Spooling a Daiwa Saltiga Dogfight 8000H with 51kg WFT Line 

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MorningTide Fishing what kind of knot do you use on your reel

Hi mate we just use a uni knot with a couple wraps so it's small, not expecting it to hold if got down to that point (would tighten up/grab the spool to try and pop the leader knot if getting so low).

MorningTide Fishing hello big fan

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Keep the awesome content coming

huss yeah same

Haha Cheers Bro!

Cheers Mate!

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Man I remember the years I spent cracking the Jewfish code, so many late night fishing and just freezing on the rocks haha. With meet ups and stuff like that we're prolly a ways off getting into that kinda thing, I think we might appear bigger than we actually are at the moment. Like we still all have to work our normal jobs and have sunk in a lot of $ into Morningtide trying to get it off the ground, time is not something we have a lot of juggling work/home/Morningtide. So we're still a couple years away from doing meet ups or taking fans on trips (this is something I want to do once we're big enough, I'm keen on making a series of YT film based around fans along with us). But basically once Morningtide is putting food on the table and we quit our day jobs then you'll start to see us doing cool fan events like meet ups etc. With working lures it matters but it's not everything, like the amount of times I've cast out and a Tuna's just exploded on my lure before I could even flip the bail arm! Or when there's bust ups you just flat out wind straight in and even if the lure's doing cartwheels you'll still hook up haha. I think how you work the lure and it's action plays a major role at times though (like if the fish are super shut down) and with certain lures that are tricky to work, but you can get away with a lot just by throwing a diver haha!

I just had the 39kg on there and it was a good balance between good casting and still being able to lock drag if needed. I think the 51kg is more of a psychological step up for the GT because I couldn't snap the 39kg by locking up, 51kg's a fair bit thicker though and maybe if the fish goes into some rock there's a better chance of landing him... But yeah prolly more for my confidence than anything!

MorningTide Fishing yea for your type of fishing definitely 51kg is ideal. For me the 39kg should be perfect. Not much Xtreme fishing in florida like how you guys fish.

I trained pretty hardcore for about a year and a half, got my blue and then fizzled out (still Psyched on it just need more time!). Cavy's won double gold at a couple comps and should really be close to purple by now but is still white because his attendance! If he did three months solid I think he'd get his blue but he's just got just gota lock into doing it.

Nice! I've been at it a little over 4 years, got my blue about 18 months ago. Should probs be further along, but been slack since I got my blue also. I still manage a couple classes a week. Anyway, that's badass, just another reason for me to love you guys. Oss!

Nice one mate, I think it's pretty good stuff in the 39kg and up. Good luck on your trip!

thanks mate hopefully I can upload a video lol start my chanel off the stone lol

In what world is 500 yards of line not enough?

Christopher Bingle thats 5 football field's it def is enough

Chase Kaneakua there's every chance of hooking billfish capable of taking 500yds no worries, dennis verret gets smoked with this exact same reel and line by 100kg+ YTK... it's amazing how quickly 500yds goes when you hook something you shouldn't of haha

You must be talking about marlin when your talking about the billfish. bc a sailfish is also in the billfish family and no sailfish is gonna strip 500 yards of anything unless its like 10 pound mono. which in kilos that'd be like 5kg line. even a small marlin wouldn't strip out 500 yards of line if they have anything about 50 pound test (above 25ish kg)@@austinprosser4179

Editing a film where we talk about this right now haha. Should be up on the weekend. But our general view seems to be that both are good and it comes down to personal preference. If i remember I'll try and reply again with a link to the film in a couple days.

Thanks man. Keep up the good job.

Haha Dennis even sent me the line! lol

Go with your mates so your not alone and only go in tiny conditions. It's pretty dangerous off the rocks so look up and learn all the safety aspects before going, if you can't swim, wear a life jacket. Other than that, much of the same principles apply and if you know how to catch fish out of a boat you'll prolly do well off the rocks! Watch our youtube films on what lure to start out with, look at our "what setup" and "what's in the box" films, and if you dead set want a complete guide to it watch this - www.morningtidefishing.com/collections/apparel/products/pelagic-off-the-rocks-dvd

Yeah sounds good cheers for that, keep up the great videos!

Hi Mate, the PE and lb rating of a line is super confusing because a line can PE5 and break at 50lb or it could break at 30lb or even 80lb+ so it's safer to just look at the PE (thickness) of the line instead of going off the lbs... (the line in this film is 112lb and around PE7-PE8, line in that other film is 50lb-70lb (they call it 50lb but claim it breaks at 70lb+) and about PE3.5)

Yeah i've had it for about a year and a half, Jonny used it on a GT trip out of the boat once and it came back not working at all (something fully snapped), after service (was done free on warranty) it felt nice again but it's been on a few more trips since that and also spun our local zone a fair bit where there's more swell so it gets splashed a lot. Nothing majorly wrong I don't think, just not perfectly smooth like how you'd want it to feel haha.

Ah I see. Its got some "character" now.

no one is catchinh a 400lb marlin from the rocks I doubt you could even do that standing up with a reel it would have to be in a reel holder

Jellybeanjim 1 iv done it already, up north at Port Douglas.

People do it with conventional reels from the rocks with nothing more than a fighting belt.

Lol I think they can get 200lb

Hi Mate, we're from the East Coast of Australia and fish from NSW right up to the top of QLD.

thanks for the answer !

Caps are getting done at the moment and we just put up a new Psycho long sleeve. There are some simple logo LSs coming soon as well but we're in the process of changing to a bigger manufacturer so it's a bit of a slow time for the apparel. Here's the new Psycho - www.morningtidefishing.com/collections/apparel/products/mtf-psycho

Hi mate we get it of Dennis Verreet, I don't know where sells 1000m spools but if you're in Aus a site called "dinga" had the 600m spools.

It depends on target fish. If you're going for GT you want at least 100lb line. If you're going for Tuna/Mackerel you want at least 300m of line preferably 500m (could be as light as 10lb I guess but we never fish so light, 30lb is the min we fish for Tuna/Mackerel).

MorningTide Fishing Awesome thanks for the feed back I appreciate it!

This was a 1000m spool, pretty sure they come in 300m, 600m, 1000m and 2000m.

Ahh cheers mate!

So there is a few reasons. First is I don't feel as confident with the thinner line, even just in terms of knot strength. Next reason is if you grab the spool (on top of the 66lb drag) that can put a lot more pressure on everything and lastly if I can't control him and the GT goes into the reef/rocks the 51kg is a bit thicker and that added abrasion resistance might save me! But all that said i've locked up on the 39kg WFT and couldn't snap it... So the Psychological aspect is prolly the main thing haha!

MorningTide Fishing how are you guys casting the rapalas so far :(?

SN1PER It is typically recommended that drag is set at 20-40% of the line strength. It puts less shock on the line and gentler on fish. If your drag is set too close to the line strength then your chances of line breaking and fish spitting out the hook is higher.

You hook a GT with 20kg+ drag and the line's going to cut into itself regardless but the tighter you have it the less it will bite in. It does get laid a bit looser after you cast but it's only that top 60m-80m, the line under is still packed real tight. Whenever I tie a new leader I cut off about 2-3m of braid (down past where your finger touches the line when casting) to get rid of any damaged line and after a few new leaders the looser top section of line from casting compared to spooling fills it up pretty much perfect, before that it may be a bit over full...

awesome, thanks!

It's finished, but the intro of the film has a "Call to Prayer" song that was recorded over in Oman. It sounds bloody amazing and is a really all time start to a film but we're trying to work out if it will be offensive to Muslim people if we use that... Either way, the film will be up Saturday Morning East Aus time, expect 20 minutes of the best fishing you've ever seen (seriously it's on a whole new level). I just really hope you guys get to see it as it is right now!

woo excited! keep up the great work and thanks for the reply!

I'm Muslim and I support anything positive, tight lines dudes...

Atilla, I called the "Australian Federation of Islamic Councils" and they thought it would be ok, but we heard from others that it maybe ok to have the Call to Prayer over the top of landscape and nature shots but a struggling fish maybe not. So we went with another intro. I lernt a bit about it and listened to it many times while editing, it's a very powerful song!

Hi Mate you should contact Dennis Verreet on his facebook fishing page (not only is he German as well haha but he might know the exact amount). If i was to guess it would be about 600m - 700m? It's a fair bit thinner than the 51kg but we've never spooled it with the line counter so can't say for sure.

Thank you very much!

If I had to choose right this second I'd go the Saragosa, but I'm not familiar with the Clash so would want to feel both of them first before deciding.

Thanks for the advice. I will get a feel on both reels and then decide I guess.