300-350 weighted steel?

[drag&snag1985]

Anyone know if I can get 300 or 350 weighted steel on a 57 daiwa sealine with decent backer still ?

[sherman brown]

i cant say for sure on heavy wire but i put braid backing then 300' of 15# wire on a Okuma convector 30 with plenty of 30# power pro backing.

[13owhunter]

You cannot.  You can squeeze 300 foot of 32# copper and a descent amount of 30# braid backing.  For WS or 45# copper you can fit about 200 on that sized reel and have a comfortable amount of backer IMO.

[sherman brown]

I have 2 Penn 345 gti reels without counters in very good condition for 300.00 shipped included. these are great level wind reels. I used them for grouper fishing around bridge abutments. or I have a couple of smaller 330 gti reels for 225.00 shipped. if you're interested you can pm me. these were also used for live bait fishing around bridge abutments.

[FishingFool34]

my 300 weighted steel fit very well on a 55 size convector with plenty of room for backing

[13owhunter]

The 57 diawa is just a hair larger than the size 45 okuma reels.  The size 55 okuma reels are a lot bigger which is nice and confusing! 

 

I love my daiwa 57s as I can run almost 300 feet of 32# blood run copper and plenty of 40# backer and get similar depth to the next size reel.  A 57 daiwa will not fit 300 foot of 45# copper or weighted steel which is the same diameter.  I made this mistake myself......