Rod and Reel for GC Seaway

[hando1978]

G'day,

I have recently started to get into fishing a bit, and have set myself up with a combo for soft plastics.

This is where the problem lies, now I want a combo that I can use for Bait Fishing in an area like the GC Seaway, will be off the wall as I don't have a boat.

Does anyone have any recommendations for rod size, weight, etc and reel?

Any help would be great.

Cheers,

Geoff

[Pitsta]

Hi geoff . Maybe a 7" rod between 3-5 kg a spinnig reel in the 2500-4000 range . With say 10-14 lb line , should do the job . This would give you the option of both bait & sp's . Hope this helps .......

Mark

[timddo]

if ya fishing from the rocks. get yourself a surf rod and a 6000 series reel.or your gonna loose alot of line and sinkers. PS don't use braid , coz it will be a waste of money. Remember rocks have sharp edges and it's a long way down from the rock wall. A long road will asist you in recovering your line. I'm a boat convert so don't do land base anymore.

tim

[aussiefool]

if ya fishing from the rocks. get yourself a surf rod and a 6000 series reel.or your gonna loose alot of line and sinkers. PS don't use braid , coz it will be a waste of money. Remember rocks have sharp edges and it's a long way down from the rock wall. A long road will asist you in recovering your line. I'm a boat convert so don't do land base anymore.

tim

Yep gotta agree.... 12' beach rod and 6000+ series reel, I don't know what sort of $ you have to play with but if a bit on the tight side don't over look some of the cheaper combos around to start with till you get a feel for rock fishing. I have 12 rods that I bought as cheap combos 3 yrs ago, the reels have long since died but the rods are as strong as ever and have landed some very good fish over the years

[Pitsta]

if ya fishing from the rocks. get yourself a surf rod and a 6000 series reel.or your gonna loose alot of line and sinkers. PS don't use braid , coz it will be a waste of money. Remember rocks have sharp edges and it's a long way down from the rock wall. A long road will asist you in recovering your line. I'm a boat convert so don't do land base anymore.

tim

Sorry to say but I've never seen anyone flicking SP's with a surf rod :-?

Mark