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How much 80lb Tuffline will fit on a Stella 20k

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Jon Li:
In some areas , you give a big GT 20 m to run and you are a goner , for sure .

Jon .

Kasey Leong:

--- Quote from: adrien antunes on December 12, 2008, 01:43:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: Kasey Leong on December 12, 2008, 01:18:21 AM ---One really needs to go to New Caledonia, if only to experience how a GT can spool you using PE10. 



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Hi,
How much drag you get spoiled?

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Normal drag setting (~15kg). I'm not kidding - because in NewCal the reef is a vertical dropoff into very very deep water, the GT cannot always find structure immediately. Cast (60m) + GT run (60m) + boat driving in opposite direction (100m) = spooling.

50-70kg beast, there is nothing you can do if you cannot turn its head. 1 run gone

Of course, it is still more common to be busted off, but the chances of being spooled by GT in NC is very high compared to places like Komodo or Shoalwater (instant death).

Like I said, I did not believe it when I first heard it, thinking it must be angler weakness - but ask any reputable angler who has been to NC and I am sure they will agree. You can be spooled by GT! :o

Kasey Leong:
Brandon's report will give you a better idea:
http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php?topic=784.msg7999#msg7999

Travis Heaps:

--- Quote from: Luke Wyrsta on December 11, 2008, 05:22:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: travis heaps on December 11, 2008, 05:04:40 PM ---I personally think the 10000 spool is big enough - GTs are strong but they aren't going to outrun a billfish over any distance, any popping is generally done from a drifting boat and as such if you hook a monster GT that for some reason does the bolt into clear open water the skipper should have plenty of time to get the boat following the fish before you even get close to losing 180m or so of line (even if you do hookup immediately after a 80m cast).

I can see sides of the points made by everyone however, as usual there's no straight out correct response, just horses for courses.  Being the occasional angler i'm more than happy to run my 10000 spool Angus.

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Travis, have you ever hooked up to a 60kg+ GT?

Yes, they don't run like a Bill but don't underestimate these larger fish. They have and will continue to spool unlucky anglers. Been there, done that - been humiliated  :)

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 :) Nope, sure haven't Luke - where we fish the biggest i've caught would be 35kg or so with the average being smaller than that.  Although we get up to shoalwater occasionally it's not all that often - hence, being the occasional fisherman, i'm not prepared to spend the dollars to have multiple spools rigged up with varying different PEs.  Because of the average size of the fish i'm also not prepared to fish a 20000 spool with PE 10-12 just in case a 60kg GT jumps on the end of it.  Popping isn't something I do for a living, nor do I spend thousands on thousands of dollars each year on charters so rigging up purely to chase that fish of a lifetime isn't important to me.  My 10000 spool with 80lb tufline has handled everything thats been thrown at it so far and I feel its good do deal with 98% of the fish I will ever be likely to encounter.

Disclaimer - I reserve the right to revoke all above statements when I get unceremoniously spooled by a monster GT of a lifetime on my next trip out  ;) :D

adrien antunes:
I am going to try N C GT's next month
 

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