Drag settings and length of fish runs
Submitted by 2fish on Thu, 2010-12-16 19:10
looking to buy a Saltiga LD to target a variety of fish, eg Trout, Dhuies, Tuna, Cod, Sambos
anything big and inbetween, using a variety of techniques eg bottom bouncing, jigging, trolling, LBG
Most of my fishing has been limited to landbased Tailor, Salmon, Bream, Flathead.
So I have not had much experience in the selection of line class, drag settings and the expected length of a fishs run
for these bigger species.
I am looking to use 50-60 pound braid and rule of thumb says that the drag should be about 1/3.
Just wonding what you guys and gals typically use for drag settings when targeting Trout, Dhuies, Tuna, Cod, Sambos
and how much line do these bigger fish run with when hooked. How much line should be on the reel for chasing these fish.
till
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Not really sure I'd buy one
Not really sure I'd buy one of the new Saltiga LD reels, I just don't see the point of small two speeds, its just something else to go wrong.
In any case, you need the reel full, or near full, the sambos are in deeper water, say 110m and a bit of a drift rate and you can easily have 250m of line out.
Dhufish are pretty lazy, you're not going to lose much line on a 50lb outfit, trout you probably can't afford to let them have ANY line or they will just reef you ;)
There is no point trolling 50lb braid just about anwere in Western Australia.
Drag @ 30% is a good rul of thumb, if your knots get better, your equipment and person can handle it, you can squeeze that up!
2fish
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Date Joined: 10/05/10
thanks till,whats a typical
thanks till,
whats a typical line class and length of line for trolling?
cudbfishn
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we used to run 3 and 6 kilo
we used to run 3 and 6 kilo for makies and tuna outa kalbarri. Best part with trolling is you never have to worry about getting reefed. Used to use baitcasters also, if you looked like getting spooled we just chased the fish.