tope fishing

hello fellow anglers

NEED SOME HELP am of to aldeney tope fishing in spring ,trying to put some gear togeather . should i use fix spool or multiplyer, because of casting (up tiding ) sorry eggs and grannys.
if multiplyer can it have line lay or will it inrtrfear with casting.

[Fishing Forum Admin]

Welcome to the fishing forum

Been years since I uptided so I will let some other members help you as there are some good tope boys on hear

[Old Smoothound]

Hi, Welcome to the forum

Are you shore or boat fishing?.. if boat fishing a level wind is ok as you will not not be casting more than 40-50 yards away from the boat.

If shore fishing then i would suggest a multiplier as they are big fish and regularly weigh in excess of 30lbs a fixed spool reel won't cope with that weight of fish. My pal caught one of over 40lbs in the recent festival and didn't win anything. You must use wire traces becasue they will bite clean through. Or 150-200lb mono or fluro carbon anything less and.... goodnight Vienna!

Hope this helps.

thanks for the help lads
i think i will plumb for the penn uptider ( good deals on at mo ) and one of the mid range okumas with leval wind. i use a penn 12-20 for bass at the moment with a small okuma ,cant falt ether . not sure whether to use braid or not with wire trace , any views

[trigger fish]

in china , for shark bait . they use .... dogs ! FOR BAIT ! i know ive changed the subject , but i had to tell someone that ..

[Charter Skipper]

Uptider and and a good quality multiplier (ABU 7000 min size ) are essential .Keep the end gear simple,running ledger,4 ft trace of heavy (150lb plus )mono or good quality wire.a decent tope is capable of taking a lot of line and cheap reels aren`t really up to the job, i`d sugest buyin the best you can afford.Hooks need to be good quality and barbless (not stainless steel ).Stick to mono for uptiding, braid will give you more headaches,and it is not stretchy either,this increases the chance of tope spiting the hook when you apply pressure during the fight especially,braid can give you problems during the fight wwith the pressure on it can dig into itself on the spool ,cause a mini jam up ,and twang !!!...the fish snaps you off.Mono stretches and gives you a better cushion should anything go wrong.