Tackle doesn't match

[sirkipalot]

Can someone please tell me why or the reason why when you set a rig up it becomes so grossly under powered you have to use lower level gear to keep within safe parameters . Example the extortionate £27 DLC for the new place Gives you a 66lb rod and a 66lb reel all good so far. It also gives you 66lb braid but you don't get any titanium leader and you can only buy 55lb as the next 1 up is 69lb which would overtax the set up and risk breakage. So that DLC is a waste of time and money effectively useless. I used 55lb titanium leader and first hook up leader broke lmao. You can land triple digit sharks on that set up.

And please tell me the logic of constantly putting 30 mono 32 braid on every reel . casting setups for the big fish leave you with a casting range of 135 meters if you use 57lb braid . Why would I use 30/32 or even the 44lb is only 145 yards. These tech stats need overhauling the casting distance should be the same the bigger the reel the longer the distance with heavier line not the same as the lighter reels. Its a joke. Please for the love of aunt jemimah's teapot put some 60lb+ 65lb titanium leaders in the shop

[von Driesen]

For starters only one fish needs Titanium leaders as a matter of course at Marron river, the trahira. If your using titanium for anything else would suggest you switch it out for fluro and get a better bite rate.
As its a bottom rod your talking about, it does not matter if a fish bites through mono or fluro leader. You loose a hook, a piece of bait and a leader that is less in value than a silver croaker.

The supplied 60lb Fluro leader matches perfectly with the 61.23lb of drag one click off the dial on the reel gives you. Which is how a balanced set up is supposed to act. Max drag giving line is not how a reel works. In real life reels tend to chew parts up if forced to operate with drag tightened up fully. It is how unscrupulous charter boat skippers used to work though. Jam the drag so you got line breaks, having to buy more gear while out on the sea, using hire gear.

I do not know how your casting so short the supplied line gets you to the big fish, if you have to cast further, you may need to consider using the supplied boat in the dlc to fish closer to the mark you want to fish. Unique Red and Guilded catfish are found from 60 feet to 200 feet easily. They are perfectly catchable with level 50 gear. Though the fight is a fair bit longer.

Originally posted by sirkipalot:

Example the extortionate £27 DLC for the new place Gives you a 66lb rod and a 66lb reel all good so far. It also gives you 66lb braid but you don't get any titanium leader and you can only buy 55lb as the next 1 up is 69lb which would overtax the set up and risk breakage. So that DLC is a waste of time and money effectively useless.

Really you think its that bad, but have not checked what leaders you got in the pack. Did you notice the boat in there ?.

[Bargearse]

"Tackle doesn't match".
LOL what an understatement.
Early in the game I bought a Big Alli 14' 10" feeder rod, Go to the shop and check the specs.
They are
Casting Weight: 3 to 6 Oz
Line: 6 to 19.5 lb
Quiver Tips: 3, 4, and 5 Oz
Whenever I tried using light line the line broke as I expected because with a 3 oz sinker and 6 lb line on a 14' 10" rod it does not take a lot of force to break the line. The other thing is using a 6 oz sinker on a 5 oz quiver tip is also not very smart. I found that only on a few occasions could I get setup that actually matched and especially when it came to reels, ,line, and leaders.