Studio Ocean Mark at TackleTester
November 24, 2011 by Jamie
Filed under Reel Reviews
At Tackle Tester, we have seen all sorts of reels touted as the next best Sambo jigger. Many of these don’t make their first season, some don’t even survive their first outing.
Studio Ocean Mark is a Japanese outfit catering to specialist jigging and popping fishers. Their 16000 spool is a must for ever angler that wants a bit more capacity on their Shimano Stella SW10000, to fish them right to the limit.
They have gone one better than that though. Not content to make aftermarket parts for Shimano and Daiwa, they have made their own entire reels and we have one here for testing. Saber Strokers, the Australian and Asia region distributor, have sent us a Studio Ocean Mark L120hi to test!
Which one for you? Or both? 
On paper, its a fantastic reel! The reel is pushing out a max drag of 20kg, with a 5.4:1 gearing taking 116cm of line per turn. It features angular contact bearings, ball bearings and double-stacked one-way bearings for antireverse to an impressive total of 11 bearings. Line capacity is 300m/PE8 right through to 600m/PE4, we will be looking to fill it with PE5. It checks in at 780g, but you can just tell how well its built when you feel it’s heft.
That is enough of the paper though, the freespool is over 30seconds with a bare spool, pretty sure we can get minutes once we have it loaded. Expect to see this reel a bit more once we get the line onto it and take it for a spin!
Don’t forget to try Saber Strokers for both the L120, and other SOM aftermarket parts.
