10-09-2016, 11:34 PM
Great story! Thanks for the advice. The huge goldfish in my picture came from Willow Pond. I've seen it jump about three feet out of the water a few years later. Was it saying hello to me? It's was even bigger! Have you seen it jump?
On the retrieve speed advantage being at the price of less torque to reel in the big fish -- no problem as technique and a longer rod with plenty of bend solves all of that.
My fishing experiences as a child was deep sea fishing for fish as big as me, so I grew up with cranking the reel alone being insufficient and had to work the rod with basically my full body to move the fish in and only retrieving line with lowering the rod to take up slack.
I suppose with using arms and shoulders to work the rod, the extreme high line take up of 44 inches per crank rotation will take up slack even quicker with that technique and give the fish less chance to take the slack back. I'll soon find out and post on the results.
My other best spinning reels with a conventional great ratio have been getting the same treatment albeit for another reason as they do have the torque and quality to simply reel in the big ones. In fact, at a comparable weight (it's magnesium) it has a huge 35 pounds of drag adjustment that is mostly unheard of in a spinning reel this light! Though it does have gearing to handle that much pull, I still work the big fish with the rod and feel better that I'm not working the gearing so hard and figure it will last longer that way since I know engineering is all about compromises and the gearing is lightweight aircraft aluminum alloy instead of heavier bronze or hardened steel that can have longer life for those who crank it hard against resistance instead of slack.
When I report, I'll be comparing the two, but likely without the TubeDude advantage of the same released fish being caught again.
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On the retrieve speed advantage being at the price of less torque to reel in the big fish -- no problem as technique and a longer rod with plenty of bend solves all of that.
My fishing experiences as a child was deep sea fishing for fish as big as me, so I grew up with cranking the reel alone being insufficient and had to work the rod with basically my full body to move the fish in and only retrieving line with lowering the rod to take up slack.
I suppose with using arms and shoulders to work the rod, the extreme high line take up of 44 inches per crank rotation will take up slack even quicker with that technique and give the fish less chance to take the slack back. I'll soon find out and post on the results.
My other best spinning reels with a conventional great ratio have been getting the same treatment albeit for another reason as they do have the torque and quality to simply reel in the big ones. In fact, at a comparable weight (it's magnesium) it has a huge 35 pounds of drag adjustment that is mostly unheard of in a spinning reel this light! Though it does have gearing to handle that much pull, I still work the big fish with the rod and feel better that I'm not working the gearing so hard and figure it will last longer that way since I know engineering is all about compromises and the gearing is lightweight aircraft aluminum alloy instead of heavier bronze or hardened steel that can have longer life for those who crank it hard against resistance instead of slack.
When I report, I'll be comparing the two, but likely without the TubeDude advantage of the same released fish being caught again.
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