Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques

Line and leader break offs when using high drag setting

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Brandon Khoo:
That is not very well designed!! Any system is only as strong as its weakest point.
It could be that when the bail arm hits the spool, it's causing enough of a jerk to snap the line.

Jussi, warped rotors are a pretty common occurrence in GT fishing. Depending on how bad it is, the reel may still work fine.

Chris Tan:
Could it be possible that the ceramic on your roller arm is nicked causing the braid to break?

I had that happen to 2 of my reels during the same trip as the washers were already worn and lost alot of fish.

Last year I was using a JM 25000 spool and had line dig in as well when a dogtooth came up very near the boat to take my lure. The line dug into the spool and the 130lb braid broke. I had assumed it was due to my poor initial line packing

Brandon Khoo:
Chris, I was leaving it for you to raise the point on the bail roller!  ;D
It's very interesting that you've experienced the same with a JM spool

Mark Harris:
Just on JM Monster Spools.... I bought one and I immediately noticed that is was grazing the rotor on a 18000. Under load that would get very serious. It is a piece of kit to be avoided IMO and I gave mine to a local friend who uses it on a 20000 for jigging, so far without trouble.

For GT fishing there are no circumstances I can think of where a 25000 size spool is necessary?  Possibly has applications for big Tuna?  But I still would not put one an an 18000 having witnessed that it is in fact too big for the rotor.

Sean Costello:
On the monster spools its worth noting that they have a more conventional designed drag than the original stella spools and have an increased start up inertia as well as a higher maximum drag. Id say as mentioned previously, the line simply couldn't cope with the shock load when fishing that high a drag along with the starting inertia and a bit of loose line.

Personally I don't see the need for aftermarket spools when fishing anything over the 10000 size as the original stella spools provide the best drag system particularly in terms of smoothness. if line capacity was an issue id go the 20000 max spool over the others.

Sean

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