If You Drop a Charter Rod Overboard?

[Ol Pedro]

Originally Posted by chrislars

That I would say is the boats problem for not having better or newer equipment. Generally its not the anglers fault (or a huge fish) that breaks the gear, but just poor maintenance or cheap gear.

We are not so much talking about broken gear we are talking lost gear . But since you brought it up party boats have to go with what gives them the best bang for the buck . Something that is sturdy and can take a beating . Novice/inexperianced Anglers tend to trash rental rods . Penn 60's/Senators and glass rods are good for this job . Would you want your Accurate/Seeker rented out on a crowded Bluefish boat 100 times a year to someone who doesn't know which way the reel faces ? We try to service our reels/refill before every trip . I loaned out my Bogan/Penn 505 four times last Bluefish Season only to have the anti reverse broken once , and the reel backlashed so bad two other times that I had to respool after the trip . ONE TIME it came back in usable condition at the end of the trip . When the reel broke the person offered to have it fixed . I declined and fixed it myself . He is still welcome to use my stuff .