What sort of gear everyone using for big sambos
Submitted by bungeye on Mon, 2010-11-22 12:49
hey guys
Just curious to what sort of gear people using for jigging-fishing the barges.... what pound braid, and type of braid , reels , leader etc....I was out at the barges saturday and noticed alot of people getting smoked including myself and 2 others in my boat,we were using what i thought was pretty decent gear 50lb fireline,100lb blackmagic leader and all had decent reel,rod combos
still managed to land quite a few but also lost shitloads of gear great day tho lol
any feedback would be great.
bungeye
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Sorry bout pic size
sorry about picture size guys i can never get it right ????
fishnut
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sinkers
love that first pic - looks like someone is about to get a whack in the back of the head with a couple of swinging snappers weights. what the?
bungeye
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haha
yeah wicked hadnt even noticed that ,, after loosing most of our gear we were resorted to bottom bouncing, with the few sinkers we had left hence the two doubled up
Just1morecast
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maybe hence the name
maybe hence the name 'bungeye'? haha
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Ryan C
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sambo gear
we used 30/65lb braid all day and 100lb single dropper paternosters with circle hooks and other than 1 paternoster wearing out and 2 lines crossing and cutting 1 off we didnt get smoked once on saturday .
crasny1
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300lb Mono and a winch. LOL
That way you might get the Noahs aswell.
But serious and I am not a Sambo jiggers/catcher you would need quality gear like Saltiga's and Stella's not to get smoked sometime. I dont know how my Saragosa 14000 would stand up to the task, but I am sure my saltist would. PE 6-10 braid with a 100lb leader and a decent jig rod should be fine IMO, but like I said no expert.
It looks like a TLD 25 you have and I would have thought that would have been OK but remember there is other critters down there eating the sambos and the "smoke" might have been from them.
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SamC
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PE10.....WOW
PE10.....WOW
Cheers,
Sam
danno
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isnt that reel the newer
isnt that reel the newer saltist? its not a TLD
bungeye
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yeah mate
its the newer saltist still got smoked a few times with drag on full ..
till
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You're encouraged to use
You're encouraged to use 80lb for the sambos, so that they go down frisky, not tired. If you're not tired after that, get another one; rinse, repeat.
Johnyy_Boii
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for this sambo season ill be
for this sambo season ill be using my stella 10,000sw spooled with 60lb frog pe and 100lb jinkai leader, as for rod..not sure what to get yet. maybe a pe5 xzoga or something similiar.
JohnF
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Johnyy boi....I used my
Johnyy boi....I used my 10,000SW on the weekend with PE5 SEED....it (or me....) was not up to the task on the big girls but perfect for 25 kg size......
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Johnyy_Boii
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johnf, when you say it wasnt
johnf, when you say it wasnt up to the task, what went wrong, line snapping or were they almost spooling you?
wicked game
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quick question. what does PE
quick question.
what does PE stand for?
and when u say PE5, PE10 or whatever what does the number stand for?
till
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PE is a guide to the
PE is a guide to the crossectional area that a line uses. As a rough guide each PE is 10lb, although better lines are better, ie; PE3/40lb, not 30lb.
till
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Synit Deepshot Seriola in Spin and OH
These look pretty rad, hoping to give them a workout soon!
wicked game
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ah i see. all this PE talk
ah i see. all this PE talk makes alot more sense now haha
cheers mate
bungeye
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those
Those rods look awesome jamie