Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Hey all,
A buddy sent me this today and I thought I'd share..

Watch this little Thai guy get it done! .... without a harness... impressive.. a good lesson for all

I'm hoping Alan gets into this kind of action!

and what the heck is a Shimano Jigger 5000P ? 

Enjoy ya'll

must have been a long fight!   

Sorry, but see no link?

erik, shimano jigger almost the same as a trini...

Whoops !! 

here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcpXNeTIEA&app=desktop

The reel is high end Shimano Ocea Jigger 5000P.

The P is for power gears...slower gear ratio.

Now I know why you guys don't bother to come striper fishing. 
That guy is a skilled angler to say the least... I'm twice his size and would've lost that fish in 2 minutes. His gear is top notch, also.
I love the spiral wrapped rods!
Beautiful fish!
Thanks for sharing,
Dom

Dom, that guy was struggling so bad that he almost went flying a few times. I do give him a lot of credit, but if he had a 10/0 or 14/0 that fight would have been over a while back.
Anyone notice the guy on the left catching a bird with his?
You need low gears to bring in monsters. ...nice video Erik, thanks for sharing.

He is lucky he didn't work the hook out with his poor pumping technique.    Nice fish though, 16# heavier than my best landed.

I think it is all attributed to the rod.  That rod had a lot of give to absorb the power of the fish and punish it.  I betcha he was probably fishing with 25-27 lbs of drag the whole time and the fish felt the full 25- 27 lbs of drag the whole time.  This is one of the reason why I really like the new black hole jigging rod, expensive but with a heck of a lot of power to kill fish fast.

Gotta give that guy credit for catching that fish on the small reel, w/heavy drag settings.  Not sure I like the long parabolic rod w/titanium guides though.  It did keep the pressure on the fish and absorbed shock, smoothed out the surges, but that high fulcrum point and long 'spongy' type rod put some serious punishment on the angler as well.  Much harder to gain line/lift tue fish when pumping since most of your initial lift just loads the rod up first, before it can transfer to the fish.  I think a short fully rollered rod w/a bent butt, and a strong/stiff backbone , and a snappier tip (to help mitigate surges w/spectra), and a proper lower belt, and seat harness would allow much better control of the fish, and lifting power with short/quick pumps to turn the head and keep em coming.  You want to fight the fish (not the rod), and keep physics on your side.  Non rollered guides are tough on your line, and introduce more jerkiness to the equation too. 
Still impressive non-the-less.

Quote from: Alto Mare on March 17, 2014, 10:45:28 PM
Dom, that guy was struggling so bad that he almost went flying a few times. I do give him a lot of credit, but if he had a 10/0 or 14/0 that fight would have been over a while back.
Anyone notice the guy on the left catching a bird with his?
You need low gears to bring in monsters. ...nice video Erik, thanks for sharing.

I noticed that bird too Sal! Since you went ahead and said it, I might as well exhonerate your reply.
A 10/0 on a stiff 120lb rated roller rod would have made short work of that bad boy!

Thanks for the Video Erik!

You really got to appreciate the perseverance of the fisherman and the strength of that rod. Laying it on the rail like that could have been disaster.

Quote from: Tightlines666 on March 17, 2014, 11:54:22 PM
Gotta give that guy credit for catching that fish on the small reel, w/heavy drag settings.  Not sure I like the long parabolic rod w/titanium guides though.  It did keep the pressure on the fish and absorbed shock, smoothed out the surges, but that high fulcrum point and long 'spongy' type rod put some serious punishment on the angler as well.  Much harder to gain line/lift tue fish when pumping since most of your initial lift just loads the rod up first, before it can transfer to the fish.  I think a short fully rollered rod w/a bent butt, and a strong/stiff backbone , and a snappier tip (to help mitigate surges w/spectra), and a proper lower belt, and seat harness would allow much better control of the fish, and lifting power with short/quick pumps to turn the head and keep em coming.  You want to fight the fish (not the rod), and keep physics on your side.  Non rollered guides are tough on your line, and introduce more jerkiness to the equation too. 
Still impressive non-the-less.

The physics is that unless he is harnessed in, which he was not, the short fast taper rod would have forced him to use the rail as a fulcrum point.  the parabolic rod actually put more pressure on the fish by sacrificing the vertical lifting power.  Even though he is lifting very little but traveling through a longer arc, there is no time in the process when the fish felt and less pressure.  He is actually making the fish fight the rad harder than someone using a short taper rod.  Also the parabolic bend in the rod shortened the effective lever the fish have against you since the lever is a straight line from the fulcrum to the loaded rod tip.  This is the reason why the east coast jigger is able to land some big big fish using very light tackle and in record time too.  However there is a drawback here in that the angler must be in fairly good shape to fight the fish in stand up fashion.