Shark game Reels what brands you use and prefer Penn Shimano Etc?
Submitted by J Déjà Vu on Mon, 2010-11-08 21:43
ay fells after a 50 size reel for sharks
i have a tiagra 30lrsa
but after a 50
what do you;se use prefer and why ? inters tiagras etc?
and what the spool capcity like on you reel how many meters / yards of LB
? cheers
John_M
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Buy an accurate 2 speed
Buy an accurate 2 speed
honsu chin
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Penn or Shimano....
There's more than just 2 brands out there.....
I got both....Tiagra 30W and Inter 50VSW
There's also Accurate ATD Platinum, Avet, Alutecnos, Duel, Tiburon.....
The best value is the Tiagras, follow by either the Inters or Accurate ATD for me......
But I need to get a ATD 50 and find out the difference...lol
J Déjà Vu
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sounds good honsu how much
sounds good
honsu how much of LB did you fit on your inter 50vsw cheers
honsu chin
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line capacity...
I managed to get 700m of 24kg Berkley Big Game.
honsu chin
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line capacity...
I managed to get 700m of 24kg Berkley Big Game.
Seaquest
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Sure you don't get more? I
Sure you don't get more? I get 1100m of 24kg Shogun on my Penn 50vsw.
John_M
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http://www.bluewate
http://www.bluewater.net.au/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=322&products_id=194
thats the ATD man. great reel, but if your just shark fishing 2k might not be worth it.
The 30wlrs is pretty decent for sharks, I know the guys from Ifish use em for big Thresher sharks.
Accurate Boss Extreme is similar to the ATD - cheaper tho I think
John_M
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Also, these accurates are so
Also, these accurates are so light. pack a tonne of drag and heaps of line for there size (much smaller than tiagras etc).
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Meanwhile on the nasa
Meanwhile on the nasa site
"We assure quality on all our products, we even use the same grade material that accruate uses on their reels"
John_M
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hahah
hahah
Feral
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i got 1200 m of 100lb braid
i got 1200 m of 100lb braid on my penn 50vsx :) .. plus 100m topshot of 100lb mono. if i cant stop it with that its too bloody big :)
Northwest
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How bout a trynos 50, 2 spd
How bout a trynos 50, 2 spd a bit cheaper then the tiagra's same thing just not as bling. I have one and it has a shitload of drag only ever used on sambo's but its big, heavy and not really much fun...
younga34
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About 1300 m of 24kg line,
About 1300 m of 24kg line, size 50 reel
eltaco
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I use a Tiagra 50lrs runnin
I use a Tiagra 50lrs runnin 50lb Trilene and use a tld 50 both perfect maybe a little big but have had to stop some monsters
J Déjà Vu
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cheers so would you say a
cheers so would you say a tiagra 50lrs or Internation 50vsw spooled with 50lb mono withh be enough for landbased sharks as i am balloooning of jetties.
or should i go even a 70 or 80 and spool it with 50lb.
so many people say that tehy fit differen ammounts of metres with the 50s
honsu said he only got 700m of 50lb berkley and then seaquest stated he got 1100m of shougun 50lb
ther both the same reels but a different of 400metres more
if a inter 50vsw fits 1000m minium i would dfenitly buy one but who can i no for sure
the specs of the net dont show much of the 50lb
? cheers
Alan James
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Any reason you are not considering running braid
If the reason you thinking about a 50 is line capacity why not run braid with a mono topshot. That way the 30wlrs would suffice.
J Déjà Vu
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yeh never thort of that
yeh never thort of that really is that method good for sharks tho or onlyif u want extra line capacity. how much braid would you put on a 50lrs or 50 vsw and how much mono top ?
and what do u meen buy the 30 would suffice sorry dont understand tht term cheers man
Alan James
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Capacity of Tiagra 30wlrs
I have no actual data but imo if you were to spool a Tiagra 30wlrs with 50lb braid and a 150m topshot of mono you will probably have in excess of 1200m of line of the reel.
J Déjà Vu
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ahk well i fit 1100 mtres of
ahk well i fit 1100 mtres of 30lb shougun mono on my 30lrs so that hasa a good capacity
jst unsure bout the 50lrws or the 50vsw spool capcity with mono wont at leat a 1000m if possible
Alan James
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If the 30lrs has that capacity of 30lb mono
it will have a greater capacity of 50lb braid (including a 150m mono topshot). That being the case, why buy a new reel. That is what I am trying to say. Sharks really don't care whether the line is mono or braid.
J Déjà Vu
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sounds good so how can i
sounds good so how can i find out how mcuh 50lb braid i would fit on a 30svw or lrs and have enough for top shot cheers
Alan James
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I can't help with exact numbers
But imo you will have in excess of 1200m all up. Ask your local tackle shop.
tomas23
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i would go the tiagra 50 ,
i would go the tiagra 50 , but to be honest so many sharks have been landed on light gear and mono. last shark season a good friend of mine landed a 2.5 metre tiger shark off a jetty on a saltist/live fibre combo , alot of people over kill and dont make it fun. i would be sticking with the tiagra 30 and sticking some 24kg mono on it IGFA preferably so you can get as much metres on as possible and a decent rod with the right drag set up and you wont have dramas reeling in anything up to 3 metres , in saying that i dont mean no dramas but you have to be a capable fisherman. to put things into perspective my last shark was a hammer head and i skull dragged that in with a tld 25 + 30lb mono.
Feral
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just as an idea Salti 30vsw
just as an idea Salti
30vsw 1525yards/65lb braid
30vsx 775yards/80lb
50vsw 2000yards/80lb braid
50vsx 1100yards/100lb
ive got 2 of the 30vsx and 1 or the 50vsx with those line classes ...
if your on a jetty and a shark can pull out a km of 100lb mate your in more trouble than you realise .. youll never get the line back and more capacity aint going to help you .. in a boat you can chase and manouver the craft .. on a jetty he will go sideways and bust you off on something ..
my opinion .. if you can stand up to 15kg pressure for a while (not knowing how big you are) .. go a 30vsx and spool it with 100lb .. if you cant stop it in the first 400-600m you might as well sunset the drag and try to get your line back ..
in saying that .. only a 14ft+ shark is going to move that amount of line .. and how many of those are you going to find around your jetties that you actually want to keep ??