Tom's 9/0 kit, alan's drag insert and handle, the bosses knob, SS gear and sleeve from pro challenger:
Trolled for a Mahi Mahi and I got lucky to get the hookup on my reel! Overkill for such a fish but it was still very enjoyable putting one of these reels into use! Everything performed perfectly! Thanks everyone!
No such thing as over kill when you are trying out a beauty reel that one worked on and built !! Nice fish.
Cheers:
Todd
nice fish Andy
congrats
Way to go Andy! 8)
That's Fishing!! ;D ;D
Joe
That looks like a very pretty way to break in a reel! Very nice!
Way to go my friend!
Ron Jones
Nice. Fresh Dolphin tacos sounds good to me.
Way to break her in there, Andy!
Awesome Andy!
Sometimes they get Skull dragged. ;)
You brought a Machine Gun to a knife fight. ;D
Nice Andy!...better safe than sorry ;)
Thanks for the report.
Sal
Nice catch and nice reel overkill or not. Next time hook a reel tester for fun. Good Luck
The boat had nothing but stock 9/0's and as we walked down the dock everyone had the same in their boats. Seems to be the standard. Could have been a lot more fine if I hooked it on the narrow 4/0. Oh well there is always next time.
Good work Andy, your reel looks great, glad you caught a nice fish with it, and maybe many more, thanks & cheers Don.
Good work on the reel and that fish. Dominick
Nice looking rig. I caught my first Sailfish in Cancun at 18 yrs old. They sat me down in fighting chair and I used the charter boats big reel and broomsitck rod to haul in the 80 lbs fish. It was not fun. I don't even rember the fish running out line. My next Sailfish @ 130 lbs was years later in Cabo. 4/0 graphinte reel & MH rod. Perfect combo for this fish. No chair and played the fish for about 15 minutes. What a world of difference. The fish ran out line several time and jumped. Being over tackled is worst to me than under tackled. No thrill in being over tackeled.