Thread: Reels

Bring it!

I live far from the beach just the thought of line stripping off a reel and the pole bent straight out makes me travel more than a thousand miles.
What I mean is "Drag was made to use." I'd love to hook up and get spooled but with 20lbs of drag and 300 yards of braid and mono on it the fish is going to have to work at it.[/QUOTE]

Having (I think) a King strip my top shot off and keeep going was a thrill I won't soon forget.

Originally Posted by DRH

Just because a reel's drag is capable of producing big number doesn't mean the rest of the reel is up to the task (ever heard the expression, "don't let your jaybird mouth overload your hummingbird rearend"?) I would almost be willing to pay money to watch someone fight a fish capable of pulling that much drag on a spinning reel from a pier or the bank. FWIW a 5 ft shark wouldn't stand a chance against half that much drag with the proper leader, terminal tackle and an angler that knows how to fight a fish.

That reminds me of the time I hooked into a 5ft shark on my 6# line. It was comical because he didn't really want to fight, got him to the pier once then he shook his head and snap! It was fun though, I was jigging for pompano :-) It really all depends on the type of shark too, a 5-6ft bull shark could probably strip the gear in any battle (they are made out of pot-metal), while a 5ft sharpnose wouldn't stand a chance!

Originally Posted by DRH

Whether you like it or not, it wasn't my intention to be snotty or condescending. I don't see how you could possibly construe such from what I wrote. I definitely made no mention of your abilities either positive or negative.

I'm just messing with you old timer. I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean it in the way that you are wise. I'm a newbe to this forum, I usually hang out with the big boys from OBX on P&S.com.
It is a night and day difference. You guys are talking about using Penn 706s and those guys talk about "I had one of those back in the day." Two guys posted a picture that said "Antiques using Antiques." It was a Penn 706 Greenie on an 11 ft Lamiglass yellow rod with cord wrapped butt. They had a nice 40+ inch drum in the picture too. You guys are all spinners and those guys are almost all conventionals: Akios, Abus, Penn Squals, Diawa Slosh most of them magged.
I'm really not a pier guy at all, more of a beach guy and sense I live 1,200 miles form the nearest salt water I can sort of choose where I go fish. My wife's mother lives in TX so we go to PINS when we go to see her. My son is stationed in Hampton VA so we will go to OBX out there. My daughter is still in TN so we go down th Gulf shores or Pennsecola when we see her.
To you guys that fish all the time, a 5 ft blacktip is a pest that bites off your drum rigs and all in all is just a pain in the butt. To me its like holy sh_t. Most of the fishing done up here is for bait. There are walleyes and pike and big cats but it is not like having a 5 ft+ shark or a king or a jack strip line. You guys know what I'm talking about or you would be bass fishing in some pond up by Huntsville.
DRH I know your a good guy and I hope to meet you someday. Plans right now are to see the kids in Hampton the last week of June. I would like to get to meet old man River in Buxton. The maker of the River Rig @ Red Drum Bait & Tackle. And see the point. I've been to Okrakoce fishing 30 years ago but never made it up to Hatteras.
Tight lines You'all.