One reason for Field casting

[JPS]

here are a few captures that we got last night and put some of what we do on the field to practical application.



This was on the Kompressor S.









Lee in the earlier part of the afternoon.



Lee with yet another Port Jackson


Must say that beach fishing away from the crowds is VERY relaxing.

Regards from down under.

[keith]

Nice one Great pics

[eric]

deadly

[loboestep]

Congratulations!!! Can i know at what distance it was???

Regards: Juan

[JPS]

Distances would have been in the range of 125 to 140 meters , hard to judge over water and we were throwing reasonably big fillet baits on clipped down rigs.

Which remind me that I need to make more up

[weaverboy]

hello jeremy, how do you rate the kompressor s, as a fishing rod, ie
overall performance, have heard varing reports about this model,
one being, its the original kompessor match in a different guyse,

regards steve.

[JPS]

Steve ,

As a fishing rod these are my opinions of the Kompressors S.

Rod when matched to Penn 525 mag or SL20SH and fishing 0.35mm line and casting weights from 125 to 175 grams is a pleasure with a smooth progressive loading of the rod with a number of casting styles, from simple OTG to a fishing pendulum.
Distances achieved with the rod are excellent and handling in the surf is also very good. the tip is not too hard as to bounce the gripleads out of the sand and therefore connection to your baited rig is very good.
The tip is not as sensitive as the lighter TTLD but as I use this rod for Smooth hounds , Bronzies , Mulloway and Snapper over here that is not an issue for me. It does however still register bites from smaller fish but not as well as the thinner tipped rods that I also use.

The rod sits very well in the tripod that I use and does not get moved around to much in windy conditions.

From a fish fighting point of view its less agressive butt configuration when compared to the SS and WR300 make it easier on the angler to handle a fish and let the rod absorb the lunges from the bigger fish.
Note it still has quite a bit of power to put a lot of pressure on but this is easier on the angler.

In regards to your question on how it compares to the older version I cannot offer my opinion as I haven't used the older models and don't have access to them over here in Australia.

All in all this rod a sa partner to my TTLD are my first choice when heading to the beach.

Regards

[beachcaster]

heard a lot of good reports about the kompressor s very user friendly jeremy and the fact it is now 13ft 10" and not 13ft.like the old kompressor sport adds a different action and power band to the rod compared to the older model.how would the s compare to the ss in your opinion???cheers john

[JPS]

John ,

The SS and S have similar outward appearance but they are two very different beasts with the SS being in a much higher power bracket.
Tip and mid section are stiffer and this make the SS better suited to the heavier weights when doing a pendulum cast or I should say this is the case with my particular style.

My SS has produced my PB's on the field for both the 175 gram and 200 gram leads with distances of 233 and 220 meters respectively. The butt section is noticably more powerfull than that of the S and locks up much better which then lets you really hit the cast.

I haven't used the SS for any of my fishing as I find the S handles the majority of what I do. I don't fish what you guys would call rough ground with a lot of kelp and weed so don't need the power to pull fish away from the stuff as would be possible with the stiffer butt of the SS.
Also I rarely require leads greater than 150 gram which the S handles with ease.

For field work I always go for my WR300 first and then the SS second for the heavier leads even though I know that the WR has the power to launch these as well. The stiffer tip of the SS just does the heavier leads better for me at the moment but I will be working with the WR over this coming weekend again.

Hope this has been of some help

[beachcaster]

jeremy thats kind of made my mind up about these rods alright.many thanks john

[JPS]

John ,

Glad to help , I would be interested on understanding which one you are considering and why ?

Will you be using it for field or a combination of fishing & field ?

Regards

[beachcaster]

was considering the kompressor s mate as i was told it was a lot more user friendy than the ss,and would the ss be very stiff ??would the s cast 175 and 200 or would it be to much for it???

[weaverboy]

hello jeremy, great report on the rod as always jeremy, top man.

regards steve.

[MAC]

Excellent stuff Jeremy.

Is the Port Jackson a type of catfish? Looks a decent lump of a fish.

Well done on the Ray.. Is it a blueray?

Kev

[JPS]

Kev ,

The ray is actually a Skate as it does not have any sting in the tail , I also go a eagle ray earlier but didn't take any pictures.

Regards

[MAC]

Good stuff.....

[JPS]

Mac ,

the port Jackson is actually a type of Shark that has two spines on its back. they don't fight much and nobody I know eats them but I suppose you could if you wanted to.

[MAC]

If you guys had half the amount of EU workers that we have here in Ireland, I bet you would have a queue waiting to take it off you. Pity they don't fight so much.... They look like a nice solid fish.

Kev