I purchased a new Penn 320gti level wind reel with a Penn power stick for trolling tube and worm. My question is this. How do I know how much backing to put on the reel? I plan on fishing with 30lb. lead core line. :confused:

You are not going to be able to fit much backing at all with that reel and leadcore, it just doesn't have the line capacity. I would probably put 15'-20' of backing and stuff as much leadcore as she will hold. If I remember correctly when I was running that same setup I had enough leadcore to get me down about 15'.......

Check on the lead core it comes in 27 Lb ,36Lb dont think they make a 30 Lb. but if using the 36Lb no dacron under it.

Sax - I have nothing to add of any value other than Welcome To S-B :btu:

I am debating on getting this reel for trolling instead of a wire line outfit. I recently read an article about trolling deep with braid instead of wire/leadcore. It was in last months SWS. It claimed braid cuts thru the water significantly better than mono and with a 3-4oz drail attached to the tube-n-worm or umbrella it can get down to the 25-30 ft range. This set up can be also used for chunking, eels, etc where wire cannot. It gives you a little more flexability. I have not used braid for trolling deep(just read about it) so if anyone has I'd like to hear the pros & cons.