what gear do i use for estuary mulloway

[robert637]

i was recently spooled by a mulloway in a south coast estuary the gear i was using was a 6 to 10kg ugly stick with a mitchell predator 600 bait runner spooled with 10kg nylon. what gear do i need to catch a mulloway without getting spooled

[coucho]

are you sure it was a mulloway must of been a brute for him to spool you on that gear I generally only fish 14 pd line in the river for mulloway and have boated fish up to 9 kg only ever been smoked by sharks.

[robert637]

are you sure it was a mulloway must of been a brute for him to spool you on that gear I generally only fish 14 pd line in the river for mulloway and have boated fish up to 9 kg only ever been smoked by sharks.

had all the classic signs of a mulloway and also thought that the gear i used would be ample but iam not impressed by the rear drag system of my reel.do you think i should stick with it or splurge out on new gear

[Outsider1]

i was recently spooled by a mulloway in a south coast estuary the gear i was using was a 6 to 10kg ugly stick with a mitchell predator 600 bait runner spooled with 10kg nylon. what gear do i need to catch a mulloway without getting spooled

That is an interesting reel robert637;

http://www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/...mitchell/2925/

http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/...ue&TOPIC_ID=92

I have never found a rear drag reel that I have been happy with, even some quality made ones from Shimano and Diawa. Hard to get good drag pressure consistently I have found.

10kg nylon/Mono should be up to it if you have a reel with a good drag. With that rod you could go to perhaps 12/15kg max without overloading it.

Cheers

Dave