New Boat Reel.

[BestNest]

Any advice on a new Boat reel. Edging towards a TLD15. Be using it for Shadding mainly and abit Jigging etc.
Cheers for any advice.

[big sid]

Boat Reel

TLD15 Seem's to be the No1 choice of the majority of anglers on here.

[BestNest]

I, its looking like one of them.

[lingking]

good choice

[big_sean]

For shadding i would be looking at a higher retrieve rate, something like a slosh 30, penn 535, avet or a daiwa saltist all have 6:1 to 1 retreives


Sean

[The Great Wallsendo]

I'm erring towards even a 525 with 30lb fine braid this year...maybe?

[big_sean]

I'm erring towards even a 525 with 30lb fine braid this year...maybe?

Tony try a 535/slosh 30 and watch them all start changing as yor catch rate will go up!

Sean

[BestNest]

Tony try a 535/slosh 30 and watch them all start changing as yor catch rate will go up!

Sean

So a Slosh30 is sufficient for boat, would I be better of with a 50?

[themadcockney]

I'll be using my Abu 7000i for shadding

[The Great Wallsendo]

So a Slosh30 is sufficient for boat, would I be better of with a 50?

It is - however I would only be using it to supplement my main fishing reel...which is a TLD 15.

Given the choice of buying either I'd plump for the TLD

[lingking]

30 and 535 fine for light boat work

use them for jigging in the north sea and end up with a pile of scrap metal

tld will cover all situations and still be functioning next season.

stevo changed my mind

[The Jester]

I'm erring towards even a 525 with 30lb fine braid this year...maybe?

The 3 reels i use on the boat are, 535 x 1 and 525 x 2, they are great for shadding and wrecking, i reckon the stick these reels get pulling in fish through kelp and snaggs off the shore, they are more than capable of pulling fish up vertically, they have high retrieve rate...but dont wind so fast when you have a fish on. When you dont have a fish on wind like hell and it flys back up to the surface for the next drift Just a personal choice but i cant see the point of huge reels to fish our waters...

[codfathers father]

Hi bestnest tld15 are good reels but they do have an issue with their bearings.The abu 7000 and slosh seem to be better options.

[BestNest]

The 3 reels i use on the boat are, 535 x 1 and 525 x 2, they are great for shadding and wrecking, i reckon the stick these reels get pulling in fish through kelp and snaggs off the shore, they are more than capable of pulling fish up vertically, they have high retrieve rate...but dont wind so fast when you have a fish on. When you dont have a fish on wind like hell and it flys back up to the surface for the next drift Just a personal choice but i cant see the point of huge reels to fish our waters...

So you only use a Penn 525 on the boat ?
Would never of thought possible. But your comment makes me think like.

[OuTkast76]

I used a 525 on my first trip on the JFK and struggled, I wouldnt recommend using one on a boat