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electric reels - 4 June 2009 15:58:53

Ashley van Viersen

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Has anybody got any experience with them as to which are the most reliable and service and parts if needed.

It is not for me although I might need one in the future and not interested in the morality etc of of their use.

Just been asked to look into the use of them and the different brands etc.

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Ashley
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RE: electric reels - 4 June 2009 17:01:48

Ray Denn

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I have not used one myself but a couple of years ago a group went out on the Hawthorne Angling clubs boat from Jurien Bay.Both the skipper and his mate were using Miya Epoch electric reels. It was sure was a lot easier for them having to wind up 75m of line with a 24oz snapper lead than it was for me winding up my TLD25.

If I was to regularly fish water of such depth I would definitely get an electric reel.

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RE: electric reels - 4 June 2009 20:31:54

Hal Harvey

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Ash,

In medium size ones just about everybody buys Daiwas; and in big ones (deep deep), Miya Epochs; unless you want ginormous, and then it's Daiwa again.

Have never yet seen a problem with one or required a part for one.

The two others around are Shimano and Banax, but they're both on the small side.

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RE: electric reels - 4 June 2009 20:49:45

Peter Anderton

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Ashley, Ryan down at Oceanise Tackle & Marine uses one for really deep stuff (at to around 400/500mtrs'ish), great for retrieving fishless gear, doesn't use it for fish fighting.

Ryan could give you some info' from a users viewpoint, he's using a Daiwa from memory.

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RE: electric reels - 4 June 2009 21:33:08

Ashley van Viersen

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Thanks very much for the replies.

I was out in 100 + metres the other night and although I stood up to the task (just) winding up from that depth with up to four fish on was a fair old workout on the arms and winding for a while, i was using a 25 size 2 speed OH reel with 50 lb braid and a 15kg 1.5mtr Penn boat rod.

So the discussion soon got around to electric reels seeing as how the skipper was using an electric Alvey.

It would be used just for a quick way of testing if the fish were biting at depths of 75+ fathoms.

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Ashley

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RE: electric reels - 5 June 2009 12:59:29

Brendan McConnell

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Tanacom's the go, got some cheap one's on Ebay most of the time , 2nd hand from Japan usually have PE 5 or PE8 line on them too.

Usually around 350 to 800 bucks for the different models.

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RE: electric reels - 5 June 2009 13:46:34

Andy Woodford

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I've just put 1000M of 150lb braid on my electric down rigger and plan to use that combined with a conventional rod and reel for fishing deep.

The idea being that you can use the downrigger to bring back the sinker, but if a fish is on it will pull the line from the release clip and I can play the fish by hand.

Not tried it out yet though.

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