question with the heavy setup, I've been using basically identical gear and nearly got knocked over by a very large Spanish while locked drag, do you think it's possible to build up the strength and body weight to fight fish like this? I'm a 5"11, 70kg guy and I don't have much experience with heavy fishing so looking for some pointers on this one.

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, I'm exactly the same size as you (maybe 2kg lighter at the moment). I think anyone running locked drag on a DogFight will be in a lot of trouble if a big Spanish hits at full speed! Depending on the direction they hit your lure it can be a WAY crazier first moments of a fight compared to GT. I've had it happen and barely stopped myself from being pulled in (and that was just with my 10kg hookup drag, full lock i would have been in the drink). The way to battle it is run lighter drag for your hookup, just make sure as soon as you hook up get into a good position, sit back, straight arm and when you're comfortable tighten up and set the hook. You could practice your fighting position at home by tying off to something solid and get used to leaning back/sitting down with your fighting belt, try loosening your belt a bit and have it sit a bit lower on your legs (the lower the better leverage you'll get). Getting used to that position and then being able to get straight into it as soon as you hook up will help you get stable and be able to handle high levels of drag. Once you're in that position on a fish, the harder they pull the more you should sit down, you'll feel them lifting you and you just gotta keep sitting down to counter act it. Training wise I don't do anything but I was a bodyboarder as a kid/teen and have always had (relatively) strong legs, walking to ledges for sometimes hours each day on trips prolly helps a bit and when I'm not on trips I try and do nature walks up steep zones. Other than that just normal fitness, run around with the kids a bit, go for a surf here and there. Hope this helps Mate!

@jhuntnfish6872

4 жыл бұрын

@@Briggsy wow man hell of an answer.

@lukec.8941

4 жыл бұрын

may be able to add a bit here, im 6'2 and about 95kg, and I think having extra weight and muscle in your arms enables you to fight fish a little easier with your upper body, but lower body will always have the most torque. keeping your rod arms straight will lower fatigue and you can lean back and use that to help gain. line and apply pressure to the fish.good luck and be careful with those dogfights, too much drag can literally be dangerous lol

@thebraveonestudio836

4 жыл бұрын

Good advice 🤙briggsy check ya insta msgs mate

@maxschmidt9461

3 жыл бұрын

well as someone with only 178cm and 65-70kg who still fishes 130lb/60kg of drag on my conventionals and up to 30-35kg on spin, of course you're body strengh matters but technique is WAY more important, I literally pulled a guy over the ground who's one head bigger and at least 80kg, maybe 90 and even 30kg are enough to stop most guys my size, btw I can fish all this drags without a gimbal or harness, the harness just helps to be able to hold the pressure for more than a few minutes, while a gimbal protects from getting bruises, but don't use both at the same time or it will decrease the drag you can hold on to A LOT, cause the secret is getting a good lever and using you're whole body, keep the rod low and use you're legs for pressure, while keeping you're arms and back straight, just try out to keep the rod flat and you won't have any lever against you, then pull backwardsand crank while gong a bit forward, this way you can also fish enormous drag on light rods, the rod I used when fishing130lb of drag is tested to break at 20kg but if you don't put pressure on it nothing will break. Just take a buddy and let him pull, after a few times you'll be able to fish a lot more drag but be carefully, I once broke a reelholder and knocket off the first guide of my rod.

This series of vids you've been doing man is soooo good for newbies. Well done for explaining something that experienced fishos think is so basic in a clear informative way for beginners.

Briggsy you are regularly the best fishing youtuber, love your content, love your respect even reverence for the fish, learnt so much from you (including panko breadcrumbs) and been fishing myself since I was 5yrs old= 50 years. Peace and love to you and your family and thanks.

Great stuff 👍. Josh here over in the States ( panhandle of Florida) been watching your vids for awhile now. Definitely enjoying the tutorials. Have been able to apply loads of what you've shared to my rigs thanks again bro.

those daiwa when you were pulling were awefully consistent ... testament to the reels.

Briggsy, If you guys ever make it to the USA 🇺🇸. I still got that GT guitar 🎸 waiting for you. Stay safe from Pennsylvania USA. God bless your whole family.

Very good tutorial Briggsy. I normally have the drag a little tighter on the light settings but yea super interesting. I usually use a scale for the bigger stuff as well.

I spent $1k today on my first medium light setup, these videos are saving me from feeling so kooky.

Love you're tutorials Briggsy.

U guys are awsome. Honestly very genuine family peaple. If you ever get to come to the U.S. would love to meet you man. Keep em comin bud. Chins up.

Briggsy you truly are a master angler 👏🏻👏🏻 heaps and heaps of info and I see how you try to go inside the psyche of a GT or pelagic! Awesome job mate 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

Cheers for the great information on drag setting Briggsy! Loving the variety of content you're busting out its great. Keep up the good stuff mate yewww!

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mate!

@landrylee6207

11 ай бұрын

@@Briggsydo u use tasline PE line？

Very well laid out video . Thanks

i know how you feel not being able to go on a trip. keep up the videos i'm learning a lot and getting ready for the next trip watching all your videos

Love you two. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe, tight lines soon.

Awesome demo! Always forget how little drag is required to stop a fish. Since I’m land locked, do fly fishing, using 4lb tippet with the drag set to just stop over wind, bring in a 2kg fish in under 5 minutes just buy palming the spoil on runs and using side pressure.

Another awesome video thanks Briggsy

Cheers for the vid bra, very entertaining and quality video for what it is 🤙🤙

Thank you sir, you've been a great help.🇺🇸

Very informative vid once more! Thx for all the excellent content! And by the way... Your Gf makes beautiful dry flower compositions, tell her greetings!

Awesome vid mate and some solid info👍 gonna come in handy gearing up for another big season of topwater😎🤙🏽

Thanx Briggsy, I had my PE 4 setup this weekend and had my drag on 10kg and mid fight my braid broke as the fish was going for a run and i lost a good fish so next time ill go a bit lower.

Your a king Briggsy Learning alot from you mate ! Excellent charisma ! Awesome Fisher man ! Rob From Malta

Thank you Briggsy ❤️

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

No worries Mate 🤙

Yeah .. very good demonstration ... thanks! I've come across people who had absolutely no understanding of how big a 15 or 20 lb drag is, and yet opt for reels having 40 or 50 lb, which in reality I'm not sure if there is any normal angler who can take that much drag! One point that I'd like to add is that the angle rod makes with the direction the fish pulls the line is a very significant factor in the actual drag the reel encounters. Basically, the best practice is to set the drag when the rod is in a normal fish fighting position (angle wise), which looked like you did in this position. 👌👍

Yeah thanks briggsy 🙏

great fishing mate u have there briggsy and her flower arrangements r awesome. cheers.

I got an exceler just a few months ago. Not a bad little reel.

Solid info Briggsy !! Yeah, 45kg v's PE10 , no chance !!!!!

honestly i love all of your videos and lectures lately....but definitely i miss to see you reunited again with the guys and do some crazy stuffs/ things again. waiting to see that happen again bro..

Such a good vid. Been wondering for a while how to work out the drag settings and how much drag you actually use when fighting a fish. Awesome work man. Keep it up. Also feeling ya mate can't wait to get out and throw a line again after this covid shit settles down.

@ailtonaraujo7122

4 жыл бұрын

Onde comprar?

Great vid man

love you to briggsy!

well pointed that gadget is great may have to get one to test a few bigger reels like the 10500 penn reels and Daiwa 8000 yeah bloody covid looking at my reels want to cry let alone the weather of late Tight Lines be safe Briggsy ow and your partner's dried flower arrangement was amazing

awesome video. seen lot of this drag pressure method being used but never really got to do it myself lol really should try it haha

Awesome ! My grandpa show me how to do it something similar Since then I make the same

YEAH THE BRIGGSY!!!

Oga is a legend for helping you out Briggsy. Just wondering why you didn’t hook the scales onto one of the 3000 trees that were around you? 😂

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Haha good point! But had to have two people for filming it properly

@jappojappy

3 жыл бұрын

Oga ahahah. It's ochre mate. Cheers 🤙

10:22 This is me right now; it's been too long and I miss it too mate you're not alone (Yeah I know this video is 3 years old but lets just relate for a second).

Hey,I have yet to start fishing, use to as a kid but love the info. Cheers

great info briggs!

The Dynamic Duo !!!!!

"BRIGGSY made me lose my fish!" Ah, thats gold man

You're a legend mate

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Stoked you liked the film Mate!

This helps thanks man

Hi, Briggsy. What are you thinking about travel rods in heavy setups? Should I use it more carefully?

Yesss briggsy!!

I feel your Paine brother, it's got too end some time 🤞🤙🤙👊

Hey man, thanks for the upload as always great stuff. But just a heads up, more for your viewers than you, certain drag stacks will have a significant difference between the same settings after the drag stacks warmed up, so if people are setting a 10lb set up at 3lb cold, they may risk it going upto 5/7lb and back them off.

Holly cow I'm thinking when you get into a good fish and time goes on, it terns into please stop why won't it stop there's no blood in my fingers!! 😂 I'm working up to it some day soon thanks for the advice great information.

Thank You for explain.....Amigo Briggsy Saludos Amigo

Briggsy .. esterary Briggsys assistant.. Estuary 🔥

Wat do you think of Jarvis walker I love there gear and reels

Yeeee Briggs mate

Love the videos. Hope ya get to hook up on some big fish soon man!!!

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mate!

Actually drag on baitcaster or spinning reel counted with or without rod?nice video briggsy as usual !

What line do you have on the pe4 and how heavy of a lure are you casting on it?

Hi..i use a twin power 6000..its a 15kg drag max. Is it good for tuna above 20kg

Hey question is enough 20kg power drag reel for a yellowfin?

this gonna be good

Nice vid bro' and very good explanations how to set the drag in all fishing conditions 👏👌 You have one more subscriber from now! The end of rhe video is the best with uncut funny moments.. I like that 😁😅 See ya.

Thank you for your guidance - just a question - what’s the fishing gloves you’re using?

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, I use MorningTide gloves - www.morningtidefishing.com/collections/apparel/products/morningtide-casting-gloves

What rod are you using in your pe 10 setup

Hi Briggsy! I bought the Daiwa Dogfight 8000HDF it's AMAZING. I enjoy it very much. What pound braid do you use? I was thinking of putting 65# braid. Is that good?

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, it all depends on what you want to do with it, different PE line for different styles of fishing. Check out the description ^ on my vids for what gear/line I use.

Very impressive briggsy love your girl work much love from Barbados u n the family b safe

Very good content you no 1

Hey briggsy. Good video bro. By the way. Have you checked up on your buddy cavy? I think he havin a blast on the island over there.

Is a regular fishing knot good

I remember once fighting a european catfish with a drag around 9kg ... I don't even wanna think about 20kg or more ...

The best... you have...🙏

I have been using a pe 4 saltiga with about 8kg of drag for kings. We generally get kings that are smaller than in NZ here in Cape town. I run Pe 4 then top shot pe 10 braid leader which is at least 3/ 4 meters. I have had fish go into kelp , which I think they would have done on pe 8. I am just very aware of the lightness of my rod reel setup which is around 750 g combined. I just figure I can pull harder physically on lighter gear ( 're lightness of rod reel combined). And even tho I use pe 4 mainline it still breaking at around 67 lbs or so. I no there are days were I go to my pe 6 if there are kings around that maybe over 10 kg .But some fish are just unstoppable depending on were u fish 're ledges and kelp. Thank u '.

I had a 12000 penn reel fishing off the coast of fiji and i got hit so hard locked up the drag but it still spooled me and melted the drag cap onto the reel. Some fights you just cant win🤣😅

Check out the Okuma Makairas man! Allan hawk seriously digs those reels and rated them the best offshore reel in the world. They have a feature were you can set drag at a pressure you want and it won't go more. You can adjust it with the preset knob. It would be cool to see someone use them. They are built seriously tough. Seeing a Penn Slammer would be cool too. Good vid!

@kyle0003

2 жыл бұрын

They are brilliant for dead baiting. Extremely robust and probably bulletproof. But its not a reel anyone would want to use for popping, its heavy and you have to put in quite a bit of effort to turn the handle. When spinning the whole day, even a 100gram difference feels like alot on a rod and reel combo.... Thats why they are not really that popular among guys that spin all day.

Cheers mate from sf.. your wife does some crazy work aha

I'm wearing that same jumper from k mart while watching this 😅 🤙🏽

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Haha it kinda chokes me at the neck zone that jumper

Saludos desde Viña del mar 🤙🎣😎

hey Briggsy just a thought i know that you pretty much use lures, but have you ever done a casting vid on sinkers say upto 4ounce sinker and the style of your cast distance compared to line ratio i see people all the time with such heavy line casting a 1 or 2 ounce sinker with 80 lb braid and wonder why they cast so bad or like me who goes serious rock fishing at night who uses big 13ft to 18.5 ft rods with 80-100lb pandora braid and cast upto 8 ounce sinkers around the 100mtr mark would like to see your professional view of weight of sinker line on braid just how casting is so important regarding the different styles of casting and depending if you have room or are hanging off a rock ledge by one foot casting huge rods hope this makes sense lol love ya vids mate keep them coming during this crap covid times its great to watch your vids stay safe mate tight lines Dean

Hey briggsy throw back question to your light set up rigging video, how do you get a good fg knot on light line I struggle to the it right on 8 pound braid and 15 pound mono leader thanks mate.

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, I reckon the thing that helps me the most on the light is not pulling the line too hard with my teeth, and then having firm pressure up and down on the mono when you do the wraps (pulling the mono tight up and down can straighten out any dodgey loops). But yeah it's definitely tricky!

@jeffffro7674

4 жыл бұрын

@@Briggsy don't forget the "slobber" aspect! I've seen you mention on more than one occasion, not being afraid to get some spit up in it! 🤤🤤🤤

@danielmegahey7571

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve been looking for a trick to sort that out for ages so I stopped tying fgs on line under 20lb but I’ll that a try. Thanks for that👌

Briggsy you have my dream rods and reels all I have is a daiwa bg 3000 Cause I am only 13. Btw Briggsy how many rods and reels do you have

Reguly regulily regaly hahahha

Cool video briggsy. Big help….

"Regularly?" 😂😂😂😂

Briggsy bro 🤙yeww

Awesome test there mate. Hey what are the holes and stuff from on your PE10 Spartan top grip. And PS please give your lady some eye pro when doing these things, hates to get some 220lb whipping your eye or worse a set of scales

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, didn't think about the big whip back if something snapped! Holes are from biting the rod/holding a fish up for the fish hold up shot haha. Briggsy the rod biter

@gibo1363

4 жыл бұрын

Briggsy the shark tooth🤣

Caught big tuna yellow fin and this works

What reel do you use

Hi Briggsy!😁

Nice video

I had a customer come in looking for steelhead and salmon gear. He was like "I need at least 25lbs of drag for my reel." I don't think he really understood how much drag is usually needed. That much drag would probably break a rod used for that purpose

What rod bro?

Hello there, I have save up for months and plant to make my investment on buying Daiwa Saltiga 2020 14000 one, but I heard so many people do not like the Magseal. This is my second most expensive reel ever. My first expensive reel was Van Staal VR150, I was very disappointing because this thing didn't last me for 1 year. I want to go for Saltiga because I love the saltist and the bg. But I'm just afraid it isn't strong enough to last at least to 3 years. With $1000, I think I can get a kayak lol. I also own penn slammer 3, this thing is a working horse but it is kind of heavy and not as smooth compare to Daiwa. I don't like Shimano because after owning 3 of them (stradic and saragosa), they seem to have too much problem with the line roller bearing. Can you tell from your experience about using Saltiga with mag seal? Thank mate!

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, I have owned a SaltigaZ 4k and a 15 Saltiga DogFight 8k and a 15 Saltiga 5k for years. The dogfight and the 5k saltiga have mag seal and the old SaltigaZ no mag seal. Honestly I haven’t noticed anything negative with magseal, all three reels I get serviced about once a year and all I do to maintain them is rinse with fresh water after each time fishing. Compared to mates who have owned Stellas I reckon the Saltigas fair as well or slightly better in terms of service frequency. I don’t dunk my reels though, they just cop a bit of spray from waves. If you need a reel that can get dunked all the time you prolly have to look at something like the Van Staal (but sounds like you already tried it and didn’t like it!). I love Saltigas for how nice they are to spin with, thats the main thing for me (a reel that I want to spin with even if I’m not catching fish!)

Hey Briggsy Cool video man love it. I’ve got a video on my channel where I hooked a tuna on a exp 5500 pe5 and the thing wouldn’t stop. I honestly thought I applied just under 10kg of drag. If you ever have a chance I would love to get your opinion on what went wrong or if I should’ve loosened more drag. Jbraid pe5 120lb leader.

@constructearthworks4244

4 жыл бұрын

FishingFrenzy hey Fishingfrenzy I follow your channel as well. I remember that video. Keep them coming man and hopefully briggsy can give you some help.

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, not sure where you were but it looked to me like you either were on a big mackerel, big wahoo or your tuna got sharked! I’ve had 20kg longtails gone in a clean bite from sharks, and also had big mackerel take powerful first runs, turn and when they turn the leader goes across their teeth and boom, clean snip! I used to fish 40lb leader for longtails (now 80lb) and landed a fair few fish on the 40lb so I honestly think you must have been sharked or had a big mack/wahoo 🤙

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

If you ever see/realise there’s a shark on your fish loosen right off and let them swim freely, they can usually out run the shark if early enough in the fight. Then tighten up once they’re away from it and try to smoke them in as fast as you can past the sharks 👍

@BoltImpact

4 жыл бұрын

Briggsy thanks for the reply mate. I’m in Victoria I’m sure it was a tuna and yeah probably got sharked. Thanks heaps mate and looking forward to the next vid 👍

@BoltImpact

4 жыл бұрын

Briggsy that’s a really good tip thanks man.. usually most would lock it and pull. Sweet mate really appreciate it

Epic

Nice i can’t wait to pick up my BG6500

@TryABaconSlice

3 жыл бұрын

How you liking it mate? I picked up a Saltist 6500LTD which is just basically a BG6500 with a Saltiga Expedition paintjob (because I cannot afford a real one)

@SHAMSHADSHIRZAI

3 жыл бұрын

@@TryABaconSlice a bit heavy. Which forced me to buy BG Magsealed 5000. It’s amazing.

@TryABaconSlice

3 жыл бұрын

@@SHAMSHADSHIRZAI mines not heavy enough for what I want to do with it 😂. Glad your liking it 👍

In the middle of the fight fish stop fight I need to check my drag

What's the reason for a hookup and fight drag can't you just set your drag as fight drag the whole time so you don't have to change?

@jeffffro7674

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent question!!!! It makes sense to me, in my own opinion and experience, I think having the drag set lighter for the hook up has advantages. Especially for the fish! Those hooks are sharp as all get out!(at least it should be) If your set is gonna be successful, its gonna be successful at just about any setting. With a light drag though, theres a better chance of not injuring the fish and not straight up pulling hard enough to yank through and out! It's all random bits of chaos at this crucial point, you have NO clue where the hook is in relation to the fish, it may be in a super thin or even life threatening area when you try to set the hook, in both cases having some 'give' in your line may mean the difference between catching and wishing! IDK, Briggsy may have totally different thoughts on the matter, either way, again, exactly how we need to be thinking! Question EVERYTHING!!!!! Its how we learn! Stay fishy!

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate, on the heavy setup any more than 10kg and I'd go flying (even 10kg if you're targeting GT and a big Spanish Mackerel hits you pretty much get pulled off your feet). You can also have line 'explode' if you're running super heavy drag and a fish hits at full speed, so better to let that initial shock happen under a lighter drag, then tighten up if needed. With the lighter setups it's a different style of fishing and you usually want to allow the fish to run, the "fighting drag" I should have made it more clear is reserved for if you're in a bit of trouble and need to tighten up a bit. Most the time I just run the hookup drag and only if a fish needs it I'll tighten up to somewhere in the realm of the "fighting drag". On a Tuna off the rocks for example, depending on the zone I'm usually all over the drag, tightening/loosening to control where the fish goes. So this is really just to give a rough idea of what drag settings I use and definitely not set in stone!

2020 Saltiga soon??

Does put too much drag can damage your reel?

@Briggsy

3 жыл бұрын

If it’s a smaller reel over time it will prolly have issues, but something like the 2020 Saltiga in 18k + size it’s pretty much made for it. Just make sure you loosen off your drag after every session when you store the reel 🤙

Eu costumo calibrar para 10kg com linha 0,40 grilon. O peixe "pesa" o dobro dentro d'água, devido a força e deslocamento.

Briggsy who’s been biting your rods bro, the rod with the saltiga has teeth marks on it haha

@Briggsy

4 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm not scared to admit I'm a bit of a rod biter time to time