Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Any time you catch a fish it's a good day!   

I'm going to be quite controversial and say that I strongly suspect they take fish that have suffered significant barotrauma and send them off to die where we can't see it, instead of them floating off on the surface. Once barotrauma has occurred, the damage is done, you're not fixing that fish by sending it down to the bottom, you're just letting the pressure squash all the ruined organs back inside them.

The only study I could find states (emphasis mine):
Initial post-release mortality (defined as all mortality events observable from the vessel while fishing) across all devices was relatively low (7.5%) in capture depths less than 100 m, but increased significantly to 16.4% at capture depths from 100 to 135 m.

So beyond 100m depth, 16.4% of released fish died in such a way that it was observable from the vessel that they had died, how many more died a couple of hours later, or sank to the bottom, or drifted off a little before surfacing?

If you've caught your limit of a species affected by barotrauma, move on and fish for something else. You're probably still killing fish, but you get to feel better about it because you sent them to the bottom first.

          Well after reading the posts and uni knot is mention , tried another version of the 4 turn under arbor .     See you got me thinking again . Instead of tying a Rapala knot , I tied a uni knot.
      What I like about the uni knot is once the knot is sh-inched up the 4 turns are always locked up .  Another note is when you try to pull it backwards ,I am about 12-15 pounds pull to get it to slip . Pull it forward no slip .

Fishing is fishing, looks like a lot of fun

Quote from: oldmanjoe on Today at 01:17:17 AMI respect your knowledge , so I assume that you start with Dacron with back to back clove hitches , then tie into braid with the uni knot .
    Dacron does hold ,I can not get it to slip by hand pull .  Braid on the other hand, side by side test fails .

Both dacron and spectra.   

The Penn 85 I saw blow up was used by me on a sunny 68* day for trolling on the Sacramento River. Overnight it dipped to frost level.  When we go into the boat in the morning to fish again the spool was toast.  The Jigmaster and J.A. Coxe were in for a service because the reel wouldn't crank.  Bill

    Before you start signing autographs  Think of braid knots as 1-9292327464

Quote from: oldmanjoe on Today at 01:24:52 AMYes one side of the coin works and the other side of the coin fails.

My friends I think we've solved it. How to make line slip on a spool is tie the knot backwards. Ladies and gentlemen, you're quite welcome. I'll sign autographs for a small fee.

Yes one side of the coin works and the other side of the coin fails.

Quote from: Keta on April 30, 2024, 11:57:42 PMA few wraps around the spool or like I do a double clove hitch then a uni, pull tight.

I respect your knowledge , so I assume that you start with Dacron with back to back clove hitches , then tie into braid with the uni knot .
    Dacron does hold ,I can not get it to slip by hand pull .  Braid on the other hand, side by side test fails .