He all,
I am just getting into GT fishing, love the forum by the way! Been reading a fair bit of some first class information posted, thanks for sharing
I recently bought a Catalina 6500 on sale for jigging etc, I was hoping to use this on a new GT stick I bought... well, until I can afford the dog fight that is (please lovely wife let me spend $1000+ on another reel, LOL)
I understand the higher retrieval is preferred for this style of fishing, is my Catalina going to cut it? I think it dose a meter per turn or close to it, give or take?
The rod I bought was the best rod I could afford (I think) to get into the game without blowing a heap of coin to find out I might not like this style of fishing, though I highly doubt that, as I have been a keen lure fisherman since I was a wee lad and I tend to become obsessed with every style of fishing I take up.
I got a jaw bone, 8ft PE8 rod from Doug Burt's tackle word in southport, this is one of his brands of tackle, Dougie has the rods built form smith blanks that come out of the smith factory in Japan, Its a nice entry level rod, light, and looks like it will do the business! one of the guys working there said he has see this rod do a 50kg GT. & again I will probably end up with several different rods for different days and conditions, wifey??? LOL
The lure weight states 150g to 250g, what do you think the ideal weight of the average lure should I look to invest in for starters (not casting the thing yet etc) can I get away with 100g to 130ish? and maybe in the middle somewhere?
Do you blokes / gals have prefered weights for casting distance and accuracy? and for different styles of popper and sticks?
Thanks in advance!
Tight lines!
Ben
PS: dose braid color matter? (will go tuff line 80lb at this stage) & is there any good DVD's you might recommend for beginners & tips etc on GT fishing?
Cheers