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Alright so we have officially jumped into the sturgeon game with a great first day except for me dropping the motor prop in the water while trying to replace a shear pin on the old honda and having to row home...
First fish we hooked into had to be a whale... We blew up the drag on one reel, fought for 45 minutes and then the line broke....
Would love to know what reel / rod / line / people are using for Willamette / Columbia area.
I will be using a Penn 320 GTI with 100lb braid I got used, and I have been using my older "custom" salmon downrigger rod. This seemed to do ok.
Our second rod was a shakespeare salt water with a magda pro with 65lb line and that is the reel that failed.
Cabela's hooked us up and upgraded the Magda to a Penn Warfare. What line would be best for sturgeon (and if it would work for salmon trolling, that would be awesome too but worried the 65 is to light for sturgeon and 100 too heavy for salmon)
Any advice helps! Thanks guys (and gals)
First fish we hooked into had to be a whale... We blew up the drag on one reel, fought for 45 minutes and then the line broke....
Would love to know what reel / rod / line / people are using for Willamette / Columbia area.
I will be using a Penn 320 GTI with 100lb braid I got used, and I have been using my older "custom" salmon downrigger rod. This seemed to do ok.
Our second rod was a shakespeare salt water with a magda pro with 65lb line and that is the reel that failed.
Cabela's hooked us up and upgraded the Magda to a Penn Warfare. What line would be best for sturgeon (and if it would work for salmon trolling, that would be awesome too but worried the 65 is to light for sturgeon and 100 too heavy for salmon)
Any advice helps! Thanks guys (and gals)