post up your jack weapon

[mackmauler]

i often get asked what im using i havnt upgraded my gear in quiet a while, this combo is around 10 years old and has accounted for numerous fish, 8-15kg angler rod and calcutta 400 with upgraded drag, snapping 20lb line through it bent is no problem if i need to lock up on a hard fish, suffice to say it wont load up to cast small lures. [img size=450]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/aznew_040.jpg

[pcsolutionman]

this is my jack/Cod outfit on top there, its an abu revo STX loaded with 30lb fins this reel puts out 24lb's of drag, had no problems stopping a metre plus barra the reel is on a daiwa Heartland 6-12lb rod

[img size=499]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb161/pcsolutionman/stanley%20river/27-11-07/imgp1602-web.jpg

[pinkey]

i would post a pic but my camera still aint working after i washed it out with fresh water ect but anyway my 'jack weapon' even though i havnt used it properly yet and have never caught a jack would be the one i won in the brc. Pflueger criterion baitcaster combo. Been practicing heaps in the pool and i can cast well now.. just need some 15ishlb braid and whamo.

[Dan23]

I need a Jack weapon. I have an Angler Jardine Jack rod which is ok but I need a higher end BC like a calcutta or Revo to stop the Jack that I hooked yesterday. Plus fishing out of a boat would help to put my weight behind it lol:laugh:

[Lukey]

This is my new jack weapon, got it for christmas off the missus. Its my first baitcaster, I've always been devoted to using spin gear, but i'm real keen to give it a go. Its a shimano cruxis 200 loaded with 20pb braid and 25pb fluro leader sitting on a shimano 6-8kg rod. Should be the perfect jack/barra hunting weapon. It hasn't touched the water yet coz the weather has been pretty sh*t so I'm dying to get out there and smash some jacks with it!! [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/27122007107_AFO.jpg

[MichaelJ]

mines a pflueger combo i bought from tackle world for $130 got 10lb braid on and 25lb fluro leader hasnt failed me at all

[MichaelJ]

but the jack in my pic was caught on a stella with 50lb braid and gary howard rod

[Feral]

You blokes catching Jacks or pulling stumps?

If you looking for heavy outfits Mo Tackle has a combo in their weekend specials which might suite!

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[Dan23]

Feral, read my thread 'this is the one I landed' You'll understand what's going on.I've been busted on 15lb and 20lb within seconds in the last two days in exactly the same spot.

that snapper combo won't do the trick. You need tree stump pulling power. Seriously I'm considering live baiting with a Tiagra 80W lol:laugh:

[Cowfish13]

My gear won't be too great for monsters, but it should be alright for medium sized Jacks and Cod. I've got a Shimano River Raider, 6'3\", 3-6kg rod; matched with a Pfluegar Presidant with 15lb Tuf line (braid) on it. I originally bought it for casting lighter lures (which it does very well), but it should be strong enough for medium estaury fish.

[Dan23]

Yeah that BC setup would handle the ones up to about 45cm I reckon. The fight is one and lost in the first 0.5 second with those fish. You just have to be ready and if you give an inch they will destroy you.

Trust me, the one that hit me yesterday was so crazy I paddled half way home with the anchor still hanging out and barely noticed I was in that much shock:laugh:

[Brian D]

I can't, I'm at work:(

But watch this space for a blacksheep on a 7'2\" ugly. (Tested on a 12kg Thready and 96cm Barra)

[Gazza]

Heres mine tried and tested :woohoo:

Gaz

[kevinchen19870316]

i would use my usual bream set up for jack, dan

[Dan23]

You wouldn't land the big ones unless you have 100lb mono. With 1 foot of wire. You could land them up to 55cm with your gear.

[kevinchen19870316]

i promise not to lose one lure to fish( except tailor and ray if i am unlucky enough)

[Dan23]

kevinchen19870316 wrote:

i promise not to lose one lure to fish( except tailor and ray if i am unlucky enough)

No one who had actually caught a jack or even hooked one would be so confident. :laugh:

[kevinchen19870316]

ha

i am confident just because i never fight one. let them destroy me!

[Dan23]

Seriously you will get destroyed and you will love all 1 second of it ha ha

If you last that first second of the fight then you've get em. Just gotta get em out of their hole.

[mackmauler]

scott pulled the best ive seen this season at 59cm on a standard 8kg strudwick and calcutta 200 with 20lb braid, imo theres not much diff between a 50 and a 65 in the first few seconds if the oysters are sharp you get cut off just the same.

[MichaelJ]

what happens when they get to 65.1cm long then mack?

[mackmauler]

they cop my reef fishing tackle mate, 80cm is not uncommon out there but its not the same, there just like any big snappa or lippa

[MichaelJ]

so as soon as there 65.1cm long there at the reef? then why was my 60cm 1 out there? lol

[mackmauler]

dont hold your breath waiting for a 65cm river jack, any over 60 prefer outside waters, even the 50cm ones often show up on the wider reefs.