Line Counters

  • gunflint
    gunflint trail, mn
    Posts: 100
    February 24, 2005 at 7:57 pm #1233213

    I imagine this has been brought up before (but it’s my first day) Does anyone have experience with the after market line counters. I’d be useing 12# Power-Pro with it. Thanks

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    February 24, 2005 at 8:04 pm #345419

    Hi Gunflint!

    Welcome to the IDA!

    Are you talking the “Shakespeare” model that you attach to your rod?

    I have a couple of these. They work “ok”, but on thin superlines, they have a tendency to “slip”. Mono works great on them.

    clarkk
    Eagan, MN
    Posts: 174
    February 24, 2005 at 8:39 pm #345424

    I have the shakespear counter and it works just fine for me. I use powerpro and its’ either 6 or 8# diameter.

    lundgeye
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 1208
    February 24, 2005 at 9:25 pm #345432

    I tried Power Pro 2# diam in one that I snapped onto the rod and it did a pretty poor job (slipped all the time). I finally just put it into the spare bin and bought Daiwa line counter reels, and have had great success with them.

    carpking
    Janesville, WI.
    Posts: 859
    February 24, 2005 at 10:34 pm #345449

    Take the $12.00 it cost to buy them and either flush it down the toilet, or buy a line counter reel. They slip a lot, are inaccurate and get in the way all the time! My two cents worth and spoken from experiance!

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    February 24, 2005 at 10:36 pm #345450

    Very true!!!

    If you are just a weekend warrior chasing walleyes, you can get away with the cheaper models. They run in the $40 range……

    gunflint
    gunflint trail, mn
    Posts: 100
    February 24, 2005 at 11:54 pm #345468

    I was afraid of slippage useing superlines. I am hoping to use the counter on a baitcasting set up.

    Gary, are you saying that they are all junk, or that the good ones are about $40?

    carpking
    Janesville, WI.
    Posts: 859
    February 25, 2005 at 2:43 am #345505

    Okuma Magda’s are less than $40.00 and will hold up well to the average fisherman. I have seen them on sale many times for $29.99 in fact.

    gunflint
    gunflint trail, mn
    Posts: 100
    February 25, 2005 at 3:07 am #345509

    Thanks guys,
    I wouldn’t be useing it all the time, just for longline trolling deep lakes. Maybe a few time a week.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    February 25, 2005 at 9:22 pm #345664

    They just don’t work IMHO, line counter reels are cheap, I’d buy a cheapo Gander Mountain Guide series before I wasted money on another clip on one. The reel a Gander isn’t going to cost you much more, and you can just switch it on and off another rod. That would be my route anyways, line counters rock, when they work.

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