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The Northwoods wholesale website does not show the Okuma ma-15dx or ma-20dx anymore. Does anyone know of any other site that has them at a reasonable price? I was wanting to pick up a couple to try and I am now kicking myself for not buying these when they were 25 bucks apiece. :bash Is there any other line counters that I may want to look at or to stay away from?
I appreciate your help.
Thanks
Baitcasters and Power Pro Depth Hunter line, dont need no linecounter.
Bought a 4 pack of their trolling rod/reel combos , 8 ft rods came with diawa line counters on em. Used em once,and actually thought they were maybe a little bit better than an okuma. Rod and reel for price of an okuma magda. Deal of the day!! From northwoods
I had forgotten about you talking about the Power Pro. I am not familiar with braided line. Is there a certain knot that you have to use with braid? Any issues with the line fading and making it hard to see after awhile? You know how my eyesight is!! :biggrin
Polomar knot and I am on my second season without changing the line, did reverse it this year.
paul,sent you a pm,
Thanks buddy. I knew I had seen them somewhere else before. I have it saved now.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueball
Thanks Rees. Would like to make the cranking get together to see how the pros do it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
Hope yall can make it, not sure about pros but we are learning.
Check out these reels at Northwoods outlet.net
Southbend size 20
BB-22TLR
$27.99
Looks almost identical to the Okuma reels
South Bend Size 20 Reel
Looks like a nice reel. Thanks Slabo.
Why did you reverse it? And did you just unspool it and then put it back on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
It's a way of utilizing the line next to spool that has not been used for anything but backing. You can unspool it but the best way to do it is take one empty reel and reel the line off another full reel onto the empty one. The line that has been used previously becomes your backing.Quote:
Originally Posted by tigerinfielder3
I just tied the end that had the snap on it to another reel and reel it up, mrdux hit the nail on the head.Quote:
Originally Posted by tigerinfielder3
I get the 1500 yard spool and put 200 feet on each real, Goodtime and I both lined our reels and have some left, think it was 119 bucks for the spool.
You guys using braid can't appreciate this. Over Memorial weekend we were slamming huge crappie and bass trolling cranks but the channel catfish were terrible. We were probably catching 5 cats to every crappie. I had let one of my Okumas free-spool with a crank on it and got distracted. When I noticed the reel was in free-spool it was because it was almost down to the center shaft on the spool. I grabbed it and noticed the line-counter read OVER 900 feet of line out. I started reeling and noticed it sure didn't feel right. I had a c55 which pulls hard on it. It just didn't feel like it was only bait I was reeling in. I thought it was the bait and line drag from that much line. We were moving at 1.7-1.8. I finally realized I had a passenger on the c55--a 3 pound channel cat. I took what seemed like 5 minutes to reel that stupid catfish and 900 feet of line in. I had several hundred feet of cheap backing on the reel and guess I had tied a good knot between the backing and line. It all worked out in the end.
Thanks Slabo,Quote:
Originally Posted by Slabo
I had missed seeing these earlier. I was looking under the trolling reel section. It looks like a nice reel, I might have to give them a try.
Look a lot like okunas.will report when a co u ple get here.
What is the set-up?"
Thanks in advance
Herb
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Originally Posted by Rees Guide
I use 8 baitcasters line with Power pro depth hunter line. Line is mark every 5 foot and changes color every 25 feet. I use 200 foot on each reel making sure thee same color is first coming off the reels. Have used it with spinning reels as well, same principle and works great.
Northwwoods has the okuma for 33.99 for 15 or 20's on there today
With a spinning reel it makes for a killer long lining outfit also. Dual purpose that way. I've been using the Depth Hunter line for quite awhile now. I do use it with a line counter for pulling cranks, but I also push with it and power troll with it on a regular bait caster. I also use it on a set of spinning reels for long longing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rees Guide
thats exactly what I have but I have yet to long line yet.....looks like a tangled mess to me lol...think Ill stick to cranks and spiderQuote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
I've only long lined a few times, but had decent results when I did. It's a great way to locate fish and that's what we did at a C.C fruit jar tourney at Butla one time. We wound up pushing minners in the same area we found the fish the next day and finished a close second. The fish were in a small area so we figured we could stay on them longer spider rigging instead of long lining for the tourney. We knew they were there by locating the spot long lining.Quote:
Originally Posted by tigerinfielder3