21-05-2011, 11:15 PM
Colossal and mikii_v,
What is the weed like around Queenscliff and the other locations you mention. At Flinders (weed everywhere) I use 15lb braid and 20lb mono leader on my flicking rod, as the weed is very hard to pull out of if you get snagged. I lost a lot of jigs at Flinders until I upped the strength of my line. I prefer to use lighter lines of course. One of my favourite general techniques is to let the jig sink to the sea bed and retrieve it very very slowly with a few random flicks from time to time. It mimics a prawn walking on the bottom of the sea floor and I have found it dynamite. But with strong weed you snag every cast, which is annoying and can be expensive.
cheers,
nala
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What is the weed like around Queenscliff and the other locations you mention. At Flinders (weed everywhere) I use 15lb braid and 20lb mono leader on my flicking rod, as the weed is very hard to pull out of if you get snagged. I lost a lot of jigs at Flinders until I upped the strength of my line. I prefer to use lighter lines of course. One of my favourite general techniques is to let the jig sink to the sea bed and retrieve it very very slowly with a few random flicks from time to time. It mimics a prawn walking on the bottom of the sea floor and I have found it dynamite. But with strong weed you snag every cast, which is annoying and can be expensive.
cheers,
nala
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