1933 Penn Long Beach To Fish With

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October 18, 2015, 08:56:16 PM Last Edit: October 19, 2015, 08:28:41 PM by Oceanreels
   One day I got the bright idea that I wanted to see what it would be like to fish with a bone stock 1933 Long Beach. Went through a box of reels to be cleaned and found a late 300 yd. reel with the metal collar on the head plate. Cleaned, new Penn grease, oil and best set of leather drags I had, reel was ready to fish. Never did fish it. Be willing to bet the only difference between this and the late 50s, early 60s reels I use for bottom fishing that you would notice is the way the drags are and the grasp. I use a Long beach 60 and 65 for bottom fish. The 60 has HT100 drags and the 65 was NOB so I just added line to it and got it wet. They both are untouched since 2008, except for yearly cleaning. Biggest fish on them so far is a little over a 30 Lb. Halibut.  I guess I should spool up this reel and try it at least once.

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October 18, 2015, 11:30:04 PM

The '33 reels in 300 yards sizes are uncommon. If you do fish with a old scarce reel you'll probable catch an old scarce fish too.   :)  Good luck with that.

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October 19, 2015, 01:45:39 AM
Quote from: Superhook on October 18, 2015, 11:30:04 PM

The '33 reels in 300 yards sizes are uncommon. If you do fish with a old scarce reel you'll probable catch an old scarce fish too.   :)  Good luck with that.
LOL ;D
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October 19, 2015, 04:51:26 AM
Careful fishing the 1933 models. One of the reasons for eliminating the upper cross bar was the likelihood of getting your thumb jammed between the bar and the line with a large fish like a Halibut. You would not be the first fisherman to loose his thumb print because of the dangers of the upper cross bar :'( :'(

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October 19, 2015, 08:34:36 PM
  Mike,
    Thanks for the heads up on the early reels. For me, if I have the drag locked down and the fish is still taking line, get out the gloves. Never been fond of putting my thumb on the spool. If the gloves don't stop it, time to start moving the boat.
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October 20, 2015, 06:03:22 AM
QuoteThanks for the heads up on the early reels. For me, if I have the drag locked down and the fish is still taking line, get out the gloves. Never been fond of putting my thumb on the spool. If the gloves don't stop it, time to start moving the boat

That's smart. No fish is worth loosing a finger.
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