New kayak stick!
Submitted by SPESS on Wed, 2007-11-07 08:00
New stick to try out, Topaz kayak 6 to 10kg 4 foot rod with new Sol 3000 and RCS handle (same as my other 1 just love em!) Running 20lb bass hard braid. Had some fun with this on the weekend on tapouts boat.
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This is a great little combo
This is a great little combo with heaps of grunt and at a 4' length its great when your strapped for room off a boat! Just want to see what i can get on it! :) Hopefully some smaller sambos would be great fun......
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I'll take you to the "dropzone" one day
You can do some serious testing out there.
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Hahahaha dont know weather
Hahahaha dont know weather its got that much grunt Andy!lol. But yeah anytime mate :)
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haha those rods can get a
haha those rods can get a massize bend when you get a decent fish on.
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Something like this id say
Something like this id say Dean!lol. This Photo is off honsus!
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Yeah something like that...
Yeah something like that... lol
Don't think that rod is giving out much grunt on that fish, used the same rod in 40m once with my sol 3000 and got smoked by something big, but have caught some decent snapper on it.
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Yeah its just for some fun
Yeah its just for some fun mate!hahahaha snapper and the like are too easy on this rod i want to see what actually can be landed on it thats all ! :0 should be interesting id recon!lol.
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the rock!
Yeh Kayak rods have taken off, for tinny boats, kids or big kids on big fish......
.....get one every so often
I took Honsu to one of my sambo spots and we had a ball (pic posted), i used my 4lb o/h outfit but lost many
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haha 4lb outfit, you may
haha 4lb outfit, you may have well used cotton for line!
Have thought about tackling sambo's with that outfit, but am a bit weary about breaking the sol 3000, do you think it would be ok to fish with it for sambos on 20lb? or would you get issues with the reel later on down the track?
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yeh a bit silly!
Yeh i was going a bit silly with 4lb, Honsu had plenty of laughts as i'd say i'm gaining line then the sambo would burn me
Honsu was using 10lb Sufix braid, 20lb on the SOL 3000 will be fine....fun too
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Nothing Daiwa cant fix :)
Nothing Daiwa cant fix :) hahahaha naq dean ive got heaps of sambos up to 15kg on mine so far and let me tell you its fun! I sent one of my sol's to daiwa the other day and they said it was sweet as and it didnt really need a service! I think its well over due because ive been catching the larger fish on it with nearlly locked drag but hey ity still works ok! IMO you shouldnt do it all the time though because i think i will stuff it soon :)
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ok so the occasional
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Cant really remember but i
Cant really remember but i think they put out about 6kgs of drag so thats enough to stop most things.....well most!lol. Do u like the reel dean? I just love both of mine.
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Yeah, sweet reels they need
Yeah, sweet reels they need a RCS knob for comfort, but apart from that they are good. plus they have a pretty good retrieve rate so winding from 90m or so isn't to bad, want to get up north and get a few GT's on one.
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!!!!! 90m !!!!!! shit i
!!!!! 90m !!!!!! shit i havent used it that deep! 50m max for me then comes out the heavier gear ;)
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yeah 90m is alright, caught
yeah 90m is alright, caught a few snapper on it - nothing huge. I will rarely use it for Bottom Fishing anymore as if you get a decent dhuie or baldie they head for home normally their hole or something and you generally get pinged.
Will give a go jigging West Rotto on it, and also hopefully a workout at the fads.
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Yeah mate sweet reels on the
Yeah mate sweet reels on the fad's, driftbaiting and light work but ive found its great on my 6kg outfit for snapback throwing for pinkies etc! Smooth drag and more than enough grunt to give em a bit of "come here" when needed.
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This is what you can catch
This is what you can catch on the heavier kayak stick.......
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That looks like the topaz 6
That looks like the topaz 6 to 10kg stick hey honsu? Thats the one ive got if so........bet that was fun.
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yeh it is. That sambo was
yeh it is. That sambo was only 2" shorter than the rod.
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How deep and how much did
How deep and how much did the sambo wiegh? Just interested to see how far i can push it thats all....i mean hell i got it for $25 at a 40% off sale so if it snaps it snaps hey? :)
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LOL I was standing next to
LOL I was standing next to you when you got that beastie on honsu, on nebraska, they can be pushed to the limits chris, they don't seem to break just keep on bending!
Sambo looks around 7kg
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solid glass!
Chinny loves pushing the limits, the Topaz are all glass and we've pushed them to the point of "geez it's gotta snap soon".....but nuh
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Yeah thought I could do the
Yeah thought I could do the same with another 3'6" rod that I had called Shotgun, Semi snapped it half way up the rod on a dhuie. So araldited it back together and lost the whole top of the rod on a Sambo.
P.S. never putting a rod in my mouth again, tasted like bait
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squeeky clean
hehehe.....chinny hates using bait so his grips are squeeky clean......hehe
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lol....yeh.....that was
lol....yeh.....that was about 7kg..ish....and was in 40m of water. I was running 40lb on the liveliner 5600L
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