Late-Summer spinning for speedsters by Jamie Robley

Late Summer is perhaps the best time of year to cast lures from our rocks and beaches.

The weather and water temperatures are right up there and so too are the fish. Various bonito and small tuna species mix it with tailor, salmon, dart and rat kingfish.

A lure that sinks to the bottom may also attract flathead, bream or snapper and exotics like rainbow runner, samsonfish, GTs and amberjack.

These days we are lucky to have a large range of lighter rock and beach tackle so if you want to get into the thrills of light-tackle spinning, now's the best time to have a go. If you're not already equipped for this type of fishing, here's a run through the rods, reels, lures and line best suited to the task and then some tactics to help hook some fun fighting fish...