Big Bait Fishing

try crawling a bait very slowly with a 7.1:1 reel , not very easy to keep a pace doing it , been there tried it ! , with a 6.4:1 reel i can burn any bait as fast as i want ...

price of the reel does't matter , it's all about the reels spool capacity ....

you haven't bought a reel yet ??? go buy that Tournament Pro and get to fishing !!!!

yo-zuri is definitley using misleading market hype , look up a documented line strength chart and you will see their linebreaking strenth per diameter is not that impessive ...

if you can swing it , the Tournament Lite is a phenominal reel , shop around online and it can be had for around what a MB at MSRP costs . i got mine off Amazon for $143 , the reel is super light and even though it has a carbon frame and side plates , i have detected no flex in the reel . The ACB brake system is superb !!! with a full spool of 14 lb. Sniper , 95 mm carbon fiber handle & Revo eva large knobs , it weighs in at 6 ounces even .

Model - TX-S682L Length - 6'8'' Line rating - 3-10 Pieces - 1 Action - fast Lure Weight - 1/32 - 1/4 Guides - Fuji Torzite Reel Seat - Fuji MSRP - $525

i used to use 7.1:1 gear ratio baitcasters but have since grown to love the 6.4:1 gear ratio as it let's me reel slower but at the same time if i need to speed up , the 6.4:1 ratio allows me to get all the speed i need . there is nothing like trying to reel slowly with a too high of a gear ratio ....

i think that co-polymer line is the progression of mono line being that it's better at abrasion resistance , memory , and stretch . i used to use Izorline XXX co-polymer line till i ran into a bad spool of 25 lb. line and their customer service turned out to be a joke !! needless to say i have moved on from that brand & am using Gamma co-poly that is ridiculously strong and has low memory even in the higher pound test lines , definitely going to be all i use on my swimbait setup

definitely get a quality reel !!!! a quality reel is an ivestment like a car , maintain it and it will last for years or more , getting a decent rod and using it for awhile will help you perceive what you will like later down the road . get the best reel you can afford and take care of it ...

trimming the threaded barrel so when my reel is tightned down so no threads are showing is a must !!

click on the picture and enlarge it , that's a Fuji ACS reel seat cut down .....

i believe the Roboworm 6'' straight tail worm are the best worms .......

you mean i reel seat like this -

i meant what model K2 blank , good looking rod !! i also love minimal handles , my spinning rod has the SKSS on it reversed so the ''foregrip'' is now the rear grip , was thinking of not doing any rear grip at all .

if they were gonna get discontinued , i'd buy 10 SK2's with the graphite hood in size 17 & buy 5 SKSS spinning seats A.S.A.P !!!!

not a chance of it getting discontinued !!!

what blank is your rod built on ??

never fished one but have checked out the rods at my local tackle shop and really like them !! i'm gonna have a custom 7'6'' H/F blank built with spiraled micros , just saving up for it . Phenix is a great company with outstading products and outstanding customer service ...

i myself love the SK2 reel seats . i palm my reel so instead of laying my little finger against the trigger , i wrap my little finger around it making it comfortable and my grip on the reel more secure .

that's all i use is three set ups , right now i use - 1.) Phenix M1 7'8'' M/XF custom spinning rod w/micro guides 2.) Rainshadow 7'10'' H/F casting rod w/micro guides 3.) St.Croix Big Nasty 9' musky/swimbait rod w/micro guides i'm gonna replace the Rainshadow soon with a custom Phenix K2 7'6'' H/F and i'm soon to add a Phenix Ultra 7'7'' ML/F custom in a couple weeks , so my total will be 4 set ups .

That's an awfully awkward reel to use for glide baits , I would think you'd want to go with a low profile baitcaster , I totally understand that a lot of people like their round soup can style reels , but with line on that thing it would weigh over 12 oz.!! I currently use a Revo Toro 51 but am gonna get a Lew's BB2 Pro from the factory and they will put in what ever gear ratio I want for $20 extra, I'm going with the 5.1:1 , the reel holds 14/190 and the reel weighs 6.8 oz. With out line ...

Who's Ron , don't you mean Mike ..

Jannsnetcraft has the blank for $84.59 in stock . You do know that that blank has a moderate fast action , to me , not what I would want in a toad rod , because that rod is a flipping rod , you really want a fast action rod for toads , moderate action rods are for sweeping hooksets ...

if i could do it all over again - i would have bought Thorne Bros predator blanks in XH & XXH in 9 ft. from the get go besides my custom St. Croix Big Nasty that i have now . for my casting rods i would just buy Phenix rod blanks to build on as for reels - i really like Lew's reels and recently been replacing all my Abu Garcia Revo reels with them ....