Reel info

[fisherman]

what reel suggestion forodr black hole 691 ul conventional?

 

[Leprechaun]

Hi fisherman - some more info would help narrow down a reel or two for your BH. What fish are you targeting?

 

[fisherman]

Hi fisherman - some more info would help narrow down a reels or two for your BH. What fish are you targeting?

Thank you
Inshore mostly fluke porgies blackfish.

 

[Leprechaun]

Okey Dokey, I like and use myself the Daiwa Tatula 150P and the Abu Garcia Revo Winch - I have the Gen4, but the Gen5 version is even nicer. Both of those feature an "around" 5.3:1 retrieve ratio. If you do a little searching (hint: Ebay) you should be able to buy the Tatula for the right price. Or you could go budget and look at the RevoX Gen5 in the 5.4:1 ratio. Its basically a previous-generation Revo Winch Gen4, which as I said, I also own and use regularly.

Try to stay under a gear ratio of 6:1 as it will help with cranking on better fish without pulling the hook.

If you want to spend more money, I can help there too. But the reels I mentioned are so nice, there's really no need to spend more - unless you want to, that is.

If you're feeling "creative" here's a thread that's worth a read-thru. It demonstrates want can be done with an "inappropriate' reel to make it a killer fluking reel. Not cheap, but the cost of happiness is an individual choice.

Thread 'The Inshore Baitcaster Daiwa SHOULD have built'

May 30, 2023

Whilst wandering the NJ SW Fishing Expo this past March with my friend Eddie/Savvy18 the subject of the Daiwa Coastal TW200HS came up. Its always been a very pretty reel - possibly the best looking SW-intended baitcaster on the planet - but the uber-fast 7.3:1 gear ratio is a great big turn-off - and not just for me.

I pointed out the reel to Eddie at the Daiwa factory kiosk - he told me he already owned one, but didn't enjoy using it because the extremely fast 7.3:1 gearing was just not what works well for fluking with any kind of weighty bucktail. Not to mention it was way too fast to...

• Leprechaun
• Replies: 10
• Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep

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[fisherman]

Okey Dokey, I like and use myself the Daiwa Tatula 150P and the Abu Garcia Revo Winch - I have the Gen4, but the Gen5 version is even nicer. Both of those feature an "around" 5.3:1 retrieve ratio. If you do a little searching (hint: Ebay) you should be able to buy the Tatula for the right price. Or you could go budget and look at the RevoX Gen5 in the 5.4:1 ratio. Its basically a previous-generation Revo Winch Gen4, which as I said, I also own and use regularly.

Try to stay under a gear ratio of 6:1 as it will help with cranking on better fish without pulling the hook.

If you want to spend more money, I can help there too. But the reels I mentioned are so nice, there's really no need to spend more - unless you want to, that is.

If you're feeling "creative" here's a thread that's worth a read-thru. It demonstrates want can be done with an "inappropriate' reel to make it a killer fluking reel. Not cheap, but the cost of happiness is an individual choice.

Thread 'The Inshore Baitcaster Daiwa SHOULD have built'

May 30, 2023

Whilst wandering the NJ SW Fishing Expo this past March with my friend Eddie/Savvy18 the subject of the Daiwa Coastal TW200HS came up. Its always been a very pretty reel - possibly the best looking SW-intended baitcaster on the planet - but the uber-fast 7.3:1 gear ratio is a great big turn-off - and not just for me.

I pointed out the reel to Eddie at the Daiwa factory kiosk - he told me he already owned one, but didn't enjoy using it because the extremely fast 7.3:1 gearing was just not what works well for fluking with any kind of weighty bucktail. Not to mention it was way too fast to...

• Leprechaun
• Replies: 10
• Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep

• 

Thank you very much
Very informative and gives me reels to check out

 

[Leprechaun]

You know, now that I think about it, I owned one of those Black Hole 691 UL rods several seasons back. It was the spinning model and I liked it a lot. Very nice blank, though a trifle fast for my taste. Anyway, it wasn't the action that got me to sell it, rather it was that the reel seat was down-locking, with the thread above the reel, instead of below, like about 95% of all the other spinning rods out there. That works fine on an inshore baitcasting rod, because with those setups most people, including me, cup the reel during use and so there's usually not a reason to place one's hand above the reel.

In the end I just didn't care for having my hand on those uncomfortable threads, instead of soft EVA. So it had to leave my arsenal, though I really did like it overall. Very nice build quality.

Here a pair of fat offshore 5lb-ers, done in on the same early-July trip by my dear-departed BH 691UL/trusty Tsunami Evict 3000 combo. Note the custom HTLureco ball jig deep in the throat of the second fishie: