Man, this is why we need a dislike button... I don't mean this at all as a personal attack to you Dan, we obviously have differing opinions, and that's fine. I just think this completely defeats the purpose of mooching reels and keeping things sporting. Comical? The whole point of recreational or sport fishing is to enjoy the experience and catch a few fish. If you lose a fight, remember it's called fighting, not winning a fish, you lose the fight. Well done fish. If you can't keep up, you don't get the fish, pretty simple. Sport. If you want to make things easier, go for it I guess..?Better performance while maintaining the essence of what a mooching reel is. Watching guys reel after a fish on a 1 to 1 is comical. Looks like they are going to pop a nut trying to keep up with their fish and with barbless operations out west I cant even imagine how many fish are dropped because of a lack line between the lure and angler.
That's just my new view after being exposed to a multiplier moocher. Prior to this I was totally sold on 1 to 1 sport.
Yet thousands of people including myself have used level wind reels for river fishing since the 60's without problems?Although, if you're going to use a reel with a higher gear ratio, this mooching style would be far nicer than the current level winds that create that awful torque on top of the rod, rocking back and forth... never understood them. But this style would make it nicer for older folks or people with disabilities to use them. So there is definitely some value in these in that regard. Maybe we should put an age limit or doctor's note requirement for their use like downriggers used to be?
Can you elaborate how a higher speed reel preserves the quality of a salmon ? And aids in survival rate ?Higher speed reels preserve the quality of your fish for the table and aid in the survival rate of the ones you release.
Yeah I know all that already...... so your basically saying that you just reel in the fish in as fast as you can , which really means your hookin it then reefing it in hoping you don’t pull the hook or rip the jaw off ?so you have the drag on as hard as it goes ? I still fail to see what your saying.... the fish swims the same speed when it’s on a run doesn’t matter the reel , that’s a drag thing. As to trying to catch up to the fish on a slack line really that’s within a few seconds.Yes, the quicker the fish comes in the and the quicker the release or the bleeding and into the cooler the better.
Fish have a very high metabolic rate and when you catch them they are often exhausted when you finally get them to the surface. A build up of lactic acid during this time can spoil the quality of the meat.
Catch and release quickly or hookem' and cookem' whichever, be responsible with the resource.
I've done that with big spinners - I'm sure I'm the only person who cares but I have come on here a few times complaining about how nobody builds quality spinning reels you can reel backwards anymore; this kind of thing is partly why.I have never tried it, and likely never would, but curious what would happen if you put a spinning reel on a downrigger rod, and tried trolling with that. At 5:1, 6:1, or whatever, retrieval would be fast, but I imagine the reel would not perform very well with a 30'ber at 250' deep! (if the reel would even take that much line)
Has anyone (for fun) tried such a thing?