Okuma Eclipse Baitrunner vs Shimano Baitrunner
Just getting a more wide opinion for these two reels compared with eachother.
The Okuma Eclipz bait run style fishing reel is a heavy duty saltwater bait feeder reel with stainless steel gears, a sealed drag, and 5 ball bearings including one as the roller bearing. Gear ratio is 4.5:1 and this model being the Okuma Eclipz 90 bait runner has a line capacity of 450 metres of 10kg line or 370 metres of 12kg Fishing Line. RRP $175
The Shimano 6500 Bait runner fishing reel has 4 anti rust ball bearings, a gear ratio of 4.2:1 and a line capacity of 270 yards of 20lb line, 230 yards of 25lb line or 185 yards of 30lb fishing line. RRP $259
I own 2 Okuma Epix EB20 Baitrunners and 1 EB40 for bream and general purpose, wanting to purchase another Baitrunner for some serious livebaiting for a trip through the pilbara, gnaraloo, steep point, quobba ect. I kinder leaning towards the Okuma Eclipze after owning 3 atm and havnt had a drama with them and rate the reels highly...
What does everyone else think?? All comments welcome.
Cheers.
Deano
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cudbfishn
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HI, I own the okuma. had it
HI,
I own the okuma. had it now for 2 years and still going strong although the drag on the baitrunner is starting to stick. havent had a chance to pull it apart yet. biggest fish ive caught on it has been a stingray and it handled fine. caught a couple of mulloway to 6 kilo as well no probs. ive also noticed thet the newer model to mine is slightly different.
honsu chin
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If you're wanting the
If you're wanting the baitrunner for seriously big stuff, I think there's better reel than the Eclipz. Check out Okuma's new Salina Baitrunner. All ally body, dual drag system and ellipical oscillation system. Seriously more powerful than the Eclipz.
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mako magic
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2nd that one honsu, the
2nd that one honsu, the salinas are a top reel and will excell for the needs you want it for, the big one would make a nice swtich bait reel too
BBWA4LIFE
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wasnt even on the website i
wasnt even on the website i was on... must check it out. cheers
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