Lenny41
04-10-2007, 03:56 PM
G'day Fellas,
New to the site, first post. I picked up a cheap Okuma Catalina 30L overhead and 300yds of 80pd braid at a closing down sale recently and was wondering if this reel would be suitable for deep water jigging? The guy I bought it off didn't seem to be able to offer much advice, no doubt why he was closing down but I bought the reel anyway - $150 seemed like a good price. Whilst it is a levelwind the mechanism appears very sturdy and the reel has an oversized gearbox.
Also, I was after a jig stick to match. Something in the 37kg range perhaps a blue rose, T-curve or jigwrex. Shimano seem to do quite a few but I haven't seen much else around. Any other brands available that you'd recommend?
Lenny
New to the site, first post. I picked up a cheap Okuma Catalina 30L overhead and 300yds of 80pd braid at a closing down sale recently and was wondering if this reel would be suitable for deep water jigging? The guy I bought it off didn't seem to be able to offer much advice, no doubt why he was closing down but I bought the reel anyway - $150 seemed like a good price. Whilst it is a levelwind the mechanism appears very sturdy and the reel has an oversized gearbox.
Also, I was after a jig stick to match. Something in the 37kg range perhaps a blue rose, T-curve or jigwrex. Shimano seem to do quite a few but I haven't seen much else around. Any other brands available that you'd recommend?
Lenny