I'm generally a weekend warrior fisher off the boats in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Generally I like bottom fishing for NE Sea Bass, but lately the stripers are hitting hard.
I have two Penn GTI 421 reels, both of which are now out of action. One I brought in for repar at the tackle shopped called Bernies. the other one I blamed for a bad fishing outing this weel :) I took it apart to lubricate it and all the small parts came out. I can't even begin to put it back together at this point so I'm shipping it to Penn for repair, I suppose.
That leaves me with a couple of 1:1 ratio penn reels, the kind you find on the charter boats. Maybe I should look for something new. I've always fellt my tackle is too heavy for what I'm doing. We never ever go below 60 ft. I'd say the deep bottom fishing in the NY Blight is in the 40 foot range. And a lot of the fishing is happening in the 15 and 20 foot drops, especially for Stripers and Flounder. It seems the guys who hit all the big fish are using the light, almost fresh water tackle. That would make my rod and reel too heavy.
Any thoughts?
Ruben
Hi Mr Bklyn
How long did Bernie's give you to be completed? Please tell me I need a laugh. I don't know your reel so I can't comment on it. If you fish on the O E or the M J IV you could fish up to 120' for Ling. The sharper guys use 30-40# Braid for that depth. In shore 30# Braid for Sea Bass & I like 30# Mono for porgies. You will fish 6-10 oz of lead.
Hope this helps
Mike
By the size of the wake you fish on the JET
Welcome MrBrklyn, There are a bunch of guys here that fish in your neck of the woods, and I'm sure they will chime in on your next fishing reel purchase adventure.
Nice fish!! I fish mostly down in pt.pleasant nj. We've got a very nice striper bite going this year. If you listen to bluefish you'll have all Newell's by July.lol. You can always pick us guys out on the head boats. Good luck this spring and welcome to Mr. Tani's neighborhood. G
Ad to see you here and keep posting pics. We love them.
Bob
I've been playing with Jig Master Jr lately. Making them Newell's with some of Alan's parts & Keta's parts. After those I have Daiwa 27 H for my Grandson when he gets bigger & a few 50 H to play with.
Not All Newell's
Mike
Welcome Ruben. Nice stripers! Bob
Ruben
If you now fish with Pelican on weekends then you know me.
Mike
Welcome from the Sacramento Delta
Howzit. Nice fishes!
Aloha
Tony [Pelican] was the last Captain on the Pilot II
Ruben, welcome to Mr. Tani's neighborhoodd...
Ruben
Tony is the Capt. on the Marlyn Jean IV on Pier 6. I do the Galley on weekends.
Quote from: bluefish69 on May 08, 2013, 12:32:33 AM
I've been playing with Jig Master Jr lately. Making them Newell's with some of Alan's parts & Keta's parts. After those I have Daiwa 27 H for my Grandson when he gets bigger & a few 50 H to play with.
Not All Newell's
Mike
Mike, no offense ment. You working on a head boat and giving a nod to the Newell's is a hell of an endorsement. I own 5 of them from the 220 on up through the narrow G454. Good reels.
Bob
Bob
No offence taken. On any weekday you will find 5 Newell's on board. Myself & Captain also 3 Regulars [all Chinese]. As of this weekend I will be using P 220's till Oct.
Sal
I am putting Newell Gears in the 3 Jig Master Jrs
Mike
Hi every one, I'm from way down under in Tasmania and I trout fish the river here. I moved to Tasmania from South Australia 13 years ago and retired here with my lovely wife. I am a metal blade spin fisher and alaways wade and fish rivers in the North of Tassie. The rivers have brown and rainbows in them and they are not big fish like they have in the lakes here. Most trout in the North would average around 400 gms (just under a pound) and occasionally one will catch a brown in the 1.5 kg ( 3 pounds) range. I have trout fished rivers in Sth Australia and Tasmania for close to 48 years now and at 67 years of age I still love as much now as I did when I first started spin fishing. The Trout season has just closed here for three months now for the spawning season but there are a couple of rivers open until the end of June. These are classed as Rainbow trout waters and I did get and have a fish in one yesterday and will put a report on the site very soon.
Cheers
meppstas.
steve is from tasmania as well. welcome!!!!!!
That's good, I found this site from one that I am on here in Tasmania referring to your site on fishing reel repairs.
cheers
meppstas
meppstas, welcome to Mr. Tani's neighborhood...
Quote from: Mel B on May 09, 2013, 03:05:11 PM
meppstas, welcome to Mr. Tani's neighborhood...
Thank you, it's nice to be in the neighborhood too... :)
cheers
Adrian
They are lighter in weight Graphite side plates, bars reel seat Graphite Spool or Aluminum bars, reel seat & spool. Ball Bearings on all reels. Easy to repair for some [ not picking on one person ] No springs to go Boing over your shoulder - ALL S S inside, some times even the Bridge Sleeve Most times Brass
Very Noisy, Handle sometimes strips on bridge sleeve - should have been metal on all reels, Company out of business - parts hard to find & expensive.
Ruben, no advantage, just preferences. I like the due to weight and service is easy. Like bluefish added. Parts are tough to come by now.
Bob
Welcome From England