Surface iron discussion

Me and my brother are having a feud, see I got this 13 fishing concept A3 reel, and my brother isn’t convinced it is suitable for surface irons, and I am saying it is, It’s a 8.1.1 gear ratio reel,

 

I'm with the brother, them are bass fishing reels.

 

I’m with you Kris. I have a similar type reel (quantum EX300) and it works for colt sniper and Tady C surface iron. When the yellows are running Small to mid grade it will work.

 

if your planning on using it for fishing surface irons for bass it will work but if your planning on using it for YT you might blow it up.

 

I am planing on using it for yt

 

30 lbs of drag sounds nice. But a 30lb.yellowtail will also test it.

I say give it a shot. Worst case scenario: you lose a nice fish, you blow up the reel, and you have a great story.

 

So many good iron reels out there why trash a bass reel?

 

Most bass reels hate saltwater.

 

Brother wins

 

Another vote for the brother. Levelwinds are for bass fishing.

 

Mr 500 tranx would disagree.

 

that reel itself seems like a solid bass reel, you can fish an iron but is it ideal? not really, but it will work

 

I stand by my original statement. Seen more than a few Tranx reels blow up. Why not just use a Trini..?

 

I've thrown a lot of iron on Lexa 400's and TranX 500's. The only things that have blown up are the hopes and dreams of YT.

 

Beware of the 13 fishing products. I have two friends separate of each other buy them and fish them. Both grenaded after spotty sessions. I do not think they love sale water... just my .02

 

I use mine for snook and tarpon. No tuna.

 

I caught this medium grade yellowtail with my 13 over the fourth, slowly building up to the giants

 

That's what we call a rat, definitely not a medium grade YT. But I'm sure it was a blast on the light gear and gave you everything that reel could handle.

 

A medium grade rat

 

Before the Lexa models and other brands came up with salt-water designed baitcasting reels, people were using lots of different baitcasting reels out at sea that were really outclassed by the marine critters that they were being used on. Forty years ago we had a run of small bluefin tuna that were really line-shy and hook-shy and boat-shy, and in desperation I bought the best freshwater baitcaster that I could afford and the best fifteen pound mono that I could find (decades before fluorocarbon or braid) and had a tackle store build me a very light-tip rod to loft an anchovy out to where the bluefin might bite it.

It worked great, was a heck of a fight, lasted for three trips and a dozen fish then locked up tight and the shop told me it would cost more to rebuild than just buy a new one.

If you look up the word "desperation" in the dictionary, there is a picture of a fisherman. We do goofy things, again and again.