r/offshorefishing • u/Free_Art_2722 • Apr 16 '26

tips?

hi guys i am new to off shore fishing i go to the little antilles to sail for 7 days i think i will use 1 30-50lb rod with a PENN Squall II Level Wind 30 and one 15-30lb rod with a Daiwa BG 6500 i will mostly use thes for trolling but if i see a school of fish i will use the Daiwa BG one for also casting do you think this is a good set up?

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u/sailphish Apr 16 '26

Level winds aren’t great for trolling if a fish takes a lot of line the level wind mechanism tends to bind up. If you have one already then use it, but I wouldn’t buy one for this purpose. Trolling a spinning rod is always sketchy as the bails aren’t really made for that. It can be done with light lures but isn’t ideal.

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u/Free_Art_2722 Apr 16 '26

i have heard of the level wind problem but where i am going there is no fish that will take that much line at least what i know of. And have have bought nothing yet but my buget is thight so i know that for 50 bucks i can get a better reel but i ratter not break the bank. would the bg 6500 not work for like trolling squids to catch like mahi mahi and and little tuna?