Spinning on offshore fish.

[ganni]

however the most imp reason why one must use a leader is for abrasion resistance and not due to visibility

and as regards to the 20lb braid im sure that no one is able to catch 40kg ajs at a satisfactory fraction of the fish lost, youll end up loosing much more fish than you'll ever land. and how many times are we likey to encouter a 40kg aj? be realistic...do you really want to loose that fish of a lifetime??

and some might say that its exciting to hear the drag go zzzzzzz.... its a matter of tastes but i prefer to put the gear to the limits by nearly locking down the drag...and like freedive said then you can easily release the fish...and thats what i call satisfaction and excitement

and its completely wrong to leave fish with jigs in their mouth just for the fun of fishing light... what we dont realise is that most of it is marketing...well the fishers have bought their 100-300g rods, lets make them buy lighter rods to keep our sales up

just my 2c

[LapsiBoy]

I have a friend who has a couple of good spots has been making some impressive catches of dentex and amberjack, The most impressive part is that he uses a 2 piece ''spinning/light trolling'' rod lol which is quite old..but he still catches more than most people who have spent loads of money!

[redhead]

Ganni is spot on on the marketing thing. Amen.

[ken82]

In a nut shell .....thinner braid means more losses, and hence buying more braid and lures......

or am i far fetched???/

[clutch_kick]

Gianni does have a point, in the past years, VJ has focused a lot of heavy gear, now all the rage seems to be on lighter tackle.  Thinner lines will mean more hook ups for sure, but as he points out, it will invariably mean more losses too.  This is why i like to find a balance.

Now back to topic please ... this thread was about Spinning for offshore fish ... not a debate on line thickness.  So ... who's going to try it this year? Spinning for lampuki with top water lures is probably as exciting as it gets, and managing to hook up an Albacore on a Popper .... I can already in magine the drag screaming

[ganni]

lampuki on poppers must be awesome with regards to lampuki on jigs i have cught some, you tend to get the bigger ones