Sword season is coming soon and im determined to get one this year. Question which reel to use as go to reel. ATD 80w or 80 stw either loaded full with 130 hollow braid. Have to fish bait like 300 ft deep with lots of weight and wait and wait and then all h--- breaks loose. Super long runs no stops and massive fish . Once before i hooked up on one with 80 stw and it was not up to stopping the fish in 1000 yards. Result reel destroyed, 1000 yds momoi gone.
Would like to get a different outcome this time anyone have any thoughts about which reel can take the most punishment and keep on ticking? Both are stock no mods at all.
thanks for your thoughts
I like the bulletproof nature to the 80STW reels, but when you start your battle with 1/5 to 1/3 of your spool off of the reel, and you need to be cognisent of apply too much drag for the sword's soft lower jaw, you kinda start out at a disadvantage.
If money is not an issue, go with the Accurate Platnium Twin Drag reel.
I would definately use holocore to keep the stretch, and negative effects of line drag to a minimum.
Grease all bearings, and use a wet drag. Make sure your reels are serviced, and know the actual effective drag numbers with various amounts of line off of the reel, being run through the rod.
Or forget the sporting aspect and get a Lingren Pittman commercial electric reel.
Do you have any pics of past catches to share?
How are you fishing for them and where are you located? If you are day timing (deep dropping) than the 80 wide would give you the capacity for fishing the depths 1200-2000'. If you are night time fishing within 300' of the surface, a 50w would be sufficient except for the rare 500lb + fish. If you are deep dropping , they make reel crankies for the Penn, not sure if they make them for the Accurate.. Not fun to hand crank a 10-15lb lead sinker up without electric assistance. Generally if you hook a sword deep dropping, they will swim with the weight to the surface trying to shed it. It is the bait checks and no bite times when you do not want to crank that weight up a third of a mile by hand.
Quote from: conchydong on June 27, 2015, 12:16:35 AM
How are you fishing for them and where are you located? If you are day timing (deep dropping) than the 80 wide would give you the capacity for fishing the depths 1200-2000'. If you are night time fishing within 300' of the surface, a 50w would be sufficient except for the rare 500lb + fish. If you are deep dropping , they make reel crankies for the Penn, not sure if they make them for the Accurate.. Not fun to hand crank a 10-15lb lead sinker up without electric assistance. Generally if you hook a sword deep dropping, they will swim with the weight to the surface trying to shed it. It is the bait checks and no bite times when you do not want to crank that weight up a third of a mile by hand.
I have been using a 80W 500m 130lb solid then 1200yards JB hollow then 150lb topshot 400lb wind on leader I use a concrete weight with a breakaway so you dont have to wind it back up. Had three drops so far. Had a bite on the first drop but no hookup. No luck Yet ,will keep trying
Good luck Jon
I use a Tiagra 50WLRSA for Swordfishing without any problems at all. We do use the "Reel Crankie" to retrieve the line and bait.
after being spooled once myself (80stw/mono) and watching it happen twice more to other folks (50w/mono) i have no confidence that my 50w will get it done for me even with braid.
So i got me the biggest thing i could afford and loaded it with 130 cortland braid. think about 1400 yards on both atd 80 and 80 stw. Just not sure which one is the more bullet proof