submitted by sparkyclint on Tue, 2017-08-15 20:44
Took the father in law out for a fish for his birthday.put him onto a few good ones,this one being the best.couldnt wipe the smile off his face for days.
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sea-kem
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Yeah that's a cracking
Yeah that's a cracking Red
where were you fishing out of?
Love the West!
sparkyclint
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Were were out off onslow
Were were out off onslow
Faulkner Family
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very nice. gotta be 8 to 9
very nice. gotta be 8 to 9 kg im guessing. well done
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
sparkyclint
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Unfortunately i didnt have
Unfortunately i didnt have any scales to weigh it properly so we used the wifes bathroom scales,haha.measured 13kg approx.
sparkyclint
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We were off of onslow.
We were off of onslow.
little johnny
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Big
Red. Few good feeds there. Top fish
scano
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Awesome red
You wouldn't catch much bigger than that in a lifetime really. I presume baits, paternoster rig, big hooks and about 120lb + leader?
sparkyclint
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Big baits ,big hooks and big
Big baits ,big hooks and big leader
sea-kem
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yep, I fish with nothing
yep, I fish with nothing less than 200lb for my paternoster.
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cutter
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nice
Very nice mate, bet ya he was a happy chappy with that horse..
scano
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yeah seakem i hear ya
big strong hooks and big strong leader is the go when fishing for reds! we usually make our rigs out of 150lb, with crimps and 3 way crane swivels ect.
I would go 200lb leader ect, however if you get nailed by the grey coats (which normally happens at some point when fishing for reds) then its a back breaking struggle on anything over 150lb to bust the leader and get the sharks off, without having to get them boatside to cut the leader near the hook (or remove the hook if at all possible).
Of late, I have been wondering whether it would be a good idea to run clip swivels on the trace, between the hook and the crane swivel. That way at least you could reload and replace any busted traces relatively quickly, and even have a few different traces made, of differing breaking strengths. If you are starting to get towelled up, simply remove the trace currently clipped on, and go up a few sizes in the breaking strain. make sense?
Alan James
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Makes sense to me
I do exactly that on deep drop rigs using large Hawaiian snaps. My reasons are a little different though as some baits imo present better with a double hook rig and this gives me the ability to change from a single hook rig to a double with ease.