For trolling tunas in the 2-3 days range, what lines should be spooled on the reel? Thanks.
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It all depends on the size of the tuna that show up. If you want to use a heavy line use a braided line with a mono backing. The line will b small diameter high lb weight. I keep 40 on mine works for me.
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Not sure what you mean in the '2-3 days range'. I fish from a kayak and run 65 lb power pro w/ 60lb top shot (mono) and 60-100lb leader (fluoro). Note, before spooling the power pro I run some mono on the spool for the power pro to bite into (if I ever hook up to a big enough fish).
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I go tuna for a one day trip and I use Berkley Big Game white/clear 40 lb. I fish for albacore and it does great. Hope this helps you. Good luck
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The other tip I want to offer.. If your buying this dont buy the pre-cut string make your own.. I bought a spool of low noise twisted commercial grade line.. I pre-cut 4 pieces when I am edging so if you loose string its a quick change.. The string is 130 -@ 150 ft. Cuts very nice and edges wonderfully.. You also don't need 4 pieces of string I only use 2 at a time... Good luck...
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Yes and no is the answer a 2-speed reel is a good Reel to have if a heavy fish is on the hook that goring down deep and don't want to come up. the low gear can help a lot to get him up .and any other fish u usually just keep it in the one gear all the time any ways .all depends how u use the reel if its worth it to u . both single speed and 2 speed will hall in the same size fish .I caught 70 to 150 pound tuna on single speed with out any issue .
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You sound like you're new at this. Fishing is like life. How serious are you? Compared to monofilament line; fluoro is stiff and has a lot of memory, along with its invisibility. I wouldn't try to throw the best 12# size fluoro on a normal sized 40 spinning reel. Instead, stick with a good softer mono, like Berkley Trilene XL 12#, and use a fluoro leader.
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Black diamond lines are from.sweden but if u want the best line for this reel go with a braided spider wire. Reason being its not mono so it has no memory. Which makes it perfect for these reels. Also its extremely hard to break braided spider wire very awesome product... And its right here on Amazon woooooooo hope this helps ya and have fun me myself abu is the only reels for me and if u use that spidy wire youll feel the same. Good luck and Great fishing.
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Any fish you would need to use a braided line for would be too much for that reel. Stick with mono.
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I use 25Ib braid, works well for me, really depends on what your fishing for, reel can handel a wide range.
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Tommy Silva from This Old House suggests finding the middle point of the cord, hooking it on your reel there and start winding it up. When you are done both end of the cord are there. If you need 20 feet jut unwind about 10 feet of each end, plug one end in and your too to the other and you are ready to go. Easy to make longer even with ends connected. I am sure you could break one of these reels or any other similar one. But you would have to be working hard at it to do so. Treat your tools well and they will work for you for a long time.
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It is based on line weight class. Check to see what that is. We catch striped bass up to. 60lbs. We use it trolling.
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I prefer larger "round" baitcasters for that task, although this one has a little bit larger spool than many low profile reels, so it is good with 14lb mono or 20lb braid. Although it's not really made for salt, it should be OK if you are meticulous about cleaning it afterwards.
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no line...a good little unit for a 1 or 2 weight rod...fished it all season on my 2wt. and the reel was great, well worth the money
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Don't know. I placed braded line on both reels, but drags were defective. Not two pounds of drag.
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Well you can I would use at least 30lb test fishing line. I would make sure that you tie good knots in the line, so the line does not slip through and it falls
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First I would have recommended a higher drag weight on the reel. It sounds like you want heavy fish, so I would go with the 300 yds. You also may want to consider going to 50 lb. line, between your rod and the drag you can handle some pretty large fish with this set up. Remember to balance you drag with the weight recommendation of the rod builder.
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I use Power Pro bass fishing for fresh water as well as saltwater bass, with a short fluorocarbon leader (3-7'). Hook sets should be instantaneous, as there is no stretch in the braided line. Tie the right knot to join the lines so no slippage (check out You Tube videos about joining lines).
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Hi Willy, this reel has a 50 meter line capacity if you are using standard 1.5mm line. Please let us know if there is anything else that we can help you with.
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When letting line out of the reel or reeling it in, the levelwind guides the line onto the reel evenly so that the line is evenly dispersed in the spool. I use this reel mainly bait fishing for catfish and striped bass, but it also works well for trolling. It depends on how comfortable you are with using a bait caster.