Electric fishing reels

[bob daily]

Have been looking at electrical reels and am wondering if any one has experience using them while trolling for salmon? I've been looking at the Daiwa Tanacom 500 or 750 models. Some of my crew has a hard time holding the pole and reeling in a salmon (yes they fish like GIRLS! But they are girls!)
Any advice or knowledge of using them would be appreciated. Watching a 12 year old with a 20-30 lb fish on is a lot of fun, getting it in the boat would be a whole lot funner!
Bob

 

[seaya]

Tanacom are good reels but the 750 would be a bit large for Salmon, the 450 or 500 would be a better choice. I have both a 750 and 1000 and use these for halibut.

 

[Kenaithab]

the 750 is probably a little big for a salmon reel, especially for a child. We use the 750’s which have really made halibut fishing much more enjoyable. We power them with a small jump start battery hanging in a pouch from a belt. This allows us to move around unencumbered and the battery lasts all day even with 2-3 lbs of lead, frequent bait checks and being picky about which ones we keep.

 

[J&RCruising]

I agree, been using 750’s for 10+ years. I wouldn’t even use an electric reel for salmon but definitely for halibut. I currently have 750’s and 1000’s on my boat.


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[Shano]

I have only used electric reels once for halibut some years ago and the reels that we used were huge and way too heavy for a 12 year old fighting a salmon. I can say though that pulling in a 20 pound salmon has tired out the arms of several adult woman on my boats over the years as well as children so I get the idea behind an electric reel for salmon. But bring an avid halibut fisherman I am very interested in getting an electric reel or two. Will the 750 reels pull up a dogfish? When I go halibut fishing with my wife sometimes we pull up so many dogfish my forearms cramp up and then halibut fishing is over. Do you use the same rods with the electric reels and can you pass along which battery packs you prefer?
Thanks and I dream about halibut fishing in Alaska! Maybe some day...
Shane

 

[J&RCruising]

My daughter brought up a 146lb halibut last year with a 750 paired to an okuma rod. My son has brought up several 80-100 skates and sharks with the same set up. 750/1000 will do what ever you ask.

As mentioned previously, I mate mine to a starting battery pack which normally lasts all day. You can find those on amazon for under $50; just be sure you have the correct plugs to mate to the tanacom reel.


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[bob daily]

J&R Crusing. Did you make a jumper wire to connect from the battery pack to the reel? Am unable to find one with the connection that would plug into the reel and power cable that comes with the reel has clamps for regular battery hook up. Would love to see your system and type of battery pack used.
I watched a video of using the 750 trolling for strippers and was impressed! I figured if it can be used to bring in a 25 lb stripper it should work for salmon. Am going with the 500 for size and weight.
Thanks Bob

 

[J&RCruising]

Bob, made my own set up. The tanacom connections can be found on line and the car jumper is on amazon. I would buy at least 1000+ amp (15000-20000 mAh) set up so that you have enough juice to last the day. If all you’re pulling are salmon though then even a 400-800 amp (<10000 mAh) set up will work fine.


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[seaya]

Bob,

I cut the aligators clips off my harnesses and wired a Scotty Plug onto them and use the 12 volt outlets on our R25, saves having to deal with the battery scenario at all.

 

[J&amp;RCruising]

That is an option too. I found that I kept tripping over the damn cords. Of course I’m more clumsy than most....ha ha ha


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[bob daily]

I will be using the power pack option as I will be using with the downriggers if they work out this salmon season than I will install outlets to use in the future.
Thanks all for your inputs and i will let you know if it works as planned, now all we need is the fish to cooperate. Bob