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05-13-2013, 03:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
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How much drag is enough
looking for a conventional real under 20 oz to fight stripers. Mainly fishing live bait around bridgers and lobster pots. any help will be great.
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05-13-2013, 04:14 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
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Shimano Torium 16
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05-13-2013, 04:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
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sorry also lh and its more about there drags#
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05-13-2013, 04:37 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Wanna try out an Abu 6501? Also have a spare Abu Record 61 you could check out...
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05-13-2013, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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15# is plenty.
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05-14-2013, 08:31 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
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Most people use WAY too much drag.. most SHOULD know better...... consequently, they break tackle, straighten hooks and loose fish.. especialy at the surfs edge or at the boat where there is no cusion from the rod or line stretch... which in the case of braid, would be your shock leader .. after all.. that is why it is there ( or should be)... 1/4 the breaking strength of the weakest link ( usualy.. not always the leader) is plenty.... if you need more...apply the palm of your hand or your index finger( thumb on a conventional)... more big fish are lost each year because the drag was too tight or the angler panicked and tightened the drag than any other reason.. it's a fact... be more concerned with line capacity... Penn GTI series are great live line reels... and they are durable.. light and inexpensive... I've been pounding mine for about 10 years now and have yet to repalce a single part.... I prefer the lever drags... because i can set them up as a live line reel with the exact amount of resistance i want, yet set them to strike without worrying about changing my max drag setting...
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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05-14-2013, 08:56 AM
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Land OF Forgotten Toys
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Central MA
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Guilty^^
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05-14-2013, 11:07 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hardcore
15# is plenty.
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Agreed. I think 12# is enough most of the time.
Last edited by piemma; 05-15-2013 at 01:18 AM..
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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05-14-2013, 11:52 AM
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Too old to give a....
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,505
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Measure the drag against the flex of the rod also. You won't believe how much drag 15# pounds is. You may break your rod !
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05-14-2013, 02:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 91
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thanks guys im going to get my hands on a scale and give that a go and see were i stand after that. Thanks Ross i looked at a record nice real just is the drag question has me guessing.
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05-14-2013, 02:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
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Pretty much any reel you decide on will have enough drag for stripers. As stated above, you'd be surprised at how much drag 15 pounds is. And Rockfish9's post hit the nail on the head.
I'm one of those people who learned about setting the drag too high the hard way.
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05-14-2013, 03:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 147
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saltiga sa20 best reel around and smoothest drag
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05-14-2013, 04:22 PM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
Posts: 693
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read #6 again.
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