Jake P

Its my second day usin my new baitcaster and it hasnt been as much trouble as expected. i tried to cast a light rat-l-trap on it and it backlashed bigtime and ended up with a HUGE knot it in. now that i have a spinning and baitcast rig i think il use my spinning rig for light and baitcast for heavy like it was suggested to me

im in the same boat man, ive been usin spinning and i just bought my first baitcast and just got home from the lake, i dont know if its beginners luck or what but i didnt have as many backlashes as expected. maybe its cuz i got a good rod/reel combo, heres what i got maybe it will interest you http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_90882_100003001_100000000_100003000_100-3-1

thanks, il do that now

SON OF A &*^%$&, i bought my new reel from bps becuase the internet thing doesnt seem to work right with them. im on bps.com and i look at my reel and see that it is a combo that comes with a bionic blade rod, well when i bought it i remember it having the combo sticker but i never got a rod becuase i forgot about it!!!!!!! do you guys think that i could somehow get the rod still?

ive been usin a spinning reel combo for forever even though the times i fished were few and far between, but now that i am really into bassfishin im tryin to learn all the knowledge i can and put it to use quickly. and being the impatient person that i am i went out and bought an abu garcia revo s baitcaster!! so we'l see how that goes lol :-/ also would a 7' allstar rod be a good choice to go with my baitcast?

im trying to set the drag on my reel, do i have to have a spring scale in order to get it precise?

everytime i catch one on a rat-l-trap its when im reelin back in to change lures. it happens everytime and cbfishalot i agree as well, i caught a tiny bass on a 1/2oz RAT-L-TRAP last weekend.

thanks for the link to that page man, that helped TONS. still rereading over and letting it all register but i got the gist of it

BIG props to RW for that information. you laid it out in an understandable manner even though i read every paragraph about 4 times to make sure i had it down lol. seriously though that helped me tremendously bro thank you

im still unclear on alot. all the different rods for different baits and what to set your reel to and all that. does heavier bait call for heavier rods? or longer rods? and how do i know what to set my reel to depending on what bait im using? I may be overthinking this, let me know plz

touche'

i was the same way as kajun, i didnt think the rod mattered at all but in the past weeks i have realized it does, i just got a new abu garcia revo s reel and i was wondering what would be a good all around rod to go with it, any suggestions would be helpfull

i think i may be technically challenged like road warrior, im afraid if i take it apart i wont be able to get it back together lol

there buildin one at the mall but its not quite done yet

i cant wait til christmas

ive been lookin at some falcons, theyre a little out of my price range but you get what you pay for so it would be worth it i suppose

well i hope so

thanks, thats what i was wondering. I wasnt sure if it was personal choice or if they were used in different ways. so baitcasting is more heavy duty?

tell why you like one or the other...

yall should try eagle mountain lake its just north of fort worth.

its my first abu garcia and i still havent got to cast it yet, c'mon saturday! i hear baitcast reels arent easy but im up for a challenge

good to know, well im new to most of this so im just tryin to figure out whats good and whats not and who to believe when they tell me what is and isnt good lol.Im lookin for something good but no more than probly 100 bucks ide say something around 75$ would be nice, any suggestions guys?

what is a very good rod thats not outrageous in price? other than an ugly stick

what do u guys think of this http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SceneSevenDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=-84683&scene7Path=BassPro%2f94594%3flayer%3dcomp%26wid%3d500%26hei%3d500%26fmt%3djpeg%26qlt%3d100%2c0%26op_sharpen%3d0%26resMode%3dtrilin%26op_usm%3d1.0%2c1.0%2c0.0%2c0%26iccEmbed%3d0&sourceName=images2%2f94500%2f94594.jpg&type=0&linkEnabled=false would u say thats a good reel?

Well that wasnt so hard