rchiuz Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Hi all, I recently got a Shimano CI4+ Spinning 2500 mostly for bass. I was wondering if I could use it to fish in saltwater? I live in South Florida so plenty of saltwater species nearby without going off shore on a boat. Is it a bad idea? Thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance! Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted January 25, 2015 Super User Posted January 25, 2015 Not a bad ideal.. Carbon doesn't corrode Quote
baluga Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 It should be fine, I use mine for inshore saltwater. Just rinse it thouroghly with tapwater every after use. Quote
ColdSVT Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 On 1/25/2015 at 9:29 PM, baluga said: It should be fine, I use mine for inshore saltwater. Just rinse it thouroghly with tapwater every after use. This! I used a stradic FI in salt for many many days...several hundred...and i still use it today for bass Just rinse it after every trip...EVERY TRIP Quote
fishingman88 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 I fish a lot of saltwater/inshore and personally after having fished both the CI4 and the FJ, I'd go with the FJ. The extra weight savings of the CI4 didn't really make much of a difference for me. Quote
Super User Tywithay Posted January 26, 2015 Super User Posted January 26, 2015 On 1/26/2015 at 3:34 AM, fishingman88 said: I fish a lot of saltwater/inshore and personally after haven't fished both the CI4 and the FJ, I'd go with the FJ. The extra weight savings of the CI4 didn't really make much of a difference for me.Have you used the CI4+? I'm a fan of all 3, and love the FJ, but the CI4+ is a huge improvement, in my opinion. Quote
fishingman88 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 On 1/26/2015 at 4:52 AM, Tywithay said: Have you used the CI4+? I'm a fan of all 3, and love the FJ, but the CI4+ is a huge improvement, in my opinion. I actually haven't used the CI4+ personally. Was it that much of a difference over the CI4? *Doh, just noticed the OP mentioned between the CI4+ and the FJ so my assessment is probably not fair. Quote
Super User Tywithay Posted January 26, 2015 Super User Posted January 26, 2015 On 1/26/2015 at 5:02 AM, fishingman88 said: I actually haven't used the CI4+ personally. Was it that much of a difference over the CI4? *Doh, just noticed the OP mentioned between the CI4+ and the FJ so my assessment is probably not fair.I think the CI4+ is a huge improvement over the CI4. Feels slightly smoother, and far more solid. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted January 26, 2015 Super User Posted January 26, 2015 It's doable and will be fine for occasional use. Quote
fishingman88 Posted January 26, 2015 Posted January 26, 2015 On 1/26/2015 at 5:16 AM, Tywithay said: I think the CI4+ is a huge improvement over the CI4. Feels slightly smoother, and far more solid. I think that was my biggest qualm about the CI4. It didn't feel "solid". I'll have to go try out the CI4+ sometime later this month. Quote
Super User tomustang Posted January 26, 2015 Super User Posted January 26, 2015 On 1/26/2015 at 12:25 PM, fishingman88 said: I think that was my biggest qualm about the CI4. It didn't feel "solid". I'll have to go try out the CI4+ sometime later this month. For bass, the CI4 will be fine, but for the bigger salt species there's been enough complaints about the body 'flexing', since the x-ship was introduced in the plus model this issue is gone. Quote
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