Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Daiwa Saltist or Seagate. Good Enough???
Steve Li:
--- Quote from: Jamie Moir on December 31, 2011, 12:47:44 AM ---I had a seagate 3500h and would never bvuy one again, it flogged out after one exmouth trip and I replaced it with a twinpower 5k.
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What really happened? Quite surprised that you used such a small reel at Exmouth. Was it punished hard???
Am sure the Twinpower will outperform a Seagate, its almost 3 times the price too! ;D
I am looking for something one or two levels below the Saltiga but there aren't any available in the new range.... :(
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Jamie Moir:
--- Quote from: Steve Li on December 31, 2011, 01:17:13 AM ---What really happened? Quite surprised that you used such a small reel at Exmouth. Was it punished hard???
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Not really, some gulf tuna, cobia, spanglies etc, and casting too not jigging so no heavy weights. The oscillator gear got very noisy and it developed lots of slack, so I suspect main gear wear.
--- Quote ---Am sure the Twinpower will outperform a Seagate, its almost 3 times the price too! ;D
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Sure, but you only have to buy it once!
Carl Hollis:
--- Quote from: Jamie Moir on December 31, 2011, 12:47:44 AM ---I had a seagate 3500h and would never bvuy one again, it flogged out after one exmouth trip and I replaced it with a twinpower 5k.
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Exactly the same issues with 3500H I bought. In addition, the external plastic line roller cover on the bail arm split from the screw vertically to the top of the plastic piece twice. I live near Daiwa HQ and when I took it back there they replaced it immediately free of charge - good service. And, the same sloppy feel and grindy noise is now present - main gears I suspect. It has been relegated to the visitors spin reel...and I too replaced it with a Twinpower 5000, should've done this to start with. Mine was ~9mths old and used every weekend at least spinning for small pelagics. Must say though, I have just bought a Certate 3012 hi-speed for small speedsters and am very impressed to date - I know, different reel class...
Andrew Susani:
My friend recently broke the main gear shaft in his Saltist 5000 on a 20kg GT, his txt to me was "Saltist 8, GT 1" - he had caught 8 GTs up to about 25kg over the last 4 months on it, and managed to break it while fishing a max drag of about 8kg, with 65lb braid and 120lb leaders.
He has since upgraded to a Saltiga 6500 but it will be solely aimed at GT popping. I think the Saltist was good for general purpose fishing targetting mid-sized fish but if you are consistently pushing a mid-range reel with 20kg + GTs then something probably has to give.
Ben Crarer:
--- Quote from: Mark Gwynne on December 30, 2011, 10:49:30 PM ---No signs of any issues yet. It was only one GT though. Difficult to say how long it would last when used all the time for that type of work. The Catalina 4500H are going pretty cheap right now if there are any left. That is a far better reel in the Daiwa stables.
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Catalinas are a very capable reel, I own a 4500 and a 6500 and they smash serious fish! best part of a saltiga minus a few bearings etc, built in japan, nice reels!
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