Huxstang

When you say “interesting” I think scary 🙃

I am a braid fan personally.  I like the increased feel and can accept its limitations.
I have been using it since the mid 90’s and its improved a lot since then and I have learnt how to fish it a lot better too, especially since starting using octopus circle hooks with bait.
Hey Bob
Cheapest place for 200m spools of YGK Pentagram..although Japanese rarely have much heavier than PE3.
https://japanlureshop.com/ygk-xbraid-upgrade-x8-pentagram-200m.html
 

I am a braid fan personally.  I like the increased feel and can accept its limitations.
I have been using it since the mid 90’s and its improved a lot since then and I have learnt how to fish it a lot better too, especially since starting using octopus circle hooks with bait.
 

Especially with a nice offshore boat gathering dust!!!  At least if it calms out a bit you can get out, mine is a bit more biased towards a nicer day if I want to stay a bit dry 

Never been up that far.  I thought it was all just muddy banks?
 

Especially with a nice offshore boat gathering dust!!!  At least if it calms out a bit you can get out, mine is a bit more biased towards a nicer day if I want to stay a bit dry 

I am a braid fan personally.  I like the increased feel and can accept its limitations.
I have been using it since the mid 90’s and its improved a lot since then and I have learnt how to fish it a lot better too, especially since starting using octopus circle hooks with bait.
 

You could always try upstream in the river, maybe not where the city cats are running, but I’m sure you’d find plenty of interesting things around Indooroopilly or jindalee with the live scope.

Holidays start at Easter…good time not to use a boat ramp on a weekend or plan on going camping 😀

Hoping to get out before school holidays start - a bit more peaceful especially if I use anything other than my local ramp at Colmslie 😉

I am sure I am not the only one sick of what appears to be never ending crappy weather in SEQ.
Anyone got some clue when we might see a bit of a break in the weather?

I am sure I am not the only one sick of what appears to be never ending crappy weather in SEQ.
Anyone got some clue when we might see a bit of a break in the weather?

Hoping to get out before school holidays start - a bit more peaceful especially if I use anything other than my local ramp at Colmslie 😉

I am sure I am not the only one sick of what appears to be never ending crappy weather in SEQ.
Anyone got some clue when we might see a bit of a break in the weather?

Holidays start at Easter…good time not to use a boat ramp on a weekend or plan on going camping 😀

I am sure I am not the only one sick of what appears to be never ending crappy weather in SEQ.
Anyone got some clue when we might see a bit of a break in the weather?

I hear you, the weather has been tough this year already.  Fingers crossed winter settles it down.  
Even at $20k it is reasonable….easily spend over $10k on a good electric.  I know Suzuki have electric steering and throttle available on their motors from 140hp up but not the real benefits of an electric helm like you have.
 

Personally I go with the lighter line option with the FC or nylon leader option.  Seems to work well enough in the reef areas but I know your fishing is quite different with huge fish likely to hit cover outside of a normal 2 rod length leader I guess?  
It would be interesting to see just how much extra protection you get from heavier braid over lighter - I havent seen anything online where people have done tests. 

Personally I go with the lighter line option with the FC or nylon leader option.  Seems to work well enough in the reef areas but I know your fishing is quite different with huge fish likely to hit cover outside of a normal 2 rod length leader I guess?  
It would be interesting to see just how much extra protection you get from heavier braid over lighter - I havent seen anything online where people have done tests. 

Its great looking kit and seems like its probably a good alternative to trying to fit an electric onto the front of a larger boat - and using one where you need to go and deploy it or put up with the unreliability factor of the auto deploy units.
I guess only downside it you are using engine hours?  But gives you the key benefits and also work better when its fairly rough.
I am guessing its probably cheaper to add than a suitable electric anyway?

Interesting Bob - just did a Curado DC 200 and it took 150m of 30lb Sunline Cast Way - thing is Sunline dont quote the thickness and the new DC 200 doesnt quote capacity in thickness only x amount of mono.
With a new FM Stradic 5000 it easily took 300m of PE1.2 Varivas and I think it could have taken maybe 300m of 1.5 (only wanted to load it with 1.2 so its a moot consideration).  However the specs say 300m of PE2 which I would say it has no chance.
Thing is maybe their is fault on both sides - are the line thicknesses as quoted?
I am not addicted to any one brand of PE but for same PE rating they breaking stains vary remarkably and the thickness for breaking stains are all over the shop.  
I guess the question is - how important to you is line capacity beyond the annoyance factor?

Personally I go with the lighter line option with the FC or nylon leader option.  Seems to work well enough in the reef areas but I know your fishing is quite different with huge fish likely to hit cover outside of a normal 2 rod length leader I guess?  
It would be interesting to see just how much extra protection you get from heavier braid over lighter - I havent seen anything online where people have done tests. 

Interesting Bob - just did a Curado DC 200 and it took 150m of 30lb Sunline Cast Way - thing is Sunline dont quote the thickness and the new DC 200 doesnt quote capacity in thickness only x amount of mono.
With a new FM Stradic 5000 it easily took 300m of PE1.2 Varivas and I think it could have taken maybe 300m of 1.5 (only wanted to load it with 1.2 so its a moot consideration).  However the specs say 300m of PE2 which I would say it has no chance.
Thing is maybe their is fault on both sides - are the line thicknesses as quoted?
I am not addicted to any one brand of PE but for same PE rating they breaking stains vary remarkably and the thickness for breaking stains are all over the shop.  
I guess the question is - how important to you is line capacity beyond the annoyance factor?

Interesting Bob - just did a Curado DC 200 and it took 150m of 30lb Sunline Cast Way - thing is Sunline dont quote the thickness and the new DC 200 doesnt quote capacity in thickness only x amount of mono.
With a new FM Stradic 5000 it easily took 300m of PE1.2 Varivas and I think it could have taken maybe 300m of 1.5 (only wanted to load it with 1.2 so its a moot consideration).  However the specs say 300m of PE2 which I would say it has no chance.
Thing is maybe their is fault on both sides - are the line thicknesses as quoted?
I am not addicted to any one brand of PE but for same PE rating they breaking stains vary remarkably and the thickness for breaking stains are all over the shop.  
I guess the question is - how important to you is line capacity beyond the annoyance factor?

Now I know why everyone complains about sharks in southern bay…..don’t get Livescope unless you want to see the bastards hanging constantly around you is all I can say.   
Couple of pannies for the comp.  Better than nothing - both on 75mm Squidtrek.
40 &50cm