The Maxel OSL12 has been our top selling Tile Reel this year. Plenty of capacity, easy to fish with narrow spool and it balances out nice, keeping it light.
Heres the thing with fishing jigs for tile..... never know when your gonna find a tuna! May need some extra line on the spool!!!
Below is a tuna jigged up 20 feet from bottom on a tile trip. Using one of our OMT 28oz bucktails!!!!!!
Another thing is the rod itself. When balanced out, our customers have been going crazy over the longer rods. We build a 7'6" nanocarbon rod that is lightweight, will fish 8ozs - 40ozs the same and is also used for deep sea bass trips and halibut trips out west too. Depending on the boat, the longer rod is a big advantage.
Here in NJ, your not fishing 1,000' for tiles that often. Jigs also work very well here in NJ because of the shallower depths fished. We have found that UV treated jigs are catching the fish. UV is effective to at least 650' of water,.
