bream rods for your 'incidental" jewies?

[cyberfish]

Quite a few jew have been taken on bream rods whilst fishing with small soft plastic lures for bream. Any ideas on 7 foot rods that have the guts to handle a jew but can still cast bream lures?
cheers, Andrew.

[Bear]

To what size are we talking about. Most of the guys here use their bream rods to chase mulloway no problems. I have the 6'6" Reaper and it can stop one no probs.

Any of the good brands will do the job.

[cyberfish]

Schoolies from 10 to 20 pd to be sure, on 100mm squidgy fish. I have an 8 - 10 kilo loomis for the big ones on 6" storms. I want to target this size schoolie as they are relatively common. I want this rod to be versatile 6 kilo max stick but very light in the tip so can be used for other species like samon, tailor, flathead and large bream. I'm fishing out of either a kayak or 4.7 x 1m poly rowing boat so space is an issue and I need rods to be versatile. 6'6 is ok but prefer 7ft .

What size jew have you stopped on your reaper, Andrew.

[dantheman]

well i was fishing at mallacoota in the abt bream comp.
and a guy caught a 29.5 kilos jewie on 4 pound fireline, on a bream stick so yeh,, part of it is luck to

cheers dan

[Dave W]

I'm pretty unhappy I missed Mallacoota - It would have been fantastic to see that fish....

The choices were either fish Mallacoota, or be my mates best man...... I hope the marriage lasts, otherwise I made the wrong choice

How'd you go down there Dan? I've never been and would love to plan a trip down that way - any tips?

[Geoff R]

I know we would all like to be prepared for something unexpected when it comes along but like everything it's a compromise.
If you start using a heavier rod you may be able to land the pleasantly unexpected Mulloway easily but you'll be missing out on the subtle signs of Bream being telegraphed up your line to your rod tip.
Myself i am a species orientated angler, i target a specific fish on each outing (those who know me well know it's Bream ), i have seen guys bust off on big unknown's and i have seen guys land good fish on light tackle earning "instant GURU" status.
It is possible to fight big Mulloway on light gear and win, you just need to keep calm, keep your wits and have fun with it, it's a hoot and don't be disappointed if you bust off or drop it.
Saying all that i reckon a G Loomis drop shot rod certainly fits the description of the type of rod your after.
Post some pic's of these Huge beasts when you get em
Geoff P

[pw-bream]

I wish Ian Miller would publish the recipe for "Starlo's Squidgy Beast Buster", he or Steve Starling wrote an article about it ages ago. It is a soft plastics rod still with a finesse element, but for heavier jigs and larger plastics. It was made to fish bigger plastics for the likes of Mulloway in the Southern states and other species in the North.
I think it is likely to be what I want to replace my old and heavy "bluewater spin" outfit which is a Snyder/Butterworth MT 96 9 wrap with a G4000 Daiwa reel. It is heavy as all get out and very tiring to use for sessions of 3 or 4 hours. I fish mine with 6-8 kg nylon. I think the "Beast Buster" is designed for the same size reel, but intended for use with heavier Fireline type lines.

[dantheman]

Dave it's a bit hit n miss. i think there is heaps of fish there, but they all stay together, and finding them in the right place at the right time is the hard part.
i was blown away a few times in the snags by big fish 40 plus,

I was just fishing along the narrows and noticed a massive white sided thing come up next to the boat, about 20 metres away,
and looked over to see the lucky guy hooked up, so i moved away and watched them fight it, it was truly one of the biggest jewie's i have ever seen.
I went over and watched them drag the beast into the boat, awsome site to see.

but yeh there is heaps of big flatties and so on. so you can fish for anything,
cheers Dan