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Location: Mendota Heights, MN | I am looking for some type of alarm that will tell me when line is going out while trolling. I currently have reels with "clickers" on them but I am deaf in one ear and find it almost impossible to hear with the motor running.
Any ideas?
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Location: N.FIB | very loud clicker is all I can think of,the daiwa saltist reel I have has the loudest clicker I`ve ever heard. |
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| An odd thought just popped into my head....that....maybe...something along the lines of this could maybe help?
Sitting here thinking about this...I thought...well...if the clicker sound won't work...how about a visual alarm?
The thought coming to my mind is something along the lines of some of the lights used on tip-ups while ice fishing. Maybe you could try rigging yourself up some sort of tripping mechanism using the small, ice fishing, tip-up lights to help you? Or heck...it doesn't even have to be the tip-up lights..it could just be the concept of using a tip-up flag to be tripped when line is going out. The lights might be kind of difficult to see in the day light in high sun...but at night it would be slick. The flag could work any time of day. I bet something pretty slick could be rigged up if you're handy with creating something that could help this work.
Edited by MACK 9/12/2008 7:38 AM
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Location: Madison, WI | This is something that the carp guys use.
http://www.ffo-tackle.com/detail.cfm?PassProdId=2736
I'm not sure how it works with superlines, but it has an audible and visual alarm when line is pulled.
Others like this cost more and have to be mounted but they are probably the best solution in your case.
https://www.resistancetackle.com/catalog.php?mode=publicviewitemdeta...
Edited by Magruter 9/12/2008 8:47 AM
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Location: Home of the 2016 World Series Champion Cubs | Scott you beat me to it. The "bank anglers" use this system for alerting them on a hit. some ive seen are audible only but others are audible and visible. Be ware though not all of theese alarms would work in a trolling system (coming out of the box) as they require you to route SLACK line around a pin. When a fish picks up the bait, it trips the pin and triggers the alarm. For 5 bucks a piece I's make the investment in the name of reserch and developmentwith a little tinkering you can buy an alarm and a wire in a small blub for your visible signal. Try to search some of the salmon sites because i know i've seen a picture of a charter boat rigged with visaul alarms as sometimes they rig with 18 lines in the water.
Karl
Edited by KARLOUTDOORS 9/12/2008 8:53 AM
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | If you haven't used them yet, try the Okuma Magda series for trolling. When trolling or even dragging suckers while casting I usually have my music up somewhat loud, and I can still hear the clickers screaming when a fish hits. |
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