I am about to get a Stella for my birthday from my dearest other half, now the biggest question is what to get. There are 3 choices for me, basically the FA which I can easily get over here, and the SW in HG or PG which I need to get from overseas. I am now more keen on the SW as i heard it comes with 2 spools.

Question now is this, shall I get the HG or the PG? I will be doing mostly sambo jigging and the occasional trip to exxie popping for GTs. I am now thinking of getting the PG for the big spool capacity but am still wondering if I can get the best of both worlds by getting a spare set of HG internals for popping chucking.

Has anybody tried to see if the internal gearings can be swopped and is the process easy to handle? I am pretty handy at servicing my own reels but the stella looks a little intimidating compared to my Penns. Also, what are the parts I need change for the conversion and where can I get the parts. As much as I love to own 2 reels, its hard to justify that to a non fishing partner even if its for my birthday, but hey whose complaining......

I'm still looking for an overhead outfit for bottom fishing and jigging. I'm thinking I might go up a notch from what I was previously looking at and now I'm considering the Trinidad and Saltiga (overhead).

I've heard some problems about the anti reverse on the trinidad can anyone confirm this? I also heard that the saltiga has a better and a higher max drag than the trinidad, is this so?

Which one is the lighter reel as this is a major factor when I look at overhead outfits.

I haven't heard anything bad about the Saltiga which is why I'm leaning towards it a bit more over the trinidad.

The models I'm looking at will be the Trinidad 16 or the Saltiga 20 or 30 loaded with 50lb braid. Oh I also heard that the Saltiga 30 doesn't have a clicker, does this mean it doesn't make the noise when drag is pulled.

Thanks for your oppinions.

PS. Would it be worth the extra $100 for the Z model or the 30T, and what is the differences?

hahah herd the funniest joke on the radio at around 3 30am at the jetty.
one sperm says to another "how far to the ovaries?"
the other sperm replied "still got a while to go, we only just passed the tonsils..." :D no fish tho cept for a few herring which was really wierd. not even a squid :(

Anyone used or bought one of the new penns yet? They feel pretty good not like the clunky old things no anti-reverse probs to worry about either

haven't we already had enough on the market? ;) ;)
http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/body/product/salt/sephia_spin/title.html

Slots in just above the Japanese Twinpower and the Stella SW Series.

wait til you see the other double-paddle reel... wtf.. not cheap either, at 40,000 Yen.
http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/body/product/iso/t_mg_searea/searea.html

Daiwa spews out exist, certate customs, exist steez, TD aegis, TD Sols, airitys, TD Fuegos, TD Emeraldas, and whatnot, and this is what shimano releases?
o.O

G'day everybody , I have heard some whispers that there are some monster AJ's off Hillaries in 100m plus water , can anyone confirm for me , I have friday off and the weather is looking good for a trip out wide , might head out there to get amongst them .

I have some home made slim jigs I want to try out before I post pics of them .

PS is there any type of structure out in 100m of water I should be looking for ??? probably will be heading west nor west from Hillaries or Ocean reef.

CHEERS , MAV.

heading to palm beach in about 20 mins hopefully hook up to sumthing big... :D neone looking to kill a feew hours come down. neways have a good one :P

What is PE Braid? I thought it was explained somewhere here before but I couldn't find anything.

How's it going everyone?

I wanted to make a query on this forum about whether or not any of you were considering going to the international sport fishing show in Tokyo next January. The reason that I'm asking is because I am looking to put together a charter for a one of the days around then to have a jigging expedition for any visitors who might be interested in seeing how we do it here. We'll be going after yellowtail and amberjack, but there's probably a possibilty to boat a few tuna as well. If any of you are intereted, drop me a line when you get a chance. I'm simply looking to get a ball park idea of how many people are interested. If you have any questions email me.

ive just bin downloading someof the sambo videos and i really wanna catch one now aye...no wonder y they call em freight trains.the ones on honsu's day out was scaring me sitting at my chair. i cant wait to get out there n get one now :D

What is the toughest fish to tame pound for pound in OZ waters? Have you ever been awestruck by the fighting capabilities of your quarry?

last night i caught a herring so i put it out live, and handed the rod to my friend thinking it will be hours be fore nething happens and ive got time to get sum squid. She never goes fishing (especially with nething that big) so when she said it feels like sumthigns biting, i said nah itll be the live bait kicking around on the bottom...and soon as i turn my back and take one step the thing GOES OFF...HARD. rofl shes standing there going to me "i think sumthings on it now" as soon as i grabbed the rod the fish drops it. that would be bloody right aye.i was out there till 4 am trying to get another run..but could only manange sum more herring and sum squid for tonite. lol,that ever happened to neone else?

okkk from what i have heard GT fight like a sambo on steriods but from what i have seeen with some of the movies on this site im not 2 sure i recon a cloes call! and because i have only caught one species i wouldnt no! anyone tackled them both??? i sapose they both fight quite differant!

i ahve just been watching multiple episodes of ifish and i have noticed how long the boys on it leave the fish out of water it couldnt bee to good for them you would think???

hey ant 1 heading out tomorrow ???
were at rotto tonight so if any 1 wants to meet up there it could be arranged
cheers breno

hey just wondering if any one is experianced in switch baiting, and have any spreads/patterns they would like to share or tips on the trolling style as im going to give it a bit of a bash next trip 2 exmouth in november???

Help !

Does anyone know how to splice DOUBLE BRAIDED rope ?

I am having one hell of a job and waisting my rope trying to master splicing an eye on this stuff.
Have downloaded info off the web but my tiny mind has trouble understanding .
If someone has some simple steps to follow I would appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance
Terry

Well, last month there was one of the biggest US tackle shows on, suprised nobodys mentioned much about it. Just had a look about a week ago at the winners of the best of shows. The new Penn torque looks not bad,kept the unique International shape to em.

Fireline crystal won best over all. The new Evair boots look intersting too by shimano.

link to rest of the winnershttp://tackletour.com/reviewicast06bestofshow.html

Anyone going out for a fish fri. was going sat but better weather fri. going out wide to the containers. Anyone else going out. leaving from woodies. about 630am.

A good friend of mine has given me the "Worldwide Fishing Predictor" software so I am now able to see what moon phases, tidal movements and every other little criteria is supposed to do to the day's fishing.

As an example Tuesday through to Friday of this week is supposed to be red hot fishing with an 80% score according to the predictor for Perth. I can plug in other locations and see what it says if anyone is interested.

Minor and Major feeding times for Perth waters is as follows:-

Minor Major Minor Major

Tues 22 02.31am 07.42am 12.58pm 08.04pm
Wed 23 03.03am 08.27am 01.56pm 08.48pm
Thu 24 03.31am 09.09am 02.52pm 09.28pm
Fri 25 03.57am 09.48am 03.47pm 10.07pm
Sat 26 04.21am 10.27am 04.40pm 10.46pm
Sun 27 04.45am 11.06am 05.34pm 11.26pm

Notably Saturday is the Apogee (a particular moon phase) and is at 70% and Sunday is at 60%

Would be interesting to see how accurate this thing is.

Does anyone have an absolute red letter day in recent history, as I can check back and see what it said about that location and that day.

Anyone thinking about going out sat or sun. I was looking to head up to two rocks and as i have never fished there before thought it would be a good idea to head out with someone that knows the area.

If not might head out to the containers, Rotto as there are some good fish out there at the moment.

Forecasts:
Friday until midnight: N/NW winds 18/23 knots increasing to W/NW 20/30 knots during the afternoon, easing to W/NW 15/20 knots near midnight. Seas to 1.0m rising to 2.5m. Swell to 1.5m.
Swell at Cottesloe: 0.5m.
Winds on Melville Water: 5 knots lighter tonight.

Saturday: W/NW winds 15/20 knots increasing to 20/30 knots by the afternoon, reaching 25/33 knots for a period late afternoon and evening. Seas to 2.5m. Swell rising to 2.5m.

Sunday: W/NW winds 10/20 knots.

The conditions look pretty average again this weekend, no suprise I hear many say!

Hope for everyone outside the Perth Metropolitan area that fishing conditions are better for you, please feel free to drop in a report or some photos of your fishing experiences.

Cheers,
Adam

OK guys, nice and simple.
A mate of mine is on a trip with me to the Coral Sea in November...he wants a new reel. He's got a Shimano TLD 25, Penn Spinfisher 950 with an upgraded drag system and an ABU 7000.
He wants an overhead that can handle 50lb braid fished hard, but light enough to use all day long. It will be used mainly for bottom bashing and jigging......$250-$300 budget(without line).....what is the best bang for buck!

Hows it going out there,

Old man weather is making life difficult for saltwater anglers in Japan right now. We keep getting typhoons which cool the water temperature way too low for tuna and dorado. Since I'm not fishing so much I've decided to get down to making some pens and poppers for use towards the end of the month when the down current skipjack and tuna start running.

I've narrowed down a few designs that I want to take out on the water next trip, but I'm having a delimma as to whether I should paint the balsa wood models I've made or use them to make silicone molds from which I can make urethane foam lures. I like the idea of experimenting with urethane foam because I can make multiple copies of a good design fairly quickly, but I'm not sure how the material will perform on the ocean.

Have any of you guys ever used urethane foam lures instead of wooden lures for offshore boat game? Good bad experiences ,opinions, etc? Look forward to your responses.

Del

http://www.japanangler.com

I fish weekly from Mindarie and do quite well but have not ventured much further than the 3 mile reef. We catch a lot of bread and butter fish but are over ripe to head out further and get into some bigger action. We fish in an 18ft boat and fish nearly all conditions (within the 3 mile reef). Can anybody give us some hints about travelling further and finding some good ground? Got NAVMAN tracker 5500 and Fish 4500? Otherwise, always an extra spot on the boat for another fisho.

Looking at getting into making my own wind on leaders for trolling. From surfing around on the net, they don't seem to complicated.

Anybody hear make there own wind ons? If so any tips would be appreciated.

If you saw some one fishing somewhere would you fish that spot later on.

Like if you saw someone on a rock somewhere along the coast , would you go there to have a try as well, or if you see a boat drifting along somwhere would you ping the spot and go back later to give it a go .

I read some people will only fish some spots at night or early morning so no one see's them , do we really have to be so secretive ????

I have never pulled up to a spot and thought " wow someone is here I better not fish here "

What do you guys recon ???

MAV.

IF you want to see whats new and exciting in rod building , or the newest techniques etc , or crazy radical wraps then head on over to rodbuilding.org , there is some of the most artistic rod builders in the world showwing off their wares and offering advice ( if you join) I spend an hour or so every week just drooling over all the stuff they have made .

TRUELY AMAZING .

MAV.

Three colours on the binding just isn't custom anymore .

Had a look at the spread in Saturday's West Australian and it looks like this year might be a bit better than the last one. I was particularly excited by the prospect of wine tasting at the same venue (Hehehe).

Still a distinct lack of tackle shops there (I know the reasons why) but it would be nice to have a bit more fishy content.

The demo's are always great to watch and apparently there is a "fish Fighter" that you can have a go at. Not sure what it is but sounds interesting.

Anyone else going from here?

Headed out with Bouttime on Thursday. Always good to get a feed.

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