b"TOPWATER The leader is attached to a low profile but strong swivel with a clinch knot or AG chain knot and then attached to the split ring.The rewards using surface lures are also greater than other techniques (such as live baiting) because of the crashing strikes and visual chaos that unfolds.N othing gets your heartSunline braid is one of the racing like seeing abest value braids on the whole school of largemarket for quality and green and yellowprice. It's thin diameter shadows closing inbraid enables top casts and working the lures.on your lure or seeing them try to hustle each other out of the way to smash your stick bait. When youre casting and you see a big swirl behind the bubble trail the adrenaline kicks in and you can feel the shakes through your arms and hands.Kingfish can be a difficult species to locate and catch, but if you want to make it a bit harder, try targeting them on stick baits. The rewards using surface lures are also greater than other techniques (suchTHE GEAR My recommendation would be a PE5 as live baiting) because of the crashingIf youre new to stick baiting off aoutfit so look for a reel that can hold strikes and visual chaos that unfolds.boat or the shore, I would recommend300m of PE5 braid (Sunline X8 is one Topwater fishing has evolved quicklystarting with an entry level outfit ifof my favourite braids with excellent over the years with most manufacturersthe kingfish in your local area arevalue for money), with a max drag of offering entry, mid and high-level gearthe 10-18kg sized models. It can get13kg (or preferably more) and a retrieve suited for topwater fishing. A fastexpensive very quickly so make surethat pulls in 110cm or more of line per retrieve reel with solid gearing and abilityyou like the sport before investing a lothandle turn. You can get away with to output higher drag levels are theof money. If you have the money (orreels that pull in less, but I wouldnt go mainstay attributes of stick baiting reels.just like shiny expensive things) thenunder 100cm as you will be winding The more expensive reels also tend toa mid-level outfit is going to set youalot. An 8ft rod (or close to 8ft) is a weigh less than the entry-level reels as itback about $650-850 before you startstandard length for fishing off the boat is often a game of a thousand casts. buying the lures. along with the lures to cast.22FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2023"