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How much 80lb Tuffline will fit on a Stella 20k

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Luke Wyrsta:

--- Quote from: adrien antunes on December 12, 2008, 08:43:47 AM ---I am going to try N C GT's next month
 

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Good luck Adrien - I know it has been a long time waiting for you.

You will be fishing the great fringing reefs...drop to over 60m. BIGGEST POPPERS  8) ;D

Luke Wyrsta:

--- Quote from: Jon Li on December 12, 2008, 01:45:19 AM ---In some areas , you give a big GT 20 m to run and you are a goner , for sure .

Jon .

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In NC, even 60m can have you hot under the collar. Particularly when the big boys are out to play  :o ;D

adrien antunes:
 ;DI hope to figth a very BIG ONE..........ready ;D

Angus Hulme:

--- Quote from: travis heaps on December 12, 2008, 08:36:49 AM ---
 :) Nope, sure haven't Luke - where we fish the biggest i've caught would be 35kg or so with the average being smaller than that.  Although we get up to shoalwater occasionally it's not all that often - hence, being the occasional fisherman, i'm not prepared to spend the dollars to have multiple spools rigged up with varying different PEs.  Because of the average size of the fish i'm also not prepared to fish a 20000 spool with PE 10-12 just in case a 60kg GT jumps on the end of it.  Popping isn't something I do for a living, nor do I spend thousands on thousands of dollars each year on charters so rigging up purely to chase that fish of a lifetime isn't important to me.  My 10000 spool with 80lb tufline has handled everything thats been thrown at it so far and I feel its good do deal with 98% of the fish I will ever be likely to encounter.

Disclaimer - I reserve the right to revoke all above statements when I get unceremoniously spooled by a monster GT of a lifetime on my next trip out  ;) :D

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Travis, this is probably about where I am at too.......and on our Whitsunday trips, the average GT we encounter would be probably 25kg. We have seen bigger but the class of fish is clearly not like the Coral Sea, Shoalwater, or a myriad of exotic overseas destinations.

As a result, I think I should probably take your approach and just go with the 10000 spool/80lb at this stage. I simply wouldn't use the outfit often enough to justify further expense, but anything less would continue to result in being bricked by fish that (by GT standards), are still only in high school.  :-\

But I see plenty of merit in both approaches, and I do appreciate everyones comments and experiences. Thanks all.

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