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Barramundi

Top 2 feet

Imakatsu Gekiasa II Alive Roller. This is a bass lure and for barra its suggest that you upgrade to VMC trebles #1 (No1). With a skinny profile with straight sides this is a 105cm / 10.5 gram lure which lends itself to being fished in shallow eater. It is buoyant in the head so on the pause the hooks dangle below the lure and when jerked the resting angle means that the lure will not dive too deep on a short sharp jerk. The bib is small and relatively sharp and will often cut week off.

I favour #704 which I describe as mullet colours with a splash of orange on the belly for fresh water applications and 723 which is gold for salt water applications.

1.0 to 3.0 meters

Bomber BMB Long ABM5HD Black/red/yellow (Also called mullet)
Bomber BMB Long XMK0HD Gold Bomber
Bomber BMB Long XSIAHD Grey & clear

1.0 to 5.0 meter deep

Jackall HL Champagne Tiger Hank Tuned DD SQ79SP
Jackall HL Ukoko Vision Wakasagi Hank Tuned SDD SQ79SP
Realis Jerkbait 100DR suspend Prism Shad - white
Realis Jerkbait 100DR suspend Neo Pear – Black/grey/silver over orange belly
Yakamito Hyper Jerk 90 jerk minnow- sardine

Fishing the Transam

Cast your line out so that when you retrieve the Transam will go through the target zone. Watch the Transam sinks which will be evident by the line going soft. Lift the rod enough to feel the Transam
vibrate then let it sink again. Repeat process back to the boat. If fish are holding off the bottom count the Transam down to the desired depth and fish up from there.

Mangrove Jack

Surface

Realis Pencil 8.5 orange/yellow opaque

Sand flats GT's, Goldens, Permit etc

Chasebaits Crusty Crab in pumpkin colour

FCC50-03, 50mm, 4.5grams #2, sink rate 3.2sec/meter. Vertical sinking, cast and retrieve.
"The crusty crab has been modeled on the common Australian shore crab. It is perfectly balanced to always flip on to its belly when cast. With rapid vibrating legs, 10x material and a super strong fine gauge hook, the crusty crab is tough and ready for battle. Slow roll, jig or just leave in the rod holder. Fish will think this crab is real and too tasty to refuse. Target species: Bream, flathead, whition , taylor, mangrove jack, trevally and any species that love to feed on small crabs."

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So here is my set up for bottom bashing.

Bottom bashing outfit

Diawa Sundowber SD 171. 6-8 kg 1.85 meters. Snapper rod.

Shimano Stradic C5000 XG
50LB Aldi yellow braid

To the end of the braid add two rod lengths of 80 lb of Sunline System Shock Leader to the braid using
a FG knot. At the business add a Black Magic 60kg Rolling swivel size 1 using an unlocked blood knot. The idea of this leader is to give you a bit of stretch in the system and something to hold onto when landing a fish ... you obviously can not grab onto the braided leader for that purpose.

FG knot
A

1. Cross the braid over the tip of the mono or fluro
2. take turn over the back side mono then the front side. Repeat that 3 time
3. Stretch the braid to make sure it is tight

B

1. Repeat A 5 time to give 20 turns of the braid over the mono.

C

1. Take on half hitch over just the braid.
2. Then take 2 double hitches over the braid and the mono.

D

1. Stretch out the braid untill it changes colour and locks into the mono.

E

1. Trim the tag end of the mono tight with the end of the FG knot

F

1. Take a further 4 double hitches

I tie my leader from the business end fist.

If I am using only 1 hook I tie that on using an unlocked blood knot.

If I am using two hooks I tie my snelled hook on first and then add my point hook just 3 inches clear of the snelled hook using an unlocked blood knot.

Cut your tippet from the tippet spool, add the lead sinker and the tie it to the leader swivel using an unlocked blood knot.

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