Electric Rod & Reel Setup for Party Boats

[Uncle Nicky]

I'm looking for suggestions on electric rod & reel setups. Not new to deep-drop fishing, but getting up there in years, and starting to consider an electric reel. Most of what I see for sale online seems to be for extreme fishing, I'm interested in seeing what you guys & girls use, since most of my fishing is on party boats, and rarely more than 500 feet deep....what I seem to see on party boats are straight rods, not curved butted? Thanks for your help! 👍

[Skolmann]

Go speak with Eric at the Reel Seat in Brielle.

[Jigman13]

Can't go wrong with daiwa tanacoms. The 750 or 1000 are plenty. There are smaller models but we used the 1000s and had tiles over 50 lbs on them.

For rods, we used Bogan custom eglass rods, roughly 8 ft, straight butts, off my dad's private boat. We used adjustable outrodders to keep a horizontal angle to the water, slightly angled up and just watched the tip bounce. Once bit, flip the switch and elevator up!

For party boats, I'd get a longer foregrip for rail leverage and maybe opt for the smaller 750 to cut back on weight and angler fatigue.