Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Reports & Expeditions
Kaibatsu Broken on GT
Jon Li:
--- Quote from: Andy Rowe on December 19, 2009, 11:07:31 AM ---Hi Jon / Sami,
It looks like there is a week point there, though to be fair the WV80XH appears to have an issue with the top part of the handle splitting, a different stress point though???
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Top part of the handle splitting is mostly caused by the rod being loosely inserted into the handle when the strike occurs , this loosening can be attributed by continuous casting where the big knot between the PE line n the heavy leader , nowaday I prefer to use lighter leader + heavy bite leader because of this .
The splitting of the handle has been known to happen on other models in Carpenter line so it is not inherent to WV alone , the repair is quite easy though , just wrap the split blank with thread used for wrapping guides and then put a new EVA grip over it , the handle can be used again without any problem .
Jon .
Sami Ghandour:
--- Quote from: Luke Wyrsta on December 19, 2009, 11:45:46 AM ---I think you summed it up well Andy and Sami.
Collateral damage in the quest for GT. Such experiences keep us searching for GT - we wouldn't have the respect we do if this mighty fish couldn't break an anglers will or push gear to the point of failure.
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well said Luke,
that is what keep us coming back,respect and challenge :)
Sachin Chaudhry:
Seemed to have some drag bounce as well on the footage which may have had something to do with it but like Luke says ultimately something will give. I have used the Surface Monster and it is a very unforgiving rod. Used my Long Cast Kaibutsu today and got an estimated 25kg model. Very good under load for fish that size. Just hope it does not break any time soon.
Brad Burgess:
All good points mentioned guys. The size of the fish on that particular reef are enormous, we never bagged one there that trip. After losing a fair amount of poppers, the drag was tensioned higher with every popper lost. If we had a better boat it may have been a different story.
Full credit to Shimano for replacing the butt, something had to give. The rod was 5 days old. I feel the butts on the SM are 2 or 3 inches too long and it is hard to get a good grip further up the rod especially on the bigger fish. Awkward to lever them.
The next trip we pulled in some monsters on a similar Kaibatsu.
Brad
Andy Rowe:
--- Quote from: Brad Burgess on December 22, 2009, 02:16:16 PM ---All good points mentioned guys. The size of the fish on that particular reef are enormous, we never bagged one there that trip. After losing a fair amount of poppers, the drag was tensioned higher with every popper lost. If we had a better boat it may have been a different story.
Full credit to Shimano for replacing the butt, something had to give. The rod was 5 days old. I feel the butts on the SM are 2 or 3 inches too long and it is hard to get a good grip further up the rod especially on the bigger fish. Awkward to lever them.
The next trip we pulled in some monsters on a similar Kaibatsu.
Brad
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Welcome to the forum Big Unit...caught any 25 kg red bass lately :o ;)
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