Thread: Game fishing

That's big enough so long as you choose your weather window. A big black off stevies at the mo. Lots of sharks inside 60m tho.
We got this one of Stevenson island last year.

Such a pretty fish. We're out this weekend.
I'd Outback stick to site trolling a bridle rigged Skippy or ably. You may get sharked but it takes minimum gear and skill. Also when you find a fish there's a very high chance they'll eat it.

Dorkus, as per you're pm here's your reel. More than capable. This one was 130-140kilos and it had no trouble. I think they're nicer to use than the big gold tanks.

Here's another one out of there with a lure probably similar to what you are going to run.



This is where we often moor for the night there. It's my favorite place on NZ coast I think.

My wife and I gave it a rev a few years ago in a small boat off the tuts coast and hooked what we still think was a black. It swallowed a big kahawai. We fought back and forth through a bunch of runs then had it die on the bottom. Thing weighed a ton. We got advice on how to plane a fish of the bottom but took forever to just get it off the bottom. We hooked it at 1pm at 7.30 we were still batting away but had it close to the surface. Unfortunately it was near dark, as I would have chucked my free diving gear on and swam the flying gaff down to get it up. It had got choppy and dark and I just wasn't keen on being eaten by something.
After 7hrs we must have touched something on the boat as we were under huge strain on 37kg and it broke at the back of the boat. We were devastated. I was bruised for a week. The point is, even though there's a chance of nothing happening... if it does... it's epic.

Originally Posted by Cowboy

Dorkus, as per you're pm here's your reel. More than capable. This one was 130-140kilos and it had no trouble. I think they're nicer to use than the big gold tanks.

Guessing its a Talica? May be lighter and nicer to use but certain Not as robust as a Tiagra, inside and out

Originally Posted by Gibo

Guessing its a Talica? May be lighter and nicer to use but certain Not as robust as a Tiagra, inside and out

I'm running a Talica 25 and a Speedmaster 25. Both spooled with 80lb hollow core and 50m(ish) 37kg mono topshot.