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Guys, what kind of bait casting fishing reels do you use and what type of fishing do you mainly do????


I'll start: saltwater mainly specks and reds and i like shimano's(calcutta's) and abu garcia's. i will use them for fresh water bass fishing also

Calcuttas are the shat no matter what you fish for.....A Cardiff is also the same reel for a cheaper price......Ambasator 5500 will do in a pinch also

reds and specks - abu 6500

bull reds or offshore - abu 7000

freshwater - jig pole or my little spin cast


calcuttas were always to expensive for me.


Now when it comes to a rod, I used to always fish with Fenwick. I got a couple Daiwa's I found on clearence that I like. Buddy of mine uses All-Star faithfully, but I think their quality has changed to some extent. Hate Shakespear (sp?) with a passion.

Shimano. Several models to choose from.

cast-away makes a nice rod, i have a couple allstars myself also

MudHog wrote:reds and specks - abu 6500

bull reds or offshore - abu 7000

freshwater - jig pole or my little spin cast


calcuttas were always to expensive for me.


Now when it comes to a rod, I used to always fish with Fenwick. I got a couple Daiwa's I found on clearence that I like. Buddy of mine uses All-Star faithfully, but I think their quality has changed to some extent. Hate Shakespear (sp?) with a passion.

mostly shimano
1 700 for bigger rigs like a popping cork or top dog and smaller snapper rigs
1 400, 2 cardiffs, and a low profile for all inshore and bass fishing
2 pinnacles low profile for inshore and bass fishing

I used to swear by abu garcia but had 3 blow out in one summer and never used them again.

H20fowlkiller wrote:mostly shimano
1 700 for bigger rigs like a popping cork or top dog and smaller snapper rigs
1 400, 2 cardiffs, and a low profile for all inshore and bass fishing
2 pinnacles low profile for inshore and bass fishing

I used to swear by abu garcia but had 3 blow out in one summer and never used them again.

I'm a Pinnacle fan Myself...Abu's just don't last anymore. You have to buy new one every year if you fish like i Do

Buckwabit wrote:

H20fowlkiller wrote:mostly shimano
1 700 for bigger rigs like a popping cork or top dog and smaller snapper rigs
1 400, 2 cardiffs, and a low profile for all inshore and bass fishing
2 pinnacles low profile for inshore and bass fishing

I used to swear by abu garcia but had 3 blow out in one summer and never used them again.

I'm a Pinnacle fan Myself...Abu's just don't last anymore. You have to buy new one every year if you fish like i Do

a friend recomended them two me about 4 years ago and I bought my second a week later, had all my reels stollen 2 months later and bought my current two shortly after, and they are great esp. for the money.

I've got an abu torno and my pops has a Ion. Excellent choice. I did buy a shimano combo deal an academy. It was the best 60 I ever spent. The anti backlash nowadays is the bees knees. If I would have had that 20 years ago I wouldn't have wasted so much time pickin at those Brillo heads.

Jeff recommended a Shimano Curado to me a couple years ago. Now I have three of them and love them. Smooth and the 7:1 ratio is burner. I also just bought the big Shimano 700 series Calcutta baitcaster. It is a hoss... I'm going to try to pull the bottom of the TN river to the surface this weekend with it...

Shimano have some of all from fresh water to salt cant beat them......also have ole stand bye ambass 5500 C3's hard to tear them up

Shimano Curados alot of the old ones and a few of the new ones.

I use the ole idiot button kind. Just push the button, swing it over your head like a chopper blade and let go when your ready. No backlash. I can throw skip cast and if your bait is going to far, just hit the button and it stops. He11 you can't beat that. Slap on some 14lb test and a buzz bait and slammin whammy you got yourself a rod-n-reel.
She hasn't let me down yet. Total cost of rod-n-reel, 16 bucks. Use the money saved for drinks and more buzz baits and worms. Come on down. I got the boat.

When I really got into fishing I started with a 5500C3.To date personally I have not caught more fish than with these reels, I have about 5 of them. My problem with them is they aren't made now how they were 15-20 years ago, still like my older ones, my newer ones don't hold up.

About 3 years ago I made the switch to Shimano,and I won't go back. I use mainly Calcuttas, but I have a Curado, and a guy "left" a Chronarch on my boat and told me to keep it? Those are WAY too expensive for my tastes.

I also have a Shimano dual speed 30 series for offshore, and two Penn 50 wides. Shade if you can't pull the bottom of the river up, lemme know the 50 wide will!

The main problem with the ABU's is the Worm Gear grinding after about 11 Months. I like the pinnacle's but Mostly I fish with The new Fluger President model. I love them. They throw light bait really well. I've had 5 of them for 4 years now. No Problems with them yet.