favorite reel type

[---XR---]

i prefer baitcast personally

[RadleyMiller]

Spinning for sunnys and trout and surf, baitcasting for bass and deep sea. Mostly do sunny and trout fishing and I got my big rod for the boat.

[nativelover]

i prefere baitcasters for surf and larger fish (better drags and cast ALOT furthur) but id use a spinner for just about any freshwater application. they are better with light line (2-8lb) and excell in casting light baits (under 1oz) heaviest spinner i own is a 20# set-up and heaviest convench is an 80lb set-up.

depemd on application, i prefere round baitcasters but a spinner is my go to rig....if that makes sence.

[Oddball]

For the benefit of those members who like, or would like, to fish but don't know all the terminology/types of equipment... here's a quick reference:

[RadleyMiller]

Haha good ole spincasting, I bet thats what we all learned to fish with.

[nativelover]

Haha good ole spincasting, I bet thats what we all learned to fish with.

i learned on a spinner. first went fishin when i was 6 weeks old, caught my first fish when i was almost 2. was catchin shark on a penn 6/0 conventional when i was 5 and learned to cast baitcasters when i was 8:)

i started early:D

[IMFishHead]

I fish with em' all! Every reel has it's on situation. Usually have atleast 8 rigged reels on boat from light spinning ( favorite spinners are Diawa SS and shimano stradic ) Baitcaster just bought a Diawa Millionaire Luna which blows my Shimano calcuttas away ! Attaching pics of just one of my rod carosels. Have over 30 top quality rods and reels ohh I guess you can tell I like to fish!!! Rods range from Loomis, lamiglass, St. Croix, shimnao, Diawa etc...

[nativelover]

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i214/katguy/fishing/mewithhali.jpg


http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i214/katguy/fishing/HPIM1055_edited.jpg

i have 2 racks now

the top pic was an accident but i didnt feel like removing it :)

[Oddball]

I fish with em' all! Every reel has it's on situation. Usually have atleast 8 rigged reels on boat from light spinning ( favorite spinners are Diawa SS and shimano stradic ) Baitcaster just bought a Diawa Millionaire Luna which blows my Shimano calcuttas away ! Attaching pics of just one of my rod carosels. Have over 30 top quality rods and reels ohh I guess you can tell I like to fish!!! Rods range from Loomis, lamiglass, St. Croix, shimnao, Diawa etc...

Nice rigs. I used to be a Long Islander and we needed different rigs for when the hitters changed. We'd hit a run of stripers, then blues, then porgies, etc. Sometimes, we'd switch to bottom (to take a nap) and try for flounders.

[messiner]

I fish with em' all! Every reel has it's on situation. Usually have atleast 8 rigged reels on boat from light spinning ( favorite spinners are Diawa SS and shimano stradic ) Baitcaster just bought a Diawa Millionaire Luna which blows my Shimano calcuttas away ! Attaching pics of just one of my rod carosels. Have over 30 top quality rods and reels ohh I guess you can tell I like to fish!!! Rods range from Loomis, lamiglass, St. Croix, shimnao, Diawa etc...

way to drop some big names lol, nice stuff. i hate shimano spinning reels, especially stratics, their made for freshwater and crap out after a couple years. penn, diawa, okuma, quantum are my choices.

[Zorro]

I got my 1st daiwa baitcaster and I love it. I just dont want to use it now cuz i want TO ICE FISH WTF:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[messiner]

oddball, im confused, why did you post a pic of a penn international and call it an "international baitcaster"???????? you made it seem like it was a classification of reels. am i missing somthing? a penn international is a type of baitcaster.

[Zorro]

forgetting this reel

http://www.hardwarestore.com/media/product/114388_front200.jpg

[nativelover]

ya oddball, thats just a round baitcaster, you forgot the conventional and the mooching reels.:D

dont mean to bag on ya, just lettin ya know;)

[Oddball]

oddball, im confused, why did you post a pic of a penn international and call it an "international baitcaster"???????? you made it seem like it was a classification of reels. am i missing somthing? a penn international is a type of baitcaster.

All I did was cut the pic from the Penn on-line catalog.

[Oddball]

ya oddball, thats just a round baitcaster, you forgot the conventional and the mooching reels.:D

dont mean to bag on ya, just lettin ya know;)

Then, post the pics. I only grabbed pics of a few of the reels I use on my rigs.

Here's one I got as a gag gift. It's a yo yo reel for using when you don't have a fishing pole. Just unwind some line from the spring-loaded reel, throw the hook, bait, and line in the water, and set the spring release. Tie the reel to a branch or fence and return home. The reel spring sets the hook in the event of a nibble. When you come back, hopefully, there's a fish on the line.

[nativelover]

FINE, MAYBE I WILL....PHIL! :D




MOOCHING REEL
http://www.coastangler.com/artman/uploads/mooching.jpg


CONVENTIONAL REEL
http://www.daiwa.com/images/slt_main.jpg


CONVENTIONAL LONG CAST
http://www.daiwa.com/images/slxsha_inset.jpg

free floating spool (disengages from main shaft)
http://www.daiwa.com/images/slx_freefloating.jpg

[nativelover]

i seen that yoyo reel when i was in idaho. was thinkin of getting one when i go back tommorrow and hitch it to a dock to catch live bait with a bait rig....

[Oddball]

Since this is ]V[FK, it's time to break out the 150 TON fishing winch:

[Oddball]

They can't keep the $2 yoyo reels on the shelves here. People buy them by the case for setting trot lines for catfish. They sell tons along with cane poles (cane pole users are not required to have a fishing license in MS) and redneck catfish soap.

[gman]

all depends on the application!

[FishSkins]

bait cast with out doubt

[ROSS]

bait caster's all the way but I do use and still have spinnner's , spincast and fly reel's .. :D

[ewurm]

I have always liked the spinning Shimanos, with the quickfire.

[stotty]

Nice to see Oddball getting into the fishing side of things;) . As said before depends on the application like so many of you on here I have rods and reels coming out of my ears, my fish room was my garage now its 40% tackle store and 60 % fish room. The best reels I have ever owned for carp / pike/ catfish fishing are my daiwa infinity this is the longest serving reel I have owned 3 years in total front drag smooth as silk bait runner huge capacity for line I love these reels with a passion :D and will trance any Shimano of its type.

[HoangLan]

Don't mean to get off topic but some of you guys seem to have homemade/custom rods:headbang2 ?

[Xiao]

for most situations, baitcasting. The biggest fish I ever caught though was landed on a thick branch from a willow tree with a piece of 10 lb mono tied to it (medium-ish channel lake trout).

[stotty]

Don't mean to get off topic but some of you guys seem to have homemade/custom rods:headbang2 ?


Ok we can answer that :

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=631135#post631135

come on boys lets see those rods;)

[big train]

I use a push button spinner for most application's for easy use less frustration :nilly: when all the line is contained this is important because every fishing trip i do the first thing we catch is a buuuzzzzzzzz:hypnotize .I do break out the big baitcasters when i find those striped bass i love:drool: catching those big fish i have a rhino baitcast and a rhino spinner i think that is my favorite brand.:grinno:

[fishyz]

I tend to have trouble getting the baitcast to work good. I'd rather take spincast even though it nots up some times.

[StiffMeister]

i would use one of these babies for most fish in my country :D

[toxicfish]

Currently my favorite reel in the rack. Its just so smooth.

[nativelover]

well since were gettin into the expensive stuff...my fav. reel of all ive owned/used!