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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: cohoho on May 08, 2014, 05:49:18 PM

Title: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: cohoho on May 08, 2014, 05:49:18 PM: Went with a buddy in his boat - we limited across the board for Butts and Lings.. Oggles of sea bass too... Nothing big from the Halibut side but some nice lings, especially this blue colored Ling.. 600-700ft of water - thank goodness for electric reels. Will be asking Santa for one the same reel this year, holy moly -how freaking nice that experience was..

Ex.... "Oh -oh -oh fish on" - oh let me click the reel to engage and have a sandwich - oh looky there that fish has some fight in it - better dial down on it. You mean I actually have to wind the last three foot to get it into the boat. Whew- what a work out!!!!

I think I might figure out a hook up to the front of the truck in case I get stuck in the mud... Those reels got some power for sure!
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: gasman on May 08, 2014, 05:53:34 PM: Fished deep waters for lings once with electric reels, wont do it with out on now :bdid:

They are awesome, but pricey. I drool over them at Sportco when i go there :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: Mfowl on May 08, 2014, 07:09:04 PM: Awesome! Nice haul! My dad has 2 Daiwa Seaborg electric reels. They are a pleasure for deep water fishing for sure!
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: buckhorn2 on May 08, 2014, 07:21:34 PM: Nice fish sounds like a great day. Are you going to try those reels on oversize.
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: cohoho on May 08, 2014, 07:51:33 PM: No they weren't mine. I do not see them being effective on a "REAL" fish... Bottom fish yea- like a piece of plywood attached at four corners with no fight... But not sure they could they handle the stress of OS... I think the line would snap in a heart beat or the drag would get smoked... :yike:
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: sirmissalot on May 09, 2014, 08:39:43 AM: Right on, we had a good grade of halibut but had to work for them and ran out of time to go for lings, we made up for it with black cod though.

Electric reels sure do have a way of making it more fun, I just can't bring myself to spend the money on them though.
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: Antlershed on May 09, 2014, 01:00:19 PM: Nice work Mike. I went out to the canyon with a guy from work last year. Vowed I would never go back unless I had an electric reel. It no fun reeling up 3-4lbs of lead from 600-800'.
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: cohoho on May 09, 2014, 03:55:45 PM: Quote from: Antlershed on May 09, 2014, 01:00:19 PM
Nice work Mike. I went out to the canyon with a guy from work last year. Vowed I would never go back unless I had an electric reel. It no fun reeling up 3-4lbs of lead from 600-800'.

:tup: My thoughts 100%... I like fighting fish - that fight, not pulling plywood sheets straight up, but if I am going after plywood sheets then I am getting an electric reel before next year...

I swore I never would own one - even AK, but we only fished 150ft max up there, but gheez those extras 500ft sure make it a work out... My first time using one! No question SOLD on them 100%!
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: Rick on May 09, 2014, 08:08:56 PM: After listening to my buddy about how hard it is to fish halibut off the coast without an electric reel I bought a Daiwa Tanacom 750.

I used it once and gave it to my dad. Deep water without an electric reel isn't that hard...lol
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: Mfowl on May 09, 2014, 09:13:41 PM: Quote from: Rick on May 09, 2014, 08:08:56 PM
After listening to my buddy about how hard it is to fish halibut off the coast without an electric reel I bought a Daiwa Tanacom 750.

I used it once and gave it to my dad. Deep water without an electric reel isn't that hard...lol

I actually prefer to reel my fish in all the way in deep water. The electric reel shines when you need to do a bait check or move for another drift. Fighting fish on them is actually not good for the gears and can/will burn them out. The highend, big $$$ reels can do it all.
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: Come Get Some on May 10, 2014, 06:21:11 AM: I have 2 Fish winch electrics on my boat. We use them for handicapped guys and gals. They are very in expensive,quiet and tough. We use them on Penn 345's. The power they have is amazing. No chance to burn them out and they do not time out if heated up. VERY GOOD price for a tough electric.
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: sirmissalot on May 14, 2014, 07:11:19 AM: I may have to check those out Jim, how long have you had them? I have two pens that either need replaced or upgraded with electrics, I wouldn't mind giving those a shot.
Title: Re: Butts and Lings "the easy way"
Post by: C-Money on May 15, 2014, 05:21:31 PM: Looks like a great day Cohoho!