07-06-2016, 03:49 AM
[fishon]
Would like to start a forum on Deep Drop Reels to discuss pros and cons as well as maintenance and problems. One should include type of fish your reels are mostly used for. Would hope to gain good insight as to the best one to use for all around deep drop fishing.
Name like Shimano Beastmaster, Kristal 600 series programmable, Diawa T1000, and of course, in my opinion the best but also the most expensive, the LP or Lindgren Pitman s 1200. LP is made locally 100% in the US. It has huge line capacity and tremendous pulling power and a huge price of about $5000.00
Some of these reels can be programmed to stop at preset depths and some can even jig automatically. So if you are not familiar with deep drop fishing, just try using a large manual reel, like a Shimamo Tiagra 50W and simply run out several hundred yards of line with bait on it. Then 5 minutes later crank it up to change the bait and you will immediately understand why electric reels are necessary. You can also try cranking up a 50 lb snapper from 4-500' and that may be all you need to go electric.
So lets see if we can get a good discussion going on the various types of deep drop reels on the market.
I am in the market for 2 and would like a little useful unbiased history on what everyone else has experienced with various models.
My best,
shor
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Would like to start a forum on Deep Drop Reels to discuss pros and cons as well as maintenance and problems. One should include type of fish your reels are mostly used for. Would hope to gain good insight as to the best one to use for all around deep drop fishing.
Name like Shimano Beastmaster, Kristal 600 series programmable, Diawa T1000, and of course, in my opinion the best but also the most expensive, the LP or Lindgren Pitman s 1200. LP is made locally 100% in the US. It has huge line capacity and tremendous pulling power and a huge price of about $5000.00
Some of these reels can be programmed to stop at preset depths and some can even jig automatically. So if you are not familiar with deep drop fishing, just try using a large manual reel, like a Shimamo Tiagra 50W and simply run out several hundred yards of line with bait on it. Then 5 minutes later crank it up to change the bait and you will immediately understand why electric reels are necessary. You can also try cranking up a 50 lb snapper from 4-500' and that may be all you need to go electric.
So lets see if we can get a good discussion going on the various types of deep drop reels on the market.
I am in the market for 2 and would like a little useful unbiased history on what everyone else has experienced with various models.
My best,
shor
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