Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques

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Jay Burgess:

--- Quote from: Sandy Moorhouse on August 04, 2011, 07:29:11 PM ---Like Nic my head hurts as a newbie.I am also am drawn to a more versatile lighter (PE5-6) outfit as I can use it at home to chase SBTs.What size GTs would a PE5-6 outfit cope with or is it a waste of time? (Exmouth bound)

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A waste of time basically. There's some big GT's off Exmouth and the terrain can be tough. That's not to say you won't land any decent GT's on PE6 (80lb) but I've been demolished on PE10 gear numerous times. PE6 lacks the ability to handle shock load from high drag that is required during the strike.

Brandon Khoo:
in the kind of terrain that Jay is describing, maybe 5-10kg?


--- Quote from: Sandy Moorhouse on August 04, 2011, 07:29:11 PM ---Like Nic my head hurts as a newbie.I am also am drawn to a more versatile lighter (PE5-6) outfit as I can use it at home to chase SBTs.What size GTs would a PE5-6 outfit cope with or is it a waste of time? (Exmouth bound)

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Vasko Dimoski:

--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on August 04, 2011, 08:06:00 PM ---if I remember correctly, around 240 to 250m

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Sound  better then the standard spool which would prob take 240m to 250m if your lucky of 65lb tuf line xp .

Nic Clapham:
Sounds like the 10k is like bringing  knife to a gun fight!.    What does every one use their 18k for other then gt popping?

For instance if at a later date I bought a second spool and loaded it with 50lb braid could i use it as a bottom basher, or floating for snapper, how comfortable is the 18k for theses applications?

Brandon Khoo:
It isn't, Nic. I use the 10000 almost exclusively now when I use PE8 although the caveat is that I use the SOM 16000 spool with it. That is not to say you can't use the standard spool. I landed a mid 40kgs GT using the standard spool with PE8 when the reel first came out but I was lucky. The fish almost spooled me on it's first run but then it changed direction and swam back to the boat.

I also personally don't like the drag system on the standard spool. It's fine for PE6 but PE8 is pushing it in my view and also from the point of view of line capacity. The standard spool would be perfectly good for PE6 and less in terms of capacity.

The 18000 in my view is very much a GT popping reel. If you put 50lb onto it, you'd probably get 500m though!

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