First Good Rod And Reel.

[bigdawg74]

ok so i am pretty new. i whant to get a decent spinning rod and reel. i have about 200$ -_250$ in the fish fund. i fish mostly a small lake and love fishing with sminnerbaits but what something a bit versitile. been looking at a bass proshop extreme sinning combo or maybe a mojobass. the mojo and most others i can get locally but the basspro stuff i need to order. any sugestions will be apreciated. also i have litle idea about length or action choices..

[Senkoman12]

For that amount of money you could get a couple good combos. If you are going to fish with spinnerbaits you should look into get a baitcaster combo as well. There are alot of good (cheap) spinning combos, but you have to be careful on the baitcaster stuff. I wouldn't recommend getting a baitcast combo unless its something like an Abu Garcia. I think the Black Max combo is somewhere around $80.00 and its good quality.

I don't know much about spinning reels but I can shed a little light on baitcasters should you decide to pick one up. For spinnerbaits you probably want to get something about 7' either medium or medium-heavy depending on line choice and a 6.2:1 or 7.1:1 depending on preference. If you fish with worms and such I'd stick with a medium rod. Everybody is different though and i'm sure there are more enlightened people on here than myself that may lead you in a different direction.

Hope this helped! Good luck!

might as well spend some money and get the PQ. 100x better reel tahn the max series reel

[new2BC4bass]

You don't mention the type of cover or weight of lures you normally use. Do you fish from a boat or from shore? Fishing from shore can often mean going with a bit shorter rod due to nearby obstructions. A fast action rod normally makes for an all-around rod. Medium or Medium Heavy depending on cover and weight of lures. Spinnerbaits are a favorite lure of mine as well.

Basically you are talking about a reel in the $70-$100 range and a rod in the $100-$180 range. Lots of excellent choices. New is good, but used can also be good.

Make sure you don't purchase a rod designated as a cranking rod. You won't be happy with it for most other techniques.

[DON1937]

Tackle Warehouse has had the ABU REVO S on sale for $99 with free shipping. All the rods seem far too stiff for me coming from all glass rods but the $59 H2O rods from Academy get good reviews. I have two but haven't had a chance to use them yet. This could get you into a good BC system for about $160.

[new2BC4bass]

Send smalljaw a PM and ask him about his Fenwick Elite Tech Smallmouth rods. Add a President reel. Hit the water and enjoy life.

[bigdawg74]

eneded up getting a mojobass 6.8 mediam localy for 70$ canadian. another place in town has a president spinning reel on sale starting tomorrow for 40% off but they only have the 6935, it that a ok size to go with this rod and 8 or 10 lbs nanofil.

[jerzeeD]

I posted to go for the president. I used a mojo bass like yours with a president xt for my plastics rod for 3 years. I used the 10 lb test myself. I upgraded to a st croix legend tournament in 6'8" medium/fast paired with a 35 size pflueger patriarch recently...still use 10 lb. test on it.