To prepare your rod for fishing, you first want to make sure your string is fairly new, and wont break when fishing. the best way to do this is to take about a foot or so of string out and try to...
well if you are in Melbourne you should go to portsea for squid it is the best place i went fishing for squid in Victoria once i caught 16 squid with my dad in 2 hours
Yes, Commercial fishing is typically done with big nets or trot lines removing hundreds if not thousands of pounds of fish at a time.
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The best line would possibly be a 6 pound line maybe 8 If you mean fishing saltwater marsh flats, mono is better than fluorocarbon because it does not fray as easily.