Top 5 bottom fishing conventional reels for grouper or snapper

[lite-liner]

My top 5 goes like this

Ocea Jigger
Ocea Jigger
Ocea Jigger
Ocea Jigger
Ocea Jigger

d-a

Funny, I was thinkin'......
Accurate
Accurate
Accurate
Accurate
Avet

[ksong]

Tunanorth,
I was wondering why Penn developed 4/0 size Baja Special first instead of 3/0 size reel like Penn Jigmaster.

I didn't use much Trinidad40 or Ocea Jigger 4000P/5000P just because they are 4/0 size.
I think 3/0 size Baja Special can be very popular for jigging or bottom fishing. Line capacity is not an issue anymore due to use of braid.


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[kyellier]

for budget reel my penn 114H gets the job done, but I love my avet proEX 30II -w- 130# braid. the high spd is great for getting line back in, or on a smaller fish, & the low spd can put a hurtin on a big fish.

[tailin strange]

thanks for all the replies.. always good to hear different opinions.. I love my accurates and saltigas but i wouldn't mind getting ahold of a torsa and trying it out.. sounds like many of you like them a lot

[d-a]

Funny, I was thinkin'......
Accurate
Accurate
Accurate
Accurate
Avet

Oh dont think that i dont have any accurates too. I did have an Avet once, but it was sold really quick

d-a

[Tunanorth]

[QUOTE=ksong]Tunanorth,
I was wondering why Penn developed 4/0 size Baja Special first instead of 3/0 size reel like Penn Jigmaster.

I didn't use much Trinidad40 or Ocea Jigger 4000P/5000P just because they are 4/0 size.
I think 3/0 size Baja Special can be very popular for jigging or bottom fishing. Line capacity is not an issue anymore due to use of braid.


Hi Kil,
That's a long story!
Reader's Digest version:
The "Yellowtail Special" narrow-4/0 conversion as created by Carl Newell was "the" size for fishing west-coast yo-yo jigs starting in 1975, but the entire "high performance" reel thing got zero traction outside of Southern California.
Even as recently as 1991, a group of us [I was a lowly CA tackle retailer] went to Islamorada with smashing jig-fishing success, only to be told: "That was nice, but we don't fish that way here".
Our "tweaked" gear was the subject of mild interest and some ridicule.
Anyway, Penn didn't see any sales potential back then, so the project languished for too long.
Once the 113HN finally came out, the "bling thing" was already ingrained in many anglers; also many simply did not believe the 113HN was anything except a garden-variety [but narrow] 4/0 Senator.
I would dearly love to see a 99-size and a 501-size in this fine series of reels, but the public [in numbers] has to want to buy them.

[parrothead]

1. Shimano Tiagra 16
2. Shimano TLD 20II
3. Shimano Trinidad 40N
4. Penn Int'l 16vsx
5. Penn Baja Special

For the most part I really like a 2 speed reel for bottom fishing so you can winch groupers up. But a single speed star drag reel that has a high end max drag rating like the Trini and the Baja Special are also great bottom reels too.

[mitchman]

Tuna north - Has Penn ever thought of making some simple mod's to the side plates - which could be as simple as a new paint job - to give the baja some bling/modern appeal ? Is that they want to keep costs down? Want the traditional look? Little bit of both?

[Tunanorth]

Tuna north - Has Penn ever thought of making some simple mod's to the side plates - which could be as simple as a new paint job - to give the baja some bling/modern appeal ? Is that they want to keep costs down? Want the traditional look? Little bit of both?

Yes, pretty much anything you can think of has been tossed around.
Once you start adding anything, the price goes up quickly into the category with the TRQ's, etc.
The original concept of the release back in 2004, after extensive testing with several major East Cape and Cabo San Lucas panga and cruiser fleets was a high-performance reel that could be beaten/scratched up to a bloody pulp.
No cost was allocated for cosmetics at all.

[Enoch]

No cost was allocated for cosmetics at all.

That is how I like mine
a 3/0 version could set a standard.