automatic reels for fishing Mechanical Survival Reel because you can adjust the slack of the bobber to match the mood of the fish from day to day. Anyone use an automatic? :

Any object on the bottom or fish suspended in the middle of the water column is, in fact, closer to the boat than is suggested by its Side Imaging range

Keep experimenting

Because of this, you might find yourself fishing soft plastics on jig hooks for canal pike with something as delicate as a spinning or drop-shotting rod rated for lures between 5 and 15-g Similarly a power BFS style rod and reel capable of handling lures in that 5 to 15-g range would be the finesse baitcasting version of that approach

For breaking strains of 10kg and over I prefer to use braided GSP lines as I find the fused lines in heavier line classes to feel a bit wiry