Swordfish 5.5 hours NZ.(246kg)

[@nickleback3695]

Did the fish make any 100+ yard runs?

[@darranhewitt3602]

Top class boat teamwork.

[@jimbo4612]

Choice bro, 1984 647lber Bay of islands . Good as gold video mate.

[@jordanslater8686]

Epic vid lads! Good work by the both of yas. That a CD light gauge rod??

[@flygerfishing4638]

Cheers mate, na it’s the CD swordfysher rod

[@dylanstanley1841]

How would you compare the CD Swordfysher to other branded game rods for swords?

[@flygerfishing4638]

Definitely a bloody good rod for the price point better than rods twice the price from other brands Nice soft tip for seeing the bites !

[@adammcgeorge3538]

What a marathon effort there lads. What is your sword line setup, about how much of what lb mono do you spool over the braid? Do your run a windon over that? I assume is low current and breakaway weights? How far do you keep your bait off the bottom?

[@flygerfishing4638]

Running 1000m of 130lb hollow braid with 50m of 130lb mono top shot too 400lb wind on to 4-500lb leader. Yeh low currentin nz we run a 24oz sinker that is rubber banded to clip and use a steel reo bar with wire hook hooked to bait hook so when it hits the bottom it falls off and left with the 24oz to keep in place . We fish where the bait is !

[@adammcgeorge3538]

@@flygerfishing4638 thanks for the info. Do your mark a deep scatter layer consistently? Or only drop when you mark bait? I’m in Nauru deep dropping for swords, but only a prickly shark, oilfish and lots of pomfret so far :(

[@Evan721sxm]

Jesus that rod was bending crazy, how much drag were you running?

[@flygerfishing4638]

15-20kg for most of fight over 25 a couple of times 🤙🤙⚔️

[@Evan721sxm]

@@flygerfishing4638 thats unheard of here...we use much less than that because of their soft mouths. Im astonished you can keep connected through the fight

[@elaibuchanan6319]

inboard Diesel engine?

[@flygerfishing4638]

Yeh mate Volvo penta

[@elaibuchanan6319]

@@flygerfishing4638 noice

[@MichaelHileman-f5d]

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