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Calcutta 50 sized xt or conquest?

Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:59 pm
by Ripley
Has anyone used these in saltwater?

Classed as freshwater surely with standard TLC should be OK?

Re: Calcutta 50 sized xt or conquest?

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 2:13 am
by Sore Thumb
Have the regular Calcutta 50 and a Conquest 50. Both get regular use in brackish water with zero issues.

Re: Calcutta 50 sized xt or conquest?

Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:55 am
by Slazmo
50 XT is fine for salt but due care needs to be taken like all Calcutta's as they're dissimilar metal bombs...

Re: Calcutta 50 sized xt or conquest?

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:19 am
by fishes
Ive used both the conquest 50 and conquest 50dc in saltwater fishing the surf in Southern California for halibut and white sea bass. Both reels did just fine, though I did regularly service them.

Re: Calcutta 50 sized xt or conquest?

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:17 am
by Ripley
Thanks all for the advice.

I am pretty fussy about post use cleaning of tackle so It's nice to know others have had OK experiences.

Tight lines!