little help please!!

Hey guys,

Basically im a bit of a noob and my girlfriend bought me a new 10ft beachrod for xmas. (I think its a cheapy although it is an ugly stick and when i was younger they were the cream of the crop right?)

Anyhow its a 6-10kg and i have put 9kg braid on it. The guy at bcf also talked me into buying a 60lb black magic leader. (I thought this was a bit over the top, but what would i know im a noob). Im thinking of going for an early morning fish down at challenger beach but not quite sure on the setup i should use and what i could expect to catch down there.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers

 

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hey good to see u giving it a

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:18

hey good to see u giving it a go. always a chance of taylor at the crack of dawn or some jumbo herring. the rig i would be using is a set of 5/0x3 mustard tarpons or what ever gangs you got. then a tri swivel with a sinker at the bottom most proberly a star sinker. have the gangs on a leader of about 60 cms then have the sinker about 5 cm from the swivel pretty mutch tying the sinker as close as you can have it to the swivel to prevent tangles. pretty mutch wat i use for all my taylor, mulloway,herring and what ever else is out there

hope you can use this info and get a nice feed in the morn, oh and dont forget to read the beach look for a nice gutter that runs along the beach, if you dont know how to read a few articles on the net they should be real helpful cause thats the same way i learnt to read a beach :)

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 good luck finding mulies

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:20

 good luck finding mulies then MH ;)

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 I was down there the other

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:20

 I was down there the other day got heaps of small whiting and a small flatty, but that was using a small setup obviously. if you throw a bait out and leave it for a while with the beach rod who knows what you will get. probably a ray or something else if your lucky, i hear there is some tailor and herring there if you go at the right time aswell

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haha yea but its not what you

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:27

haha yea but its not what you know but who you know leemo ;)

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cheers guys, yea ive read a

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:33

cheers guys, yea ive read a few articles before about reading a beach, all i can do now is go out and give it a crack :)

 

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yea and if you cant get any

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:40

yea and if you cant get any mullies you should use whiting or any other bait fish that you catch. even if you get a herring if you dont like them cut slithers off and gang them up 

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yea thats a good idea ive

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:47

yea thats a good idea ive never even thought about doing that haha should i berley up? if so is pollard with oil  and or pellets ok when fishing on a sinker?

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i personally dont really

Mon, 2012-01-09 10:55

i personally dont really burley up other then throwing the bait scraps in and maybe a bit of tuna oil here and there but thats about it

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theres a few fish around

Mon, 2012-01-09 12:30

theres a few fish around challanger beach i fish there a fair amount

whiting/herring/tailor/flathead/flound

sharks rays can all be gotten from there

if u need bait go to ammo jetty for a hour or 2 before you fish catch plenty of  scallies withut bait on little fly/suicide hooks