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Bait caster vs spinning
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BigFatPanda
Escaped primate
I've used bait casters just enough to get past being completely aggravated with them.
In my 20s I fished more often and was OK, but never got good enough to avoid at least one fun filled tangle on each trip.
Now I fish less, so to preserve sanity I use spinners.
Another couple years I'm gonna have a zebco with a button
In my 20s I fished more often and was OK, but never got good enough to avoid at least one fun filled tangle on each trip.
Now I fish less, so to preserve sanity I use spinners.
Another couple years I'm gonna have a zebco with a button
I've used bait casters just enough to get past being completely aggravated with them.
In my 20s I fished more often and was OK, but never got good enough to avoid at least one fun filled tangle on each trip.
Now I fish less, so to preserve sanity I use spinners.
Another couple years I'm gonna have a zebco with a button
That's about where my old mans at
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Pennywise827
Corona Gorda
I use a Abu Garcia Baitcaster on a 7'2" rod. I usually only keep a buzz bait on it, so I don't get too many birdnests. Usually I can feel when its starting to get a slack loop from a quick stop and can cast it out behind me on the next throw to stretch out the bad spot.
Only spinning reels for me. The list is a little long but it goes from largest, Finn Nor Lethal 100, to smallest, Lews Wally Marshal series 50. I swap between fresh & saltwater fisheries & fish for everything from sharks to bream. Spinning reals have just always worked better for me.
I was always, as far as baitcasters go, an abu fan too. Their US made reels are hard to beat. But, lews makes really good reels too.
The reason I fish spinning reels now is because I use alot of them in saltwater & fresh , & its just easier to clean them after fishing in the salt. And, most of the freshwater I fish nowadays is in small rivers from the kayak. I mostly use cheaper setups, like shimano siennas & ugly stiks, for that because I’d hate to flip over & loose a really nice combo to the river. Between me & some buddies I fish with, we’ve lost several that way.
But yea, if you’re using baitcatsers you won’t be disappointed with a lews.
I use Abu baitcaster almost exclusively. Once I got used to using one (it's not difficult) I just love them. Make sure you get a Swedish made and not the Chinese made. I think it has a lot to do with what kind of fish you target. I fish almost exclusively for catfish and sometimes for fun, I target large carp. As far as rods, it's hard to beat an Ugly Stick for price and durability.
What you really want to do is put all this stuff down and pick up a fly rod...
Never tried it, but I have no doubt in some locations it has to be fun.
Caught about 90 minutes away from here.
admartinct
Rothschild
That thing is a pig, damn!
It was a new state record @35#. I don't think it was caught with a fly rod. It was weighed, measured and released about 3 weeks ago. Bass Pro headquarters is about 45 minutes away and I am glad it was released and not sold to BP to display in one of their aquariums.
admartinct
Rothschild
Glad they released it, from what I've been told a lot of states take the fish for studies.
