Posted 5/16/2012 8:37 PM (#560205) Subject: Can you troll with Cardiff or calcutta te?
I'm wondering if you can troll with the cardiff or calcutta te? I won't be doing this a whole lot but would like to know if they could hold up if not done excessively...thank you.
Posted 5/16/2012 11:09 PM (#560241 - in reply to #560205) Subject: Re: Can you troll with Cardiff or calcutta te?
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I'm sure the Calcutta could handle any trolling you throw at it. I'm not that familiar with the Cardiff to give an opinion on. A lot of people use reels like this for salmon trolling and a Dipsey Diver is A LOT harder on a reel than any musky bait is.
Posted 5/17/2012 12:28 PM (#560348 - in reply to #560322) Subject: Re: Can you troll with Cardiff or calcutta te?
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Location: Yahara River Chain
Flambeauski - 5/17/2012 11:22 AM
How deep do they run?
hahahahaha
Its not often you see someone sending a te to the depths.
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Posted 5/17/2012 4:34 PM (#560404 - in reply to #560205) Subject: RE: Can you troll with Cardiff or calcutta te?
I'm confused with these "can you troll with a ...." posts. Why couldn't you troll with a reel? All it needs is a line out alarm which 90% of all musky reels have. The drag or anti reverse don't even need to work since you set the drag loose anyways....
Posted 5/17/2012 4:56 PM (#560413 - in reply to #560404) Subject: RE: Can you troll with Cardiff or calcutta te?
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Location: Bemidji
I don't have a line counter and have trolled with my calcutta & my toro winch - I have a clamp on the rod shakespeare line counter that I picked up for $10 and run the line through for line counting.
Doesn't get a whole lot easier or cost effective then that - especially for folks who don't troll enough to justify a separate trolling rod & line counter reel much like myself.
Can you troll with Cardiff or calcutta te?