Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Guide to buying a GT rod - updated as at February 2017
Ben Furness:
Shoot Luke a PM, I believe he has a very nice ex-demo rod at a great price..... If I remember correctly it's an El Toro 150?
Brandon Khoo:
Doug, I am going to need a fair bit more info before I could give you any suggestions.
Where are you planning on fishing?
What weight line do you intend to use?
What kind of shore based fishing do you intend to do?P
Doug Terry:
Hi Brandon hope this helps.
Finally booked the trip to Aitutaki cook islands having had to cancell last years as I fractured 2 vertebra in my back.
I have some 7" williamson Jet poppers weight 115 gm and others of a similar weight.
The twinpower holds 270m of PE6,or 350m PE5.
will be shore fishing inside a lagoon where the surf from the reef comes into it.
I belive the GT's can go to 35kg's?
Brandon Khoo:
So you're essentially looking for a PE5 to 6 rod that you're going to be using from both a boat and from the shore. From the shore, you're generally going to need distance so I'd suggest you find something that is at least 8 feet long and preferably 8'3" to 8'6" long.
Can I say, I don't think your set-up is ideal. I generally suggest PE6-8 as a starting point for GTs, not PE5-6 but your set-up is dictated by the reel you got.
How much are you looking to send on a rod? I'm struggling to think of an entry level rod that fits that bill. Can anyone think of something that fits that bill that is reasonably priced?
Mark Harris:
You can get 200 metres of PE8 on a TP SW12000 spool without problem, although the specs do not encourage it. I use that spool with PE8 quite often fitted on either a Stella 10000 or Twinpower 10000. Therefore I would suggest Doug can fish PE6-8.
A Caranx Kaibutsu Long Cast might be an option (PE6-8, 8ft 2 in) ? although it is not a rod I can personally recommend. My guess would be that you could find one around the $450 level.
--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on February 10, 2012, 06:22:44 AM ---So you're essentially looking for a PE5 to 6 rod that you're going to be using from both a boat and from the shore. From the shore, you're generally going to need distance so I'd suggest you find something that is at least 8 feet long and preferably 8'3" to 8'6" long.
Can I say, I don't think your set-up is ideal. I generally suggest PE6-8 as a starting point for GTs, not PE5-6 but your set-up is dictated by the reel you got.
How much are you looking to send on a rod? I'm struggling to think of an entry level rod that fits that bill. Can anyone think of something that fits that bill that is reasonably priced?
--- End quote ---
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version