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deep dropping
You can do it with manual reel but not to 3000 foot depths. (unless you have and reel and has more than a mile of line on it, 10--15 lb lead weights, and biceps the size of small children).
I could not reach 1400 foot depths with 2100 feet of line and 8 lb weight. What really sucked about the entire experience is a small shark bit off my 6 hook leader (300lb mono), my deep drop light, and 8 lb of weight 10 feet from the boat. This was after more than 20 minutes of reeling to get all my line back on the reel. If I was going to get bitten off, do it before all that friggin work!!!
I like to think that the shark got tangled in the leader and eventually died a horendously painful death as he was uncontrollably dragged down to the bottom of the ocean by my lead weight. But in all actuality I think he came after my light and inadvertently shreaded my leader.
-CP
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