First impressions fishing with the Penn Fathom Lever Drag 25N!

[@jeffsweet4631]

Great day for you and Kim! Kim looked STRONG today! Take care and God Bless my brother!

[@SaltyStrikes]

… thank you 🙏🏻

[@theestablishmenta7903]

Great video love the open water fishing its were the monsters lurk and you never know for sure what may hit the line.. Too bad that big one got away I guess it still had fight in him, lots of great catches

[@SaltyStrikes]

…thanks, I have a feeling it was a lemon shark, never ran but really heavy, good times for sure 👊💥

[@worf7680]

You are living the dream! I hope to own a boat and live in florida one day! Nice video as well.

[@SaltyStrikes]

… thanks , appreciate the support, keep the dream alive and hopefully you make it down 👍

[@hookedup1]

Looks like you guys had a great day and worth the bumpy ride out. Well done 👍

[@SaltyStrikes]

…. Fun day for sure, offshore days are hard to come buy this time off year so ya pay the price in chop

[@Droppinalinefishin]

Awesome video Chris. Them lanes are good eatin!

[@SaltyStrikes]

… yes sir, delicious

[@alanwheeler]

Kim’s a fishing machine! You go girl! LOL. You’re ok too Chris! Tight lines!

[@SaltyStrikes]

Thanks … 👊💥

[@jimanderson2200]

Looks like a fun day .

[@SaltyStrikes]

… absolutely 👊💥

[@stuartelder7344]

Nice veriaty Chris, those Lane Snapper were solid fish, pitty you can't keep at least one Red Snapper. That reel looked pretty smooth, l'll wait for the review, tight lines Captain 🎣 🐟 🇦🇺 🇺🇲

[@SaltyStrikes]

…. I’m so over Red Snapper 🤣, review coming soon, stay tuned

[@saltynutters]

Watching you for a few months now looking to buy some heavier gear thanks for your videos ❤

[@SaltyStrikes]

No problem 👍

[@wak8970]

nice video contents. may I ask, why did you release back the red snapper? and second question, is your sinker touch to the bottom or hanging in the middle of water? i believe the boat was drifting right?

[@SaltyStrikes]

…. 1. Out of season 2. Bottom 3. GPS Spot lock … welcome aboard, hope you find the videos entertaining and helpful!

[@wak8970]

@@SaltyStrikes thank you

[@HappyCrocodileHiding-ie3ij]

Nice video! Really appreciate the information! I also really liked that rod? What rod is that?

[@SeaSquatchFishing]

Nice day of fishing 👍 I been looking at those Fathoms for a while. I like the Fathom star drag 6.1:1 gear ratio w/ 30lbs of drag. Your lever drag w/ that low gear seems pretty cool, though.

[@SaltyStrikes]

… I have a full review video coming soon, I think I like the lever drag a bit better than the star drag

[@nads9223]

It’s a solid reel. It gets used a lot on the west coast for tuna. There is a newer version of it that came out

[@FastEddie203]

Great day of fishing for you and Kim, how deep of water were you in ? Thx for the video

[@SaltyStrikes]

… thanks , I believe 65-70’

[@50shadesofblue24]

Nice man! I actually like those reels and they have them in left handed. I was going to order one for people I bring on the boat so they don't have to use my $700 Accurate lol. These small conventional reels are better on a long butt rod

[@SaltyStrikes]

… I agree a little longer butt would be nice, got the rod in a hurry on amazon

[@ricks2907]

Hey team fun times keep comin love yuns. Cheers Ricky 🐬🎣🧜🏼‍♂️💥👩🏻‍🦼🦐🔥🦀🍻

[@SaltyStrikes]

… thank you 👊💥

[@joelmitchell4289]

manta ray maybe? Only thing I could think that could fight like that

[@craigortman4759]

That rod looked pretty smooth, we are pretty stuck on spinning reels, but I wouldn’t be against a nice bait caster like that.

[@SaltyStrikes]

Bait casters and lever drags are similar but different. Full review coming soon. Been thinking about doing a separate video on spinnng vs conventional reels too.

[@stephenhusak6098]

Ponce inlet is my home waters.

[@SaltyStrikes]

… awesome 👊💥 stay salty!

[@joelmitchell4289]

I noticed that this conventional reel doesn't have a line guide to the spool. What is the benefit of having no line guide?

[@joelmitchell4289]

Awesome vid btw!

[@jamiehoward4980]

I don't know if there is a benefit maybe more line capacity. They are pretty simple just guide the line with your fingers back and forth evenly

[@SaltyStrikes]

… full review coming soon

[@moneyymoney1032]

the benefit for having no line guide is sometimes because of human mistake,our finger will stuck at the bottom of the line guide when the fish pull the line out hard and causing it broken

[@maweeindunna4791]

Hi hi hi hi Kim out fished you , lol.

[@coolbreeze6329]

I think that was the biggest lane snapper you've ever seen LOL but it was probably a shark

[@SaltyStrikes]

… yeah I’m thinking Lemon shark, slow and heavy

[@mubarakhasan9397]

Please tell me this price

[@SaltyStrikes]

… link is in the description area of this video 👍

[@kingjiggsfishingborcay]

GT✊🏽🎣🏝️🇵🇭

[@deanmiller6177]

I want to see a video of you casting with the reel

[@elikondoshorts4627]

I think it was GT +- 30kg...

[@SaltyStrikes]

… we don’t have GT’s in this region.

[@howiepalardy8486]

Looked like an AJ.

[@robertjones7047]

Jack

[@jasonwaters8060]

I guess you had shark

[@SaltyStrikes]

… I’m thinking lemon shark, most other sharks run

[@ThomasShue]

You sound like your landing Marlin! They aren’t that big… get in the gym or something. Your wife doesn’t make those women noises when winding a fish!

[@junito1957]

lmfao , you need a left handed reel why in the world are you fighting big ass fish with your weakest arm( left side) when your right handed , you should be using your right arm to hold the pole and reel in with your left hand, dont feel bad 70 % of the fisherman are using the wrong side reel when it come to big game fish

[@SaltyStrikes]

That’s incorrect, spinning gear you fight the fish with the rod with your dominant hand and gain line back with your weak hand when you drop the rod to gain line. Conventional gear is just the opposite, you fight the fish with the reel and winch them in with your dominant hand and hold the reel with your weak hand, or in a rod holder for trolling and such. That’s why 75% of conventional reel are sold as right handed reel because they where designed this way and most people are right handed. There are plenty of article out there that explain this info in great detail. Thanks for watching, the more you know 👍, stay salty!