23-04-2010, 03:54 AM
Date: 22/04/10
Location: Manly
well well well.... where should i start? first of all, after meeting up with afew squidders the other night, i learnt that having the right equipment for the job does make things alil easier PLUS, lets you get the most out of the experience.... with that in mind, i went out to buy a new rod today... it wasnt a "egi rod" however its the next best thing for my budget... after talkin to the friendly shop assistants at "tackle warehouse", they recommended me get the "berkley IM6 dropshot gen3" rod, which i did end up buying... does anyone have any experience with that rod? or the "berkley" brand of rods in general? the rod i purchased is 8 foot long and is quite thin but at the same time quite rigid/stiff..... i also brought sum 6 pound yellow braid line to go with my new rod....
after purchasing the rod, i drove to "anaconda " to purchase sum quality jigs... i ended up picking up an yozuri 2.0 jig... it weighed roughly 6g and sinks nice n slow, which is perfect for the conditions at manly... after that, the next stop was manly harbour....
![[Image: Yozuri_1.jpg]](http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/mst_mugen/Yozuri_1.jpg)
i arrived 1 hr before high tide peaked and conditions where nice and calm and water was again quite clear.... after roughly 1 hr of blind casting of my "yamashita natural colour jig" with limited success, i switched my new yozuri and after my second cast, i landed my first squid for the day and my second squid ever in my short squidding career! lol
![[Image: 230410Firstcatch.jpg]](http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/mst_mugen/230410Firstcatch.jpg)
from then on, i was using my 2.0 yozuri jig and ended up landing 2 more, bringing my total for the day up to 3 and my overall total for this season up to 4! haha cant wait to hit the harbour again with my new rod....
![[Image: 230410Outcome.jpg]](http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/mst_mugen/230410Outcome.jpg)
Location: Manly
well well well.... where should i start? first of all, after meeting up with afew squidders the other night, i learnt that having the right equipment for the job does make things alil easier PLUS, lets you get the most out of the experience.... with that in mind, i went out to buy a new rod today... it wasnt a "egi rod" however its the next best thing for my budget... after talkin to the friendly shop assistants at "tackle warehouse", they recommended me get the "berkley IM6 dropshot gen3" rod, which i did end up buying... does anyone have any experience with that rod? or the "berkley" brand of rods in general? the rod i purchased is 8 foot long and is quite thin but at the same time quite rigid/stiff..... i also brought sum 6 pound yellow braid line to go with my new rod....
after purchasing the rod, i drove to "anaconda " to purchase sum quality jigs... i ended up picking up an yozuri 2.0 jig... it weighed roughly 6g and sinks nice n slow, which is perfect for the conditions at manly... after that, the next stop was manly harbour....
i arrived 1 hr before high tide peaked and conditions where nice and calm and water was again quite clear.... after roughly 1 hr of blind casting of my "yamashita natural colour jig" with limited success, i switched my new yozuri and after my second cast, i landed my first squid for the day and my second squid ever in my short squidding career! lol
from then on, i was using my 2.0 yozuri jig and ended up landing 2 more, bringing my total for the day up to 3 and my overall total for this season up to 4! haha cant wait to hit the harbour again with my new rod....