Thread: what reel/rod combo for deep water?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Wow that's huge. 37kg braid or nylon? Never been a big user of fixed spool but I knew they have really beefed up a few top end ones. Is the Saltist up there with the likes of the Shimano Stellar? Still winching up 500m of line with a eggbeater sounds like little fun to me. Winching fish in general is fucking boring anyway.

Sorry bro, saltiga not saltist
Agree that winching fish is boring. I dont bother much anymore. Rather scrap out a kingi. I was on the receiving end of a good lesson when puka fishing out a mayor one day. Got dam near dragged over when fishing at 300m deep, had me fucked for 1hr 55mins, get a hundy take a hundy and so on. Then the circle hook let go Never saw it but the hook when we looked at it was now a dull gray and the other was still shinny and new. I suspect it was hooked in somethings gut as there were rub marks on the trace 500mm either side of the hook! Good knows what it was but it was a demon Bout the only fun ive had puka fishing.
Have seen one with 500m of 37. Yes they are same or more than a stella

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