For pelagics: more line or heavier line?

[kakaryan]

I am new into chasing pelagics lately, casting plugs to them as well as some light jigging.

Fish are not big, usually trevs, tunas and small kingies below 50cm but have some 1m Mahi Mahi occasionally.

One combo would be a 10-20lb baitcast rod match with a Zillion, and I am thinking of what line class I should use.

200m of #2 PE or 100ish m of #3 PE?

I know some friends who go heavier such as 30-50lb braid, but what's the point of going that heavy as the Zillion has only 5kg drag anyway. We re fishing on boat so there's no structure around and abrasion resistance is not that important.

I think pelagics like running so I guess it would be better to have more line. And I would use jigging PE which #2 breaks at around 30lb.

Any thoughts?

Cheers.

[todd88]

I would go a spin rod if possible, otherwise even a decent pe 1.5 if you can't put alot of drag pressure on them and don't want a burnt thumb. There's not much point going anything over 20lb ish

[nagz]

Line capacity is the big consideration here

Get hold of something between 20 and 30 lb and as thin as you can.

I use sunline castaway on some reels

Ditch the bc too

[kakaryan]

Sadly, I have sold all of my heavier spining gear as personally I like BC.

For you guys prefer spinning over BC, is it mainly becos of stronger drag or other factors such as faster gear ratio/casting distance/easier to use/no backlash?

I still have a Steez 2500 and some 2500 Shimano sitting around. They have 7kg drag but I dont think their line capacity would be enough.

Could I easily solve the problem by putting some better drag washers and Cal grease into my BC?

[chrislocke]

Originally Posted by kakaryan

Sadly, I have sold all of my heavier spining gear as personally I like BC.

For you guys prefer spinning over BC, is it mainly becos of stronger drag or other factors such as faster gear ratio/casting distance/easier to use/no backlash?

I still have a Steez 2500 and some 2500 Shimano sitting around. They have 7kg drag but I dont think their line capacity would be enough.

Could I easily solve the problem by putting some better drag washers and Cal grease into my BC?

2500 sized reel is fine! i fish for mactuna and longtail tuna up to 10kg in noosa and 15lb braid on a 2500 reel is fine! if line starts getting a bit low, just chase it! Ive done some silly things with these tuna on my 1000 stella

[bomb]

spin gear will let you cast further and use lighter lures.

spin reels have a far superior drag for long running fish as well.

use 10-15lb braid on 2000-4000 size reel but up your leader to 30lb flouro,unless you are throwing really small[10gram] lures,then use 15lb leader.

use 30+lb braid on your bigger reels if chasing kings and gts

cheers
bomb