09-02-2012, 08:05 PM
[quote gdn443]Having used both reels for large fish, it's alot easier to reel in with a baitcaster. A large fish will put alot of strain on a reel, a baitcaster will take the beating better in my opinion. You still have to pull and then reel down no matter which reel you use. I have had spinning rigs malfuction on a large fish. Thats why we need rods for different fish. So I tell the wife anyway. [
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So lemme ask:
Why do fishing reels even have line specs to begin with? Whats to stop me from putting 30 or 40lb mono on my Okuma CJ80S?
Also, why would someone ever use stronger line than a reel's maximum drag? For example, my CJ80S has a maximum drag of 33lbs, meaning that anything pulling with more than 33lbs of force is going to take line off the spool, and that the line will never experience more than 33lbs of force. What would be the point of using 80lb braid on a reel whose max drag doesn't remotely approach 89lbs?
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][/quote]So lemme ask:
Why do fishing reels even have line specs to begin with? Whats to stop me from putting 30 or 40lb mono on my Okuma CJ80S?
Also, why would someone ever use stronger line than a reel's maximum drag? For example, my CJ80S has a maximum drag of 33lbs, meaning that anything pulling with more than 33lbs of force is going to take line off the spool, and that the line will never experience more than 33lbs of force. What would be the point of using 80lb braid on a reel whose max drag doesn't remotely approach 89lbs?
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