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| hey guys, time to start making my christmas list. i want santa to bring me a trolling reel for xmas. any suggestions as to what kind i should get? |
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| Depends on the depth of Santa's pockets. If Santa has deep pockets, I'd get the Diawa SG27 Linecounter, about $92, or maybe the new 6500C3 Linecounter, about $130. Haven't used the 6500 LC, but I have seen one, and it looked like a sweet piece.
If Santa's pockets are not so deep, one of the Okuma's or Bass Pro's LC's would be nice. About $50-70.
If Santa has shallow Pockets, I would suggest the Shakespeare Tidewater line counter. About $35. I have 2 of these, and have landed about 20 fish with them this year, and have had no problems. Pretty good value so far.
Hope this helps. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a big Muskie![:bigsmile:] |
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| I would avoid the Okuma's! (sorry Shep) Nothing but trouble. If you want a line counter it's tough to beat a Diawa. For a good $$$ Cabelas makes a ok one. I have a few of them and they work fine. If you want a trolling reel with out a line counter, a Penn 209 will work fine. |
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| Great timing I just received a flyer from Eangler.com and they have the Daiwa line counter reels on sale.
Good news about the 6500s LC now I have to first find out if they have better clickers and if so I will have to get on their pro team. [;)] |
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| Bill, no reason to apologise. I don't have any Okuma's, as I will either go top end(Diawa), or lower end(Shakespeare). I'm not a middle of the road kinda guy. I'm either gonna get the best, or save some real bucks and make do. Sometimes, you get what you pay for, sometimes you don't. I think the Shakespeare's are a better value than the Okuma's, that's why I bought them. I wouldn't even think about using them on the fish from the Big Pond! |
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| Hi Guys,
If you're interested, I noticed that on lake-link.com, under "Trading Post", some guy has a dozen Daiwa trolling reels for sale for $40.00 each.
I've got the Shakespeare Tidewater models, and they seem to be holding up well, so far.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Dave Dorazio
www.bootails.com |
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| Geez, Dave's not frozen![;)] And he now trolls?[:0]
How are things? Didn't get up by you this year, but I will remedy that for sure next! Did you have a good last half of the year? How's that Suzie run at trolling speeds? Oh, I forgot. That is only slightly slower than you go when moving to the next spot anyway![:devil:] |
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| Shep,
Yes, I did some trolling this fall. Did OK, too.
Am definitely frozen up now.
Put the boat away Tuesday, been working on the tip-ups.
Gotta get a couple walleyes for supper before the Chip closes.
Then, I plan to hibernate!
Dave |
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| sworrall-made rod! |
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| Go to www.basspro.com and then to clearance and then to saltwater and you'll find a steal on Diawa linecounter. Diawa is one of the best reels in this type for the non-saltwater angler. |
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| The okuma is ok for normal trolling, planer boards ect. They have held up well for that and suckers. I did have one fail, the gears stripped in the cold and pulling a large dipsey diver. That is too much for the reel. I replaced it with a diawa.
A 6500 line counter? SWEET!
I don't get the shimano bantam line counter. It has no clicker but the regular bantam does. This would be the ultimate reel if they would have put the clicker on it. |
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| The reels that Dave D said that where on lake-link.com, under "Trading Post" are nice, but if you don't hurry the guy will have a few less.
Also, I think I need the Big Jon Electric Planner board mast that's just above it! |
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