Average 50m bottom, my recommendation for no skill ppl is 8000 reel, 3:6 mh rod, 60-80lbs braid 90 lead twin hook or Sam char ngau if u empty handed for an hour. No Apollo. Who invented Apollo should be shot dead.

With heavy gear u can bottom up with less effort. Easiest still electric reel but beastmaster still expensive. I wish I can beastmaster also sigh. Can only dream.

may i ask which boatman you going with ?
bro bottom lah , you need to take the sinker size in to consideration
Port klang zeezone will be using at least 18 to 32 , average is 24

your setup for jigging can lah , for bottom cannot lah
this setup is ok , but i wont recommended to use triple hook

ok guys here's some pictures from my recent trip 3 days 2 nites
landed on sunday

group photo whence we just departed. i'm the blue shirt bald headed eagle
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group photo once we're back at the landing zone. heaviest is keratang (goliath grouper 17kg, tenggiri around 10 to 12kg) boatman caught one moray eel also around 5ft plus long
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my super small humble catch. there's another titir 2kg not in the picture cos i sold off to shop since cannot fit my fridge that long..
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another member's catch, mine sure can't compare to his
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12 ppl, all electric reel except for 3 ppl on manual including me also manual..

first day i seasick badly, no one to guide me what to do plus I don't know any of them before also. eat, drink i puke all out, until the end i decided take nap bit wake up and then sat down puke again, so decided to sleep first until meal time, woke up swallow and drink straight to go sleep til the next day. I lost 50% of my trip cos one whole day mabuk...

only woke up second day and started fishing whole day till nite until rain started pouring, then a small storm came up with lightning, rain and wind, i cooped up in bed, worry and scared to see the wave.. slept until big waves started jolting the boat around bit and by then i can't close eyes dy cos of the rocking

anyway, i was quite blessed, my birthday was at sea and on that day i could fish! hahaha
best fight fish was kerisi bali, first time get it, took me around 3 to 4 min to bring it up from depth of 80M
it was my new personal record of 2.6kg now, crazy fight fish.. it fought from beginning till even surface

felt quite blessed to be back on land... i know my catch is small but at least i could fish 50% from my trip so not all is lost..

i think this is a good idea if lots of kaki that always go pancing but i guess depends on location?
i'm in few fishing watsapp group as well so can get to know deep sea trips, bagang/tukun, nearby island, ponds, fishing competition etc
of course it will stray away once in a while or most the time which also keeps the group alive

i based in sabah so not ngam for me, u all go ahead bah

thx bro but not looking for casting at the moment
kena poisoned deep sea dy and looking electric reel
almost all anglers on boat using electric nowadays here oh

Guys,
A friend ajak pergi Sealion...not sure which one but he seems to be regular.
I have a Daiwa Lexa 100 with 20lbs braid..
What kind of leader needed ? I have 30lbs fluoro but he suggests at least 40lbs
Hooks 2/0 enough?
Anyone else here been there? which is better...casting, floating or bottom?
Any other recomendations?
Thanks.