My dedicated bottom reels are spooled with cheap mono, and then I run a top shot 300 feet of high-quality braid. My heavy grouper rods are two speed 50s spooled with 150 pound braid and with a top shot of 150 pound mono. These are also my high-speed trolling rods for wahoo
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Oyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
Running 100# jb hc with top shot 130# mono. Only 250yds. Even then more than enough. I’ll do video and review of few reels.
-Shimano ocea jigger 2k pg
-shimano torsa 20
-blue heaven Singapore custom
-jigging master pe3
-penn torque 25n
Torsa 20 with jiggingworld tbar/115mm handle. Upgraded 50# drag cam.
Holy schnikes!
May all your favorite bands stay together…
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Originally posted by Bonzo72quote:
Originally posted by northchuckyless line on the spool = more drag
exactly…even bottom fishing in 200’ of water, do you really anticipate a fish going horizontal a quarter of a mile on you?
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I fill mine to the brim…less line equals more reeling
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Originally posted by 23Sailfishquote:
Originally posted by Bonzo72why would you want a bottom reel spooled with 700 yds of line?
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The same reason you’d buy 700’ of anchor line…
May all your favorite bands stay together…
Oh boy. Jim’s not gonna like this.
I think a good setup is a Penn Battle 2 8000 (30lbs drag) filled with 65lb braid… It will hold 390 yards… 65lb braid will probably test way over that, and can handle most any bottom fish that you can hook into. In addition, spinners are a bit more versatile since you can also easily use them as drift lines or cast poppers, etc. This setup would be fine for almost anything you can encounter while bottom fishing and they are not as expensive as conventional setups.
That’s the most “bang for the buck” in my mind, and I’ve killed many nice gags on spinning setups…
I’ll post video of me trying hold onto 40+lb of drag if weather permits…
quote:Yes, but to get a Stella, sellsfish had to sell one of his testicles to science... His wife won't let him get a second one :smiley:
Originally posted by sellsfishI have a black hole 5 foot two, Cape Cod spinning rod. With the Stella 30 K with 100 pound braid… It will pull anything in the boat. I want to catch a swordfish on it this year.
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PROUD YANKEEOyster Baron
NMFS = No More Fishing Season
“Back home we got a taxidermy man. He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him”
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Originally posted by 23Sailfishquote:
Originally posted by Bonzo72why would you want a bottom reel spooled with 700 yds of line?
The Morris Island Lighthouse www.savethelight.org
The same reason you’d buy 700’ of anchor line…
So SeaTow can find you when you’ve called them with location 5 hours earlier?
Luke 8:22-25
Get discussion…I know it been some years since original post but I would like to get some more information on the rods being setup with the reels. I have used mostly avets, penns and shimano’s. My favorite are the shimano reels, I have two talicas (2 speeds) and two avets (one and two speeds). I bought a Torsa 20 probably 6 years ago but really just started using about three years ago, the delay was that it was only a single speed and I like two speeds better or should I say I thought I did, the more I used the Torsa the more I like it. I can honestly say it if my Favorite now. Its is a total shame they D/C them. I fish mine on the Terez 6’6" XXH with 80lb braid and 100# flour topshot. This set up can fish snapper and grouper, and I can drop in 300’plus water with enough line to spare a battle with tuna or anything else I can find. Last trip I hooked two really nice Kings right off the bottom in 120’(strange).
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