A reel contest
What's better for slamming Lake Ontario's chinook, level-wind or single-action reels?
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The key to trolling is to keep a keen eye on the rods, jumping on one if it pops and setting the hook (unless you’re using steel line, with which you let the fish set the hook). Here, editor Patrick Walsh hoists a thick 12- to 14-pound chinook, typical of the many fish caught on the trip.