Good red

 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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 Yeah that's a cracking

Tue, 2017-08-15 20:56

 Yeah that's a cracking Red where were you fishing out of?

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 Were were out off onslow

Wed, 2017-08-16 05:10

 Were were out off onslow

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 very nice. gotta be 8 to 9

Tue, 2017-08-15 21:12

 very nice. gotta be 8 to 9 kg im guessing. well done

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 Unfortunately i didnt have

Wed, 2017-08-16 05:14

 Unfortunately i didnt have any scales to weigh it properly so we used the wifes bathroom scales,haha.measured 13kg approx.

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 We were off of onslow.

Wed, 2017-08-16 05:09

 We were off of onslow.

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Big

Wed, 2017-08-16 06:33

Red. Few good feeds there. Top fish

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Awesome red

Wed, 2017-08-16 07:21

 You wouldn't catch much bigger than that in a lifetime really. I presume baits, paternoster rig, big hooks and about 120lb + leader? 

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 Big baits ,big hooks and big

Wed, 2017-08-16 09:04

 Big baits ,big hooks and big leader

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 yep, I fish with nothing

Wed, 2017-08-16 15:54

 yep, I fish with nothing less than 200lb for my paternoster.

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nice

Wed, 2017-08-16 15:21

Very nice mate, bet ya he was a happy chappy with that horse..

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yeah seakem i hear ya

Wed, 2017-08-16 19:43

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?

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Makes sense to me

Wed, 2017-08-16 20:01

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.  

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