If Im fishing over open water, making long casts, Ill be using a 7-foot, medium-action All-Star baitcasting rod matched with a Pfleuger Patriarch reel, which has a 6.4-to-1 retrieve ratio
Reel, lift, reel, lift, reel, lift
What you can catch There are many species of fish that you can catch from a jetty and the range of fish changes during the day
Key points: A five-year-old was stung by a box jellyfish at Casuarina Beach He was taken to hospital but has since been discharged Box jellyfish stings are less common in the Top End dry season The five-year-old boy was stung on his legs and stomach while swimming at Casuarina Beach, about 15 kilometres north of Darwin CBD
They enter the water with a light plop that doesn't spook fish and have a subtle, slinking action that can fool even the heaviest bass