In your experience which species start pushing the line classes

 I'm trying to gauge what line class I need depending on the fish I chase :) (sorry for the poorly worded title too)

 

For example salmon will be pushing the limit on 10lb line.

 

What can you say for 20, 30, 40 and 50lbs. 

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 Depends what your intentions

Thu, 2015-07-16 05:14

 Depends what your intentions are. I fish plenty of comps where the fish have to weigh at least line class or they don't count for any points. 

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Line class

Thu, 2015-07-16 06:33

 All depends on how much line you have. Bloody big fish get caught on bloody light line but there is a lot of it. 600-1000m.

Also area you are fishing. Dont go light for cave dwelling fish. A 60cm fish on sand can be caught on 10Lb line. The same fish on shallow reef will take a hell of a lot heaver line to land.

Earlier this year i was walking the shallows in Shark Bay dragging a small SP around for whiting. 6lb braid with a 15lb leader. Got smashed by small, 20-25cm, pinkies that took 200m of line before i could slow them down. On the backing each time and shitting myself that i was going to snap off and lose the braid. That was on sand and if they were 28cm i would have lost the battle.

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 I've landed 30cm+ pinkies on

Thu, 2015-07-16 11:03

 I've landed 30cm+ pinkies on 2lb in heavy reef. Not sure how they would take 200m

as for line classes, sambos are probably pushing all of them up to 40lb, depending on size of course. As mentioned above Demersals often may not be large but require extra stopping power as they have a very short distance to dive into the reef

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Snapper

Thu, 2015-07-16 19:36

 I dont have a 2lb outfit so cant comment on stopping power. The little snapper i caught were in 35-50cm of water and it was impossible to stop them from doing their runs. Perhaps if fishing them from above they were turned easier or circled instead of just trying to head in one direction? My drags are set at about 1/3 of line so about 2-2.5lb there. Still i cant complain about the thrill of light line fishing when your backing is up but eventually you land it.

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 Not exactly mate. Most fish

Thu, 2015-07-16 19:51

 Not exactly mate. Most fish caught on ultra light line the idea is not to have very much line out at all. Doesn't take too much water pressure to pop 1,2 or 4 kg mono. Need to chase fish hard with the boat ready to grab the leader the moment it presents itself. 

 

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Yes it is also going to

Thu, 2015-07-16 14:18

Yes it is also going to depend on where you are fishing. Landbased -beach (sand only), off the rocks or reefy area, or if you're on a boat.

I've caught salmon on 10lb easy, and I'm sure there are heaps of people who have caught salmon on lighter braid.

But if you are salmon fishing shoulder to shoulder in a reefy area, then you'd probably want heavier line to control the fish better. But if you have plenty of space to play the fish then no problems.