Daiwa Alphas SV, Pixy Airy Red and aldebaran MG7

[JustJames]

Which one handle 1/8oz lure better? Better mean controlling and also distance. 

[WRB]

Stratic Ci4

Tom

[fishwizzard]

I have an Alphas SV and a PX68 and the Pixy will handle a true 1/8oz hardbait a lot better then the Alphas.  

[JustJames]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

Stratic Ci4

Tom

Last time I used spinning I cast into tree most of the time lol.

[WRB]

9 minutes ago, JustJames said:

Last time I used spinning I cast into tree most of the time lol.

Bait casting reels have limitations with weight that spinning reels excel at.

One days practice solves casting accuracy.

Tom

[JustJames]

Thks @BaitFinesse This I wanna hear and also thanks for not mentioned any of BS BFS Lol. I know I can get shallow spool for both my Alphas and Aldebaran and get it done, but I'd rather have a reel that work as it intended to. I think next season I'll bank fish more and more so my option is really limited to Finesse stuffs. I can cast 1/8 - 3/16oz with all my reels (SV105, alde, scorpion70) but I only got about 50' max.

[JustJames]

14 hours ago, WRB said:

Bait casting reels have limitations with weight that spinning reels excel at.

One days practice solves casting accuracy.

Tom

I might clean up my Sahara 750 and use it again one of these day. I hope rusted not get into the reel since I have not use it for at least 2-3 years lol.

[WRB]

4 minutes ago, JustJames said:

I might clean up my Sahara 750 and use it again one of these day. I hope rusted not get into the reel since I have not use it for at least 2-3 years lol.

Hope you find the BC reel that works well. IMO it's more of a rod selection, I use Loomis PR845C for light lures with my original Fuego, the weight is a little heavy for perfect balance but the moderate action is good.

Tom

[JustJames]

Thks Tom, I'm not into BFS stuff so I should be okay with Majorcraft Go Emotion 652L. I also have 2 of Shimano rod that can handle 1/8oz quite well. Worst come to worst I'll pair with my old Daiwa spinmatic UL and fish for bluegill instead lol.

[JustJames]

@BaitFinesse I plan for 1/8oz jerkbait, shallow crank, rapala count down and most importantly Jr Fluke and regular Fluke. You are right about backbone, the Majorcraft got plenty of backbone which I need when fishing with Fluke Jr. My Daiwa spinmatic is also trout rod with very wimpy top and no backbone.

 

[WRB]

You have Spots in Canyon lake?

Tom

[JustJames]

Tom, I think so that what @OCdockskipperconfirmed. I tried at the light house area a few times but so far have not seen one. 

I plan to fish small lures in hope of catching crappies someday.

[OCdockskipper]

2 hours ago, WRB said:

You have Spots in Canyon lake?

Tom

I can't confirm they are still there, but there were Spots there in 1978.

 

As a 15 yr old, I had organized a tournament and the first day was fishing with a gentleman who was a member of the AmBassadeurs (his name escapes me).  Towards the end of the day, he already had a nice limit and was coaching me on getting mine.  With a few minutes until weigh-in, he pulled up to the lighthouse (on the channel side) and told me to throw a deep diving crankbait.  First cast, I hook up with a nice bass, but when I get the fish in the boat, something doesn't look right.  The fish is more football shaped than pot bellied and its mouth wasn't as big as i would have expected for a 2 lb fish.  I said out loud "This doesn't look like a largemouth", at which time my "teacher" broke out in a big grin.  He said "really?  What do you think it is?".  I had only seen largemouth before, so I said I didn't know, to which he responded "That's a spotted bass".  Turns out he & a buddy had made about 2 dozen trips to Lake Perris that spring and kept bringing double limits of spots over, releasing them in the lake near the lighthouse.

 

I would expect the spots to have done well, Canyon Lake has a lot of depth and rip rap and at the time, was loaded with crawdads.

[JustJames]

Thx @OCdockskipperyou know what every time I caught a bass near light house I always check if they are spots I even told my buddy to check the same especially the one that fight harder.