Giant Trevally popping and stickbaiting tackle talk 

Hi Briggsy My name is Hakan.I'm from Turkey your chase and I'd love to go fishing with you, but that's not possible because I don't have that much money and airplane tickets and equipment, so I just want you to send me the equipment that I can catch over a pound of fish.

Do you give me a gift by signing me a piece of equipment that can catch tuna of 100 kilos and more? I'm grateful to you, and every time I'm following you

I would invite you hunt different fish species in Turkey for you so that fishing

hackan i give u tuna set-up but u gotta show us the best hair transplant in turkey

jackvoodoo your a massive kooth

BenniBenson I was praying somebody quoted that. 😂

Hahahahaha

BenniBenson mans a player

Hey briggsy what happend to your ns black hole rod. I've been eyeballing the 8'6

Cheers mate!

I live in perth where I dream about hooking a fish that big land based

i live in hawaii, we call them ulua, any gt under 20lb we call them papio. Over here we usually use a dunking rig, huge 14ft poles with baitcasters with shark hooks with octopus/oama/and other small baitfish as bait, but watching mtf for a while i decided to take my 10ft spinner on the rocks with a sick popper, lost my popper to the reef in rough waters, rip 70$ popper.

Tell me about it. I live in almost the center of the united states and i still love these

Ninjuke Too bad most of the fishermen in Hawaii don’t release GT. Do you think the catch and release mentality will take over eventually?

Yuri Picanço Filho yeah thats true, just have to set an example for the younger generation, the only thing we can do.

Cheers bro!

Nice work mate! How do you like the DB 9'6 v2? Did you ever feel the first to compare?

Never felt the old DB 9'6, just saw the old model in your videos and decided to check them out and saw that Daiwa had released the new version and went with that. The new one feels nice and light good to spin with and casts a mile.

I set the drag to start with at I think about 12kg - 15kg and crank it up to around 20kg as soon as it hooks up. If they run even on that setting I tighten until the fish slows down and once i'm pumping them and it feels like they can't take any line I loosen off a bit. The exception to this is that one fish we saw sitting at the ledge, when I knew there was a chance to hook him I braced myself and tightened up to well over 20kg (could only just turn the spool a few clicks with your hand using all your strength), so because I knew I might hook him I could brace myself and I even had my rod already in the fighting belt when he hit the lure. That kinda thing is very rare though and usually I'm doing what I said first ^.

Those are some crazy drag settings man haha! really makes you respect GT. You reckon a 5500h expo could do the job on medium sized GT in the 10-20 kg range, or would I really need an 8000h expo? since it will be the first time chasing GT I'm not really targeting tho 50kg+ haha. Thanks for the reply by the way, really appreciate the interaction with the fans from you guys!

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ln2xCrBB6Vs.html Watch that film mate ^ the first fish Cavy's using a 5500 and that GT is prolly over 30kg

Great idea for a film mate, I'll definitely do that at some point.

Hahaha

Same here mate haha!

FinnishFisherman I dream of it too!

They're plastic but pretty strong, not sure if wire through but if they are you should still land your fish if it's strong wire! Just make sure you upgrade the hooks and split rings if you're going for GT with them!

Tats are mostly my kids drawings. I got a couple done years ago and when the kids saw they drew me soooo many more haha, I've got a drawer full of their sketches but waiting to get coin to afford it.

For me, it's always either the lead up to new or full with a preference to new. The big tides = big current which is the direct connection but, there's also something else happening that I don't really understand where right around the new or full the fish just go absolutely mental (not just GT). Had it a few times where they're just 'on' and other than the moon couldn't tell much of a difference to the previous days in terms of water temp, wind direction, time of day etc. it really seemed like they just lost it on the moon! So if you're planning a trip aim for the lead up to full or new and make sure you fish the peak and a day or two after, try both and see what you reckon but I like new a bit more.

You're a champ Briggsy. Thanks for the insight!

I don't know that rod but on most fish it's prolly totally fine, on a massive one maybe run into trouble but they are rare and I think you'll have a great time GT fishing with that setup.

Hi mate, stoked you dig the film! Pre order not really possible just because if we offered that they prolly all sell before we get them and then have to deal with stuff like we don't get the amount of lures we were expecting because lure builder is flat out and can only do a smaller batch so then people miss out who've already paid etc. But I can tell you there's a lot more to come this year and you'll have more options from different companies.

For me, it's always either the lead up to new or full with a preference for the new. The big tides = big current which is the direct connection but, there's also something else happening that I don't really understand where right around the new or full the fish just go absolutely mental (not just GT). Had it a few times where they're just 'on' and other than the moon couldn't tell much of a difference to the previous days in terms of water temp, wind direction, time of day etc. it really seemed like they just lost it on the moon! So if you're planning a trip aim for the lead up to full or new and make sure you fish the peak and a day or two after, try both and see what you reckon but I like new a bit more.

Cheers mate, thanks for the reply

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-P8ouZCNq7Nk.html Hi Mate, I use the Uni, gotta pull it real hard to lock it down!

@@Briggsy Thank you very much! I'll try harder ;-)

Hi Mate I do a 4 wrap uni Knot, most other fishos i've gone with do the same except Milan from BAF who does 6 wraps I'm pretty sure. I use pliers to pull the tag tight and tie it onto a swivel that's on a lure (not just the swivel) so i can hold the lure to pull against the mainline.

85g lure + hooks still casts well for me on this rod and yeah a 170g lure + hooks is prolly the limit (200g-210g total weight I wouldn't want to go over).

Thanks for the replay! Super useful !!

Cheers mate!

I ordered mine from a place in Singapore called 'anglers hut' it was the cheapest at the time. I think I got mine for about $1000AUD and shipping from Singapore was around $100AUD (I've heard of people getting them for a fair bit cheaper since then, so just dig around see what you can get it for). Really good rod if you can get your hands on one!

Cheers mate stoked you liked the film. My tats are all my kids drawings haha, I got a couple at the start and they just loved it, they started drawing tonnes little creatures specifically for me to get tatted and now I've got a drawer full! Would get more but it's so bloody expensive!

Awesome to hear! Proper legend

Hi Mate, we do use a lot of barbless hooks but still use barbs at times as well. We definitely recommend people who are focused on C&R to use barbless but for us as a fishing show we have to make sure we actually get footage on a trip, so if we're losing a lot of fish you will see us start using barbs. Because of that I guess we're not the best example of C&R fishing but if we were going for a spin no cameras/pressure to get footage we're 100% barbless.

Hi mate, most the time it's only about 2m long because I don't cast the knot, I think that the FG banging on the guides over time damages it and you'll get more wind knots, also won't cast as far. The other boys cast their knot and have about 3m leaders, doesn't seem to bother them but I'm just weird. Prolly switch to the 3m leader the day I get reefed with the 2m haha.