Spinning or baitcasting reel?

Baitcaster reels are very hard to get to use at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is the most controllable reel you can get.

To make it easy on yourself, when you get a baitcaster when putting line on it, fill it 3/4 up then put a piece of electrical tape over the spool, then fill the rest. If you birdnest your reel you won't have to dig through the whole spool.

Good luck,

-Z

[rack04]

Originally Posted by Diesel Kinevel

Baitcaster reels are very hard to get to use at first, but once you get the hang of it, it is the most controllable reel you can get.

To make it easy on yourself, when you get a baitcaster when putting line on it, fill it 3/4 up then put a piece of electrical tape over the spool, then fill the rest. If you birdnest your reel you won't have to dig through the whole spool.

Good luck,

-Z

My wife picked it up one the first cast. Maybe it was me telling her she couldn't do it that made her do it. In fact, on her first cast she caught a 4 1/2# largemouth on a texas rigged cotton candy zoom u-tail worm. She thought cotton candy was a pretty color. I thought she was crazy.

Originally Posted by rack04

My wife picked it up one the first cast. Maybe it was me telling her she couldn't do it that made her do it. In fact, on her first cast she caught a 4 1/2# largemouth on a texas rigged cotton candy zoom u-tail worm. She thought cotton candy was a pretty color. I thought she was crazy.

that doesn't surprise me. When I take my girlfriend fishing she always manages to out fish me...

-Z

Originally Posted by Diesel Kinevel

that doesn't surprise me. When I take my girlfriend fishing she always manages to out fish me...

-Z

Thats usually how it goes

Over the years, I have realized that I'm not fishing to catch fish. Something that most people that don't fish will not understand.

[DPD6030]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Thats usually how it goes

Over the years, I have realized that I'm not fishing to catch fish. Something that most people that don't fish will not understand.

Sometime I am sometimes I'm not. As long as I'm not at work it's great. That and in a boat or casting from shore makes a great place to smoke cigars. Thanks for all the input guys.

[DPD6030]

Well I got this one in 6'6 MH.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...-box.jsp.form1

Now I'm waiting on this to arrive.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...-box.jsp.form1

and of course a few other necessary things

[TripleF]

Nice ANdrew.......nice!!!


I'm headin' out here in the next few minutes

[shilala]

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Over the years, I have realized that I'm not fishing to catch fish. Something that most people that don't fish will not understand.

That's why they call it "fishing" and not "catching", my brother.

Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Thats usually how it goes

Over the years, I have realized that I'm not fishing to catch fish. Something that most people that don't fish will not understand.

very true. It is always nice to hook up to some fish but I really don't care too much. I consider myself a diehard angler but I don't get bent out of shape if I don't catch anything.

-Z

[jcruse64]

I like and use both, depending on the situation. For most worm and jig fishing, spinnerbait, crankbait, and topwater fishing, I'll go with baitcasting. When fishing light jigs or any other light lures (1/8 oz or less), or grubs, drop shot, or weightless worms, I'll go spinning tackle. Usually drop to the light stuff in all winter fishing, but will still use baitcasting for vertical spooning in winter on the deep stuff.

Baitcasting just takes a little practice if you've not used it before. Birdnesting still happens occasionally even if you've used them for years, unless you have one of the $400+ reels (I don't). You can end up with birdnests off spinning tackle too, if the line gets twisted too badly.

Either way you go, or if with both, enjoy!!! A bad day fishing is still almost always better than a great day at work (unless you sink the boat or something).