Port melb May 14 afternoon Daiwa Black Label v2 6102
Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 7:43 pm
Had to pick up missus after work, thought I'd stop by port melb for a quick flick for an hour or so 4:30pm-5:30pm. Didn't even bother checking tide etc.
A lot of people as expected. Couple kayaks, two tinnies and one tournament boat sorta looking (you know, the low open deck with big outboard). Heard one of the guy on it yelling, probably lost a good fish.
Saw a man in hi vis jacket pulled a trevally around 25cm between the pylons, when he put it in his fish net bag, it's full of good sized pinkies, one was pretty big around 40cm.
Sun was setting and more pinkies caught, one kid caught a salmon around 20cm then this old man caught this snapper around 45cm I'd say. He looked very happy, jumping around and laughing loudly, good on him.
I was there with my new rod Black Label 6102 rod 2-4kg, testing it with Caldia LT 2500 and 10lb line, casting zman slim swimz on 1/8 jig head. Very happy with it. The tip is very sensitive and a lot of power towards the butt.
Tried hop, roll on the bottom, roll on surface. I could feel the small paddle tail wobbling, I could feel the thump thump rolling on the bottom. The handle makes me holding the rod is a joy on its own, perfect grip, though it's a bit bulky.
Just as I thought, I'd be happy to hook any fish big or small, been a while, and be great to test the rod with a fish on, I hooked a pinkie.
Checked the watch and it was time to get the missus, and then that one last cast, I managed to land the pinkie just before 5:30pm. Was very delicate tap tap, yet I felt it.
Set the hook and was on.
Though it's a 2-4 kg rod, the tap tap feeling was like if I was using 1-3 kg rod.
The tip to mid section did have the 1-3kg rod feeling, but when it came to the butt, it got a lot power. So I could fight the fish with the tip with the rod tip down (sorta parallel to the water) or lift the rod tip up and sideways to use the butt to drag out the fish from the pylons with more power. Be interesting to fight bigger fish. Happy to land a fish after like 50+ days of no fishing.
Overall, what a rod to have. Told my mate and he bought one straight away. Lucky Armadale Angling had one left. It's a discontinued model. Maybe Daiwa will release Black Label v3. Or rename it to a TD something something.
A lot of people as expected. Couple kayaks, two tinnies and one tournament boat sorta looking (you know, the low open deck with big outboard). Heard one of the guy on it yelling, probably lost a good fish.
Saw a man in hi vis jacket pulled a trevally around 25cm between the pylons, when he put it in his fish net bag, it's full of good sized pinkies, one was pretty big around 40cm.
Sun was setting and more pinkies caught, one kid caught a salmon around 20cm then this old man caught this snapper around 45cm I'd say. He looked very happy, jumping around and laughing loudly, good on him.
Tried hop, roll on the bottom, roll on surface. I could feel the small paddle tail wobbling, I could feel the thump thump rolling on the bottom. The handle makes me holding the rod is a joy on its own, perfect grip, though it's a bit bulky.
Just as I thought, I'd be happy to hook any fish big or small, been a while, and be great to test the rod with a fish on, I hooked a pinkie.
Checked the watch and it was time to get the missus, and then that one last cast, I managed to land the pinkie just before 5:30pm. Was very delicate tap tap, yet I felt it.
Set the hook and was on.
Though it's a 2-4 kg rod, the tap tap feeling was like if I was using 1-3 kg rod.
The tip to mid section did have the 1-3kg rod feeling, but when it came to the butt, it got a lot power. So I could fight the fish with the tip with the rod tip down (sorta parallel to the water) or lift the rod tip up and sideways to use the butt to drag out the fish from the pylons with more power. Be interesting to fight bigger fish. Happy to land a fish after like 50+ days of no fishing.
Overall, what a rod to have. Told my mate and he bought one straight away. Lucky Armadale Angling had one left. It's a discontinued model. Maybe Daiwa will release Black Label v3. Or rename it to a TD something something.
and putting that newfangled rod through its paces too , , , , glad it worked well for you