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Actually the Thunnus I mentioned is a baitrunner style reel. I'm a Daiwa guy but the Shimano Thunnus seems to be the best bait feeder style reel on the market.
Baitfeeders are definitely handier for live baiting and I've still got a 2500 baitrunner and a 2500 Spinfisher liveliner; the baitrunner has a bit too rough a drag for light line on big fish and the problem with the Liveliner is the 'free spool' function isn't very free spool at all; pretty much making me drop a lot of fish when they feel the weight. As such both 'beach livebaiting' outfits I'm back on the 2500 Sols (which I actually use for SP's too).
Rod wise I'm looking a bit more high end - possibly Saltist Hyper M-OverS80-2/4; I generally stick to mid-high end Daiwa rods because they are excellent rods IMO.      
Line wise I use Sufix 832 a lot but it doesn't cast well. Have been trying Savage Gear Silencer in the 10lb; super thin and casts great, but I'm getting a great deal of unexplained bustoffs.
Think casting a 10-15cm mullet on a long leader as far as possible with as little lead as possible.
Due to erosion they've made breakwaters along the beach and are pumping in sand. It's apparent this has changed the nature of the beach completely (shallower in close) and the fish are definitely much further out than they used to be. This has also caused the creek mouth to be closed off to the sea for the longest I've seen in nearly 30 years fishing there - been closed for about 10 months now so I can no longer use the creek runoff to carry baits out and us locals think the creek may now only be open for short periods after cyclones. Also the beach south of the creek (Machans beach) basically no longer exists as the water comes right up to the breakwall now.
If a natural vegetation nature strip was left between the beach and the houses to prevent erosion instead of building houses right on the beach and making breakwalls, we wouldn't be having to mess with the natural state of the beach. Climate change is blamed in the press but studies on the Cairns northern beaches erosion problem (can be found on the internet) all conclude its 100% because of removal of the vegetation which anchored the sand.  
   
 

Since (I expect) declaration of the net free zone, the size of fish at my local beach spot has been increasing year by year, to the point now that I am regularly bringing a knife to a gun fight and getting spooled often.
Typical example was yesterday evening where I was spooled twice (both times I was lucky enough to break off at the fish end and not at the (emptied) reel end. Other than two obvious shark biteoffs (or possibly mackeral), managed to hold onto one that was manageable:
 This was released at the water's edge (as you can see its being washed by waves) after a quick measure at 97cm and a quick photo. Was by myself so dehook while keeping it in the water (as per the rules) would have been impossible. Do note I'm chasing salmon/ queenfish etc. and not closed season barra (until February anyway).
So I'm basically using 3-5kg 7 foot SP type rods and 2500 Diawa Sols on which I have gone from 6 up to 10 pound braid, live mullet or fairly large strip baits on a long 30lb leader and as light lead as I can get away with whilst still getting a decent cast.
So, can anyone suggest specific rod, reel, braid brand etc. that will allow me to lob out a live mullet or strip bait a decent way, on lets say 25lb braid and often casting into the wind?
I'm thinking maybe 4000 size Shimano Thunnus baitrunners with 25lb braid, on possibly an 8 foot rod to compensate for losing casting distance with the heavier braid. Possibly also biting the bullet and upping lead size but I'm not keen on that.
Thanks in advance  

Since (I expect) declaration of the net free zone, the size of fish at my local beach spot has been increasing year by year, to the point now that I am regularly bringing a knife to a gun fight and getting spooled often.
Typical example was yesterday evening where I was spooled twice (both times I was lucky enough to break off at the fish end and not at the (emptied) reel end. Other than two obvious shark biteoffs (or possibly mackeral), managed to hold onto one that was manageable:
 This was released at the water's edge (as you can see its being washed by waves) after a quick measure at 97cm and a quick photo. Was by myself so dehook while keeping it in the water (as per the rules) would have been impossible. Do note I'm chasing salmon/ queenfish etc. and not closed season barra (until February anyway).
So I'm basically using 3-5kg 7 foot SP type rods and 2500 Diawa Sols on which I have gone from 6 up to 10 pound braid, live mullet or fairly large strip baits on a long 30lb leader and as light lead as I can get away with whilst still getting a decent cast.
So, can anyone suggest specific rod, reel, braid brand etc. that will allow me to lob out a live mullet or strip bait a decent way, on lets say 25lb braid and often casting into the wind?
I'm thinking maybe 4000 size Shimano Thunnus baitrunners with 25lb braid, on possibly an 8 foot rod to compensate for losing casting distance with the heavier braid. Possibly also biting the bullet and upping lead size but I'm not keen on that.
Thanks in advance  

Never used it myself, but @Breaming with brohas stumbled on a line called "Gliss" that has a thin diameter for its strength. Maybe check that out.

My goal for 2021 is to land one of the XXL king salmon/ spanish mackeral that keep spooling me on the beach - this will probably involve upgrade from using silly string (6-10lb) for them; am eyeing off 4000 size shimano thunnus baitrunners full of 20lb braid.
Have been spooled 3 times in the last 3 sessions and am very over it - manageable blue salmon and queenfish in the evening then hook onto torpedos right on dark, that spool my 2000 size Daiwa Sol's in about 20 seconds 😞
 

My goal for 2021 is to land one of the XXL king salmon/ spanish mackeral that keep spooling me on the beach - this will probably involve upgrade from using silly string (6-10lb) for them; am eyeing off 4000 size shimano thunnus baitrunners full of 20lb braid.
Have been spooled 3 times in the last 3 sessions and am very over it - manageable blue salmon and queenfish in the evening then hook onto torpedos right on dark, that spool my 2000 size Daiwa Sol's in about 20 seconds 😞
 

My goal for 2021 is to land one of the XXL king salmon/ spanish mackeral that keep spooling me on the beach - this will probably involve upgrade from using silly string (6-10lb) for them; am eyeing off 4000 size shimano thunnus baitrunners full of 20lb braid.
Have been spooled 3 times in the last 3 sessions and am very over it - manageable blue salmon and queenfish in the evening then hook onto torpedos right on dark, that spool my 2000 size Daiwa Sol's in about 20 seconds 😞
 

My goal for 2021 is to land one of the XXL king salmon/ spanish mackeral that keep spooling me on the beach - this will probably involve upgrade from using silly string (6-10lb) for them; am eyeing off 4000 size shimano thunnus baitrunners full of 20lb braid.
Have been spooled 3 times in the last 3 sessions and am very over it - manageable blue salmon and queenfish in the evening then hook onto torpedos right on dark, that spool my 2000 size Daiwa Sol's in about 20 seconds 😞
 

Not something I'd do.

Just walk any beach and chuck at the washed out trees, even if its very shallow. I found a vid of someone doing it.
Plenty of JP's in Freshwater creek at the bottom of my street here in Redlynch if you want to drive down this way; but they spook very easily unless the water is discoloured after rain. 
 

Just walk any beach and chuck at the washed out trees, even if its very shallow. I found a vid of someone doing it.
Plenty of JP's in Freshwater creek at the bottom of my street here in Redlynch if you want to drive down this way; but they spook very easily unless the water is discoloured after rain. 
 

Actually also just thought, you may get lucky and arrive after a rain event/ cyclone - if so (and the flooding has cleared), there's always fish hanging around the trees that get washed out on the beach (because the fish have been washed out too and go for the only available cover). I've had some massive sessions in years past walking the beach and chucking little plastics at trees in close to shore.  

I never fish at port because I'm too lazy to drive that far from Cairns to fish, but if you drive up the road to Mossman there's plenty of big JP's in the Mossman River. All creeks have JP's in them anyway.
Further north, I hear Wonga beach fishes really well on high tides - get some pippies on the beach, catch a whiting, then fish it live and should get something - good for tripletail there and they love live whiting.
However, being April you might find yourself in the middle of monsoons and/ or strong south easters, both of which suck for fishing the beach.
And those wolf herring mentioned in previous post are the absolute best strip bait - I've caught more big king salmon on them than any other bait. 

Actually also just thought, you may get lucky and arrive after a rain event/ cyclone - if so (and the flooding has cleared), there's always fish hanging around the trees that get washed out on the beach (because the fish have been washed out too and go for the only available cover). I've had some massive sessions in years past walking the beach and chucking little plastics at trees in close to shore.  

I never fish at port because I'm too lazy to drive that far from Cairns to fish, but if you drive up the road to Mossman there's plenty of big JP's in the Mossman River. All creeks have JP's in them anyway.
Further north, I hear Wonga beach fishes really well on high tides - get some pippies on the beach, catch a whiting, then fish it live and should get something - good for tripletail there and they love live whiting.
However, being April you might find yourself in the middle of monsoons and/ or strong south easters, both of which suck for fishing the beach.
And those wolf herring mentioned in previous post are the absolute best strip bait - I've caught more big king salmon on them than any other bait. 

Actually also just thought, you may get lucky and arrive after a rain event/ cyclone - if so (and the flooding has cleared), there's always fish hanging around the trees that get washed out on the beach (because the fish have been washed out too and go for the only available cover). I've had some massive sessions in years past walking the beach and chucking little plastics at trees in close to shore.  

I never fish at port because I'm too lazy to drive that far from Cairns to fish, but if you drive up the road to Mossman there's plenty of big JP's in the Mossman River. All creeks have JP's in them anyway.
Further north, I hear Wonga beach fishes really well on high tides - get some pippies on the beach, catch a whiting, then fish it live and should get something - good for tripletail there and they love live whiting.
However, being April you might find yourself in the middle of monsoons and/ or strong south easters, both of which suck for fishing the beach.
And those wolf herring mentioned in previous post are the absolute best strip bait - I've caught more big king salmon on them than any other bait. 

Actually also just thought, you may get lucky and arrive after a rain event/ cyclone - if so (and the flooding has cleared), there's always fish hanging around the trees that get washed out on the beach (because the fish have been washed out too and go for the only available cover). I've had some massive sessions in years past walking the beach and chucking little plastics at trees in close to shore.  

Actually also just thought, you may get lucky and arrive after a rain event/ cyclone - if so (and the flooding has cleared), there's always fish hanging around the trees that get washed out on the beach (because the fish have been washed out too and go for the only available cover). I've had some massive sessions in years past walking the beach and chucking little plastics at trees in close to shore.  

I never fish at port because I'm too lazy to drive that far from Cairns to fish, but if you drive up the road to Mossman there's plenty of big JP's in the Mossman River. All creeks have JP's in them anyway.
Further north, I hear Wonga beach fishes really well on high tides - get some pippies on the beach, catch a whiting, then fish it live and should get something - good for tripletail there and they love live whiting.
However, being April you might find yourself in the middle of monsoons and/ or strong south easters, both of which suck for fishing the beach.
And those wolf herring mentioned in previous post are the absolute best strip bait - I've caught more big king salmon on them than any other bait. 

Dunno if it will work down south there, but back when I used to boat fish the halco scorpion 150's in the 'mullet' colour in the 5m diver version trolled over reef in 10-20m of water were deadly. You have to troll them on braid (so they wobble really hard - mono has too much stretch so they dont wobble as hard), and troll as fast as they can take - about 6.5-7 knots. You may need to adjust the bib to get them to swim completely straight.
Also worked was the halco laser pro 190 in the 'mullet' and the blue colours, in the 'crazy deep' version - note the crazy deeps always need adjusting so they swim straight. Again troll as fast as possible - about 5.5-6.2 knots. Use in 20-30m of water over reef. The wahoo also love them if you go off the reef to about 80m depth. Big GT's in 10-20m of water love these too.
Once you get a fish troll back over the same area.
Back when I lived in Kiribati (see: https://www.facebook.com/betiofishos/) I trolled with others in the boat using various other lures/ rigged baits, and I reckon 19 strikes in 20 were on my rig.
Must troll on braid (with 2m of jinkai leader to absorb some shock, and 6 inch wire at the lure), and troll as fast as they will go (after adjusting so they swim straight.

Dunno if it will work down south there, but back when I used to boat fish the halco scorpion 150's in the 'mullet' colour in the 5m diver version trolled over reef in 10-20m of water were deadly. You have to troll them on braid (so they wobble really hard - mono has too much stretch so they dont wobble as hard), and troll as fast as they can take - about 6.5-7 knots. You may need to adjust the bib to get them to swim completely straight.
Also worked was the halco laser pro 190 in the 'mullet' and the blue colours, in the 'crazy deep' version - note the crazy deeps always need adjusting so they swim straight. Again troll as fast as possible - about 5.5-6.2 knots. Use in 20-30m of water over reef. The wahoo also love them if you go off the reef to about 80m depth. Big GT's in 10-20m of water love these too.
Once you get a fish troll back over the same area.
Back when I lived in Kiribati (see: https://www.facebook.com/betiofishos/) I trolled with others in the boat using various other lures/ rigged baits, and I reckon 19 strikes in 20 were on my rig.
Must troll on braid (with 2m of jinkai leader to absorb some shock, and 6 inch wire at the lure), and troll as fast as they will go (after adjusting so they swim straight.

Dunno if it will work down south there, but back when I used to boat fish the halco scorpion 150's in the 'mullet' colour in the 5m diver version trolled over reef in 10-20m of water were deadly. You have to troll them on braid (so they wobble really hard - mono has too much stretch so they dont wobble as hard), and troll as fast as they can take - about 6.5-7 knots. You may need to adjust the bib to get them to swim completely straight.
Also worked was the halco laser pro 190 in the 'mullet' and the blue colours, in the 'crazy deep' version - note the crazy deeps always need adjusting so they swim straight. Again troll as fast as possible - about 5.5-6.2 knots. Use in 20-30m of water over reef. The wahoo also love them if you go off the reef to about 80m depth. Big GT's in 10-20m of water love these too.
Once you get a fish troll back over the same area.
Back when I lived in Kiribati (see: https://www.facebook.com/betiofishos/) I trolled with others in the boat using various other lures/ rigged baits, and I reckon 19 strikes in 20 were on my rig.
Must troll on braid (with 2m of jinkai leader to absorb some shock, and 6 inch wire at the lure), and troll as fast as they will go (after adjusting so they swim straight.

Dunno if it will work down south there, but back when I used to boat fish the halco scorpion 150's in the 'mullet' colour in the 5m diver version trolled over reef in 10-20m of water were deadly. You have to troll them on braid (so they wobble really hard - mono has too much stretch so they dont wobble as hard), and troll as fast as they can take - about 6.5-7 knots. You may need to adjust the bib to get them to swim completely straight.
Also worked was the halco laser pro 190 in the 'mullet' and the blue colours, in the 'crazy deep' version - note the crazy deeps always need adjusting so they swim straight. Again troll as fast as possible - about 5.5-6.2 knots. Use in 20-30m of water over reef. The wahoo also love them if you go off the reef to about 80m depth. Big GT's in 10-20m of water love these too.
Once you get a fish troll back over the same area.
Back when I lived in Kiribati (see: https://www.facebook.com/betiofishos/) I trolled with others in the boat using various other lures/ rigged baits, and I reckon 19 strikes in 20 were on my rig.
Must troll on braid (with 2m of jinkai leader to absorb some shock, and 6 inch wire at the lure), and troll as fast as they will go (after adjusting so they swim straight.

Dunno if it will work down south there, but back when I used to boat fish the halco scorpion 150's in the 'mullet' colour in the 5m diver version trolled over reef in 10-20m of water were deadly. You have to troll them on braid (so they wobble really hard - mono has too much stretch so they dont wobble as hard), and troll as fast as they can take - about 6.5-7 knots. You may need to adjust the bib to get them to swim completely straight.
Also worked was the halco laser pro 190 in the 'mullet' and the blue colours, in the 'crazy deep' version - note the crazy deeps always need adjusting so they swim straight. Again troll as fast as possible - about 5.5-6.2 knots. Use in 20-30m of water over reef. The wahoo also love them if you go off the reef to about 80m depth. Big GT's in 10-20m of water love these too.
Once you get a fish troll back over the same area.
Back when I lived in Kiribati (see: https://www.facebook.com/betiofishos/) I trolled with others in the boat using various other lures/ rigged baits, and I reckon 19 strikes in 20 were on my rig.
Must troll on braid (with 2m of jinkai leader to absorb some shock, and 6 inch wire at the lure), and troll as fast as they will go (after adjusting so they swim straight.