Thanks for the really detailed info on your gear Mick. I love knowing all the little stuff about what makes better braid and leaders. I don’t own a Dobyns but u almost have me convinced 👍
There’s a lot of information that gets lost between the design of products and when they get sold to the customer… I personally thrive on all this info and want to know more and I think others do to but they just don’t have access to the info.. there is also alot of misinformation, especially on RUclips where people talk about what they assume a feature is designed for when really it’s quite different to what they’re saying.. I’m kinda lucky in this sense that I work in the industry and contract to 3 distributors of quality tackle suppliers with a huge range of mid to high end brands and I’m fed this information so I understand the products. I’m hoping to do more of this kind of video content and get even deeper as I feel I’ve only scratched the surface in this episode, it is a start though!
Nice vid mate I think the letters and numbers confuse a lot of people these days Ur vid was really good at explaining everything for people that have a little trouble great work 👍🏾
Mate for old fellas such as my self who have got into fishing big time since I retired your channel is a godsent If you get the chance the ocean setup would be awesome. Cheers Mate
Really good Milky’ I run top end gear also & totally agree’ Stoked on what your doing.. & Keep the videos coming mate’ Look forward to seeing ya again one of these days... 100% Aloha from Ben.....
I used to fish Stella's and Conquests, I now use Exists, ryogas and steez absolutely no comparison in my opinion. Your right in saying you get what you pay for once you start using high end gear you never go back.
Yeah I tried some of the newer Daiwa reels (Certate and Ryoga) and both of them spent more time back on warranty than I got to use them in the first 6 months. Steez and Exists are finesse reels so I doubt they’d last me long either. It’s been expensive but I’ve found what holds up for me and this is it. I do have a few Daiwa reels but they excel in finesse applications.. I think shimano has the workhorses in their stable and Daiwa has the show ponies 😅🤣
Informative episode and great detail in comments. There is very little English spoken let alone Aussie info on Ocea and Calcutta conquest. Interested in your opinion, I was considering a ocea 200 conquest for light jigging for snapper in south nsw with maybe some casting, however, I have been wondering if the Calcutta conquest 100-200 could do the same job then be able to cast for dusky, bream and EP. What's your thoughts ?? what's a reasonable priced match slow/light jig rod
Thanks mate! The Ocea Calcutta is just a conquest without the centrifugal brake, personally I feel that a 200 size will be under gunned offshore unless you’re only fishing max pe2… they’re strong enough but only a small reel hey, you’ll have to be ready to chase fish down at all times fishing it.. have a look at the Slow Element from Oceans Legacy, probably the best value for money slow pitch rod on the market and has dominated the scene for the last 2 years… also worth a look is the pe3 SW Game slow pitch, it’s a lighter, longer rod but I rate it pretty high for the finesse stuff with lighter jigs!
@@Micksgonefishing Thanks for helping out Mick, it's a shame the conquest is hard to come by. I checked out the Ocean Legacy and compared the, saltiga 10h/10hl, tranx and Ocea jigger 1500 on it. They strongly recommended concept tx3 which I'd never heard of (bloody light though). My bday is next month and I'm leaning towards the Calcutta conquest still and thankyou for sharing your thoughts and experiences 👌
@@Micksgonefishing 🤣🤣. gonna be doing a redo of my tackle in the near future just gotta get this boat sorted out. Definitely gonna look at dobyns as the next go to rod. cheers for the reply mick 👌🏽
Hey mate any other upgrades to the 100 size conquest apart from the handle ? Just picked one up. Feel as though I’ll be using quite a bit of thumb at times. Cheers.
I remove the drag stack and clean all the grease out of the washers with brake cleaner and then replace it with Daiwa DSG300 gear grease, it’s a little slower to start up but adds around 30% drag pressure, I do this to all my conquests!
Yeah still got it, I love that rod but I do get bored using the same thing year in year out so I’ve replaced it with a new Oceans Legacy Quest for something different for the time being…
It’s pretty good mate, I’ve still got some work to do to get it dialed and I don’t want to film working with it until I’m 100% confident and capable on all aspects 😅 it’s coming real soon though!
Aye Mick, I'm spooling up me sooty spin reels with some new line and tossing up between adv or asegai. Ive used adv before but haven't used asegai. What would you recommend mate? Appreciate your advice as always. Cheers mate, jake
Yeah I generally run all my BC reels close to locked up most the time, depending what I’m fishing for… before I use them they get a pre service which is just a quick once over to make sure they’re lubed in all the right places and just to be sure they’ll last a season, then once a year I give the reels a birthday and clean all the old grease out and re lube them. Gear wear is the number 1 reason I moved away from low profile reels, I was lucky to get 2 seasons out of some of my higher end low profiles and I had enough. I bought 3 of these conquests in 2016-17 and they’re all still in use with zero gear wear. The round profile reels have a lot more support not having plastic bearing housings and side plates which support the drive train resulting in a more robust reel. It’s also worth noting that I do beef up the drags in all my reels on their pre service and I can get an extra 20odd percent extra drag pressure just by cleaning out the stock drag washers and using the Daiwa DSG 300 gear grease.. so if there was going to be an issue of gear wear I’d find it pretty quickly!
@@Micksgonefishing Sadly the Conquests are not available left hand wind. Why right handers want to keep swapping hands after casting is beyond me, it's 5 mins practice to learn to crank left handed and way more efficient. Jigging might be a slightly different beast but I'd still rather fight with my strong hand.
Hey Mick those lucky Pointers you have there an use alot is there any chance you could tell me? Ive been after a few I can't find them in my local tackle word
Just discovered JDM has left handed reels in every size, so the Calcutta is an option for me. There's a new XG 7.5:1 in the 200 size, wondering what your opinion is on the usefulness of that Mick?
I haven’t looked for a while but yeah an XG could be a good thing… it sucks that shimano forces us overseas for the niche products but the way everything is so technique specific these days that’s the way it’s going…
@@Micksgonefishing 201XG arrived, what a beautifully made thing it is, smaller than I expected but that's a positive. The negative is the manual is in Japanese only., but at least they put in lots of pictures :)
@@Micksgonefishing Hah FOMO got me to buy it, the 201HG went OOS, then there was only 1 XG left and then the Yen went down and I felt the fishing gods were telling me something 🙏
Good question and the answer is no, of course you can try it but the super slow taper required for jigging isn’t really suitable for casting or setting hooks on a fish when the line is out horizontally.
Spending money on good tackle doesn’t directly mean you’ll catch more fish, it means they’ll last longer and cost less in the long run, especially if you fish a lot!
@@Micksgonefishing I know people who buy $50US reels that last 2-3 years. Putting that up against a $200-500US reel that lasts 5 seems a better deal, not to mention the expensive reels are hard and expensive to get parts for when they wear over time. also heard some of the more expensive reels are not built like the old models of the past. It really comes down to preference and a little luck in an inexpensive (and expensive) taking you the distance, with the inexpensive not stinging as hard when it begins to wear out. liking my chances of 4 inexpensive ones lasting longer than 1 expensive, but perhaps that is just me.
Thanks for the really detailed info on your gear Mick. I love knowing all the little stuff about what makes better braid and leaders. I don’t own a Dobyns but u almost have me convinced 👍
There’s a lot of information that gets lost between the design of products and when they get sold to the customer… I personally thrive on all this info and want to know more and I think others do to but they just don’t have access to the info.. there is also alot of misinformation, especially on RUclips where people talk about what they assume a feature is designed for when really it’s quite different to what they’re saying.. I’m kinda lucky in this sense that I work in the industry and contract to 3 distributors of quality tackle suppliers with a huge range of mid to high end brands and I’m fed this information so I understand the products. I’m hoping to do more of this kind of video content and get even deeper as I feel I’ve only scratched the surface in this episode, it is a start though!
they're fantastic rods
Good detail on what you use. Keep up the awesome work.
Thanks mate, will do! 🍻
Congrats on the new bub mate.Thanks for all the great info.
Thank you!! Glad you’re enjoying them 🍻
Keen as for the tackle storage and lure run through keep up the awesome videos
Thanks mate!! Stay tuned it’s coming soon 🙌🏻
Was actually wondering what you were running a few days ago, thanks for the info.
I get asked a fair bit so thought I’d put something together while the weather was rubbish!
Awesome clips Mick👌👌👍. They are a awesome bit of gear those rods.
They go alright aye
AWESOME content loving the channel can not wait for more videos 👍, that tackle is very rare in bali
Thanks mate!! Appreciate the love 🍻😎 hard to find but worth the effort when you use them!
Nice vid mate I think the letters and numbers confuse a lot of people these days Ur vid was really good at explaining everything for people that have a little trouble great work 👍🏾
Thanks mate, happy to help!!
Mate for old fellas such as my self who have got into fishing big time since I retired your channel is a godsent If you get the chance the ocean setup would be awesome. Cheers Mate
Thanks mate! I guess you saw my offshore gear video?
Really good Milky’
I run top end gear also & totally agree’
Stoked on what your doing..
& Keep the videos coming mate’
Look forward to seeing ya again one of these days... 100% Aloha
from Ben.....
Thanks Benni it’s been waaay too long! Stay true brother ✌🏻catch up soon
Nice , mate. I am a sucker for those round Calcutta reels too. 😂
They’re strong hey!
Cheers mate, awesome info 👍
😎🍻
Awesome work lad 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thanks man 🍻
Great stuff mick
Thank you 🍻
Awesome content Mick!
Thanks mate 🍻
AWESOME BREAKDOWN! HOT TIPS" CHEERS from -4c Idaho!
Thanks mate, it’s getting cold here also 23c 😅
congrats on the bub Mick
Thanks mate!!
Great info mate helps alot 👌
Cheers 🍻
Nice combos Mick 👍Mad Dog
Thanks Mad Dog 🍻
I used to fish Stella's and Conquests, I now use Exists, ryogas and steez absolutely no comparison in my opinion. Your right in saying you get what you pay for once you start using high end gear you never go back.
Yeah I tried some of the newer Daiwa reels (Certate and Ryoga) and both of them spent more time back on warranty than I got to use them in the first 6 months. Steez and Exists are finesse reels so I doubt they’d last me long either. It’s been expensive but I’ve found what holds up for me and this is it. I do have a few Daiwa reels but they excel in finesse applications.. I think shimano has the workhorses in their stable and Daiwa has the show ponies 😅🤣
Informative episode and great detail in comments. There is very little English spoken let alone Aussie info on Ocea and Calcutta conquest. Interested in your opinion, I was considering a ocea 200 conquest for light jigging for snapper in south nsw with maybe some casting, however, I have been wondering if the Calcutta conquest 100-200 could do the same job then be able to cast for dusky, bream and EP. What's your thoughts ?? what's a reasonable priced match slow/light jig rod
Thanks mate! The Ocea Calcutta is just a conquest without the centrifugal brake, personally I feel that a 200 size will be under gunned offshore unless you’re only fishing max pe2… they’re strong enough but only a small reel hey, you’ll have to be ready to chase fish down at all times fishing it.. have a look at the Slow Element from Oceans Legacy, probably the best value for money slow pitch rod on the market and has dominated the scene for the last 2 years… also worth a look is the pe3 SW Game slow pitch, it’s a lighter, longer rod but I rate it pretty high for the finesse stuff with lighter jigs!
@@Micksgonefishing
Thanks for helping out Mick, it's a shame the conquest is hard to come by. I checked out the Ocean Legacy and compared the, saltiga 10h/10hl, tranx and Ocea jigger 1500 on it. They strongly recommended concept tx3 which I'd never heard of (bloody light though). My bday is next month and I'm leaning towards the Calcutta conquest still and thankyou for sharing your thoughts and experiences 👌
Great video mick. seem to me that you like to dobyns rods. might need to check them out. cheers ❤️👌🏽🎣
Haha yeah I bought my first one 7 years or so ago. I love em hey, no wanky trim just a straight up and down honest rod!
@@Micksgonefishing 🤣🤣. gonna be doing a redo of my tackle in the near future just gotta get this boat sorted out. Definitely gonna look at dobyns as the next go to rod. cheers for the reply mick 👌🏽
Nice mate 🤙🎣
Cheers bro 😎
Hey mate any other upgrades to the 100 size conquest apart from the handle ? Just picked one up. Feel as though I’ll be using quite a bit of thumb at times. Cheers.
I remove the drag stack and clean all the grease out of the washers with brake cleaner and then replace it with Daiwa DSG300 gear grease, it’s a little slower to start up but adds around 30% drag pressure, I do this to all my conquests!
Awesome stuff, cheers. You still got the little 701sf dobyns from earlier videos? Seemed like a really ballsy rod for it’s weight range.
Yeah still got it, I love that rod but I do get bored using the same thing year in year out so I’ve replaced it with a new Oceans Legacy Quest for something different for the time being…
Hi Mick,
New to fishing in Mackay and really enjoying your videos. Do the local fisho shops stock the gear your suggesting or online the go?
Yeah Tackleworld in Mackay has most the gear I’m using. If they don’t have it they can get it 👌🏻
How’s the live scope going? Be good to see a video on your setup and how you fish with it
It’s pretty good mate, I’ve still got some work to do to get it dialed and I don’t want to film working with it until I’m 100% confident and capable on all aspects 😅 it’s coming real soon though!
@@Micksgonefishing Sick, I just bought one and will hit the water with it soon, look forward to seeing a vid drop when it's all dialed in!
Jigging and vibing combos next!
You know it’s coming 😉
Aye Mick, I'm spooling up me sooty spin reels with some new line and tossing up between adv or asegai. Ive used adv before but haven't used asegai. What would you recommend mate? Appreciate your advice as always. Cheers mate, jake
They’re both good, Assegai is a bit thicker but that’s better around structure…
@@Micksgonefishing thanks heaps 👍🏻
Ive seen that you usually fish with fairly tight drag, how does the gearing on those calcuttas holding up?
How many seasons before you replace them?
Yeah I generally run all my BC reels close to locked up most the time, depending what I’m fishing for… before I use them they get a pre service which is just a quick once over to make sure they’re lubed in all the right places and just to be sure they’ll last a season, then once a year I give the reels a birthday and clean all the old grease out and re lube them. Gear wear is the number 1 reason I moved away from low profile reels, I was lucky to get 2 seasons out of some of my higher end low profiles and I had enough. I bought 3 of these conquests in 2016-17 and they’re all still in use with zero gear wear. The round profile reels have a lot more support not having plastic bearing housings and side plates which support the drive train resulting in a more robust reel. It’s also worth noting that I do beef up the drags in all my reels on their pre service and I can get an extra 20odd percent extra drag pressure just by cleaning out the stock drag washers and using the Daiwa DSG 300 gear grease.. so if there was going to be an issue of gear wear I’d find it pretty quickly!
@@Micksgonefishing Sadly the Conquests are not available left hand wind. Why right handers want to keep swapping hands after casting is beyond me, it's 5 mins practice to learn to crank left handed and way more efficient. Jigging might be a slightly different beast but I'd still rather fight with my strong hand.
Hey Mick those lucky Pointers you have there an use alot is there any chance you could tell me? Ive been after a few I can't find them in my local tackle word
Yeah Lucky Craft Pointer. Where is your local?
Just discovered JDM has left handed reels in every size, so the Calcutta is an option for me. There's a new XG 7.5:1 in the 200 size, wondering what your opinion is on the usefulness of that Mick?
I haven’t looked for a while but yeah an XG could be a good thing… it sucks that shimano forces us overseas for the niche products but the way everything is so technique specific these days that’s the way it’s going…
@@Micksgonefishing 201XG arrived, what a beautifully made thing it is, smaller than I expected but that's a positive. The negative is the manual is in Japanese only., but at least they put in lots of pictures :)
@@soobz great, now I got FOMO 😂
@@Micksgonefishing Hah FOMO got me to buy it, the 201HG went OOS, then there was only 1 XG left and then the Yen went down and I felt the fishing gods were telling me something 🙏
Could you recommend any lower end reels for the same sort of application around $250ish. Cheers
Have a look at a curado mate, they go good for a low profile reel!
Hey mate, can you use pe1-2 spin jigging rods for estuary lure casting or is it not recommended?
Good question and the answer is no, of course you can try it but the super slow taper required for jigging isn’t really suitable for casting or setting hooks on a fish when the line is out horizontally.
whatever do you buy the rods and reels
Yep I bought them all. Except the NS Explorer, that was a promo rod but it’s exactly the type of rod that I’d be using anyway..
@@Micksgonefishing sorry I mean where did you by the rods and reels
A pro's pro pro !!!👍
Haha, thanks mate 🍻
i spend more than half less than those with shimanos and daiwas in my area and i still outfish them
Spending money on good tackle doesn’t directly mean you’ll catch more fish, it means they’ll last longer and cost less in the long run, especially if you fish a lot!
@@Micksgonefishing I know people who buy $50US reels that last 2-3 years. Putting that up against a $200-500US reel that lasts 5 seems a better deal, not to mention the expensive reels are hard and expensive to get parts for when they wear over time. also heard some of the more expensive reels are not built like the old models of the past. It really comes down to preference and a little luck in an inexpensive (and expensive) taking you the distance, with the inexpensive not stinging as hard when it begins to wear out. liking my chances of 4 inexpensive ones lasting longer than 1 expensive, but perhaps that is just me.
What's Ur Pb cod mick??
I can’t say I’ve measure a cod 😅🤣
Wow power reels
So strong 💪🏻✅
when you tetch her fishing ferst tetch her bait fishing hahaahh
Yeah but if squid up the creek, so it doesn’t get picked off 🤣