Love : Boag Hog Baits Barrel Bug, Denali Shakey Head Rod
Dislike: Strike King Spinnerbait (trailer hook skirt tangles in the blades)
Love: Reaction Innovations Double Wide Beaver
(love the beaver!)
Dislike: Quantum Smoke Series Baitcaster (too small, has zero balls when it comes to handling BIG FISH)
I mean, how would you know is sucks on big fish.
We need a smiley face of something going over ones head
Let me paint a picture for you, last September, Glen Charlie, 5 minutes left in tournament, got 13.9 in the livewell, smallest fish is 1.5, throwing a texas rigged yamamoto flappin hog pegged with a 1/8 oz tungsten through the grass, 4.5/5 lber smashes it, set the hook, lock the drag (fishing braid) fish continues to pull out drag to the point where I have to thumb the reel to get it to stop, the reel couldnt pull the fish in the spool would spin and the fish would pull out line no matter what i did, hand lined her halfway to the boat before she popped off, placed 4th winning bag was 17 even, lost at least $500 dollars that day.. SMOKE BAITCAST REELs SUCK!
I mean, how would you know is sucks on big fish.
We need a smiley face of something going over ones head
Let me paint a picture for you, last September, Glen Charlie, 5 minutes left in tournament, got 13.9 in the livewell, smallest fish is 1.5, throwing a texas rigged yamamoto flappin hog pegged with a 1/8 oz tungsten through the grass, 4.5/5 lber smashes it, set the hook, lock the drag (fishing braid) fish continues to pull out drag to the point where I have to thumb the reel to get it to stop, the reel couldnt pull the fish in the spool would spin and the fish would pull out line no matter what i did, hand lined her halfway to the boat before she popped off, placed 4th winning bag was 17 even, lost at least $500 dollars that day.. SMOKE BAITCAST REELs SUCK!
lol
I mean, how would you know is sucks on big fish.
We need a smiley face of something going over ones head
Let me paint a picture for you, last September, Glen Charlie, 5 minutes left in tournament, got 13.9 in the livewell, smallest fish is 1.5, throwing a texas rigged yamamoto flappin hog pegged with a 1/8 oz tungsten through the grass, 4.5/5 lber smashes it, set the hook, lock the drag (fishing braid) fish continues to pull out drag to the point where I have to thumb the reel to get it to stop, the reel couldnt pull the fish in the spool would spin and the fish would pull out line no matter what i did, hand lined her halfway to the boat before she popped off, placed 4th winning bag was 17 even, lost at least $500 dollars that day.. SMOKE BAITCAST REELs SUCK!
lol
I vaguely remember you owning one of these?? lol perhaps mine was just defective
Dislike: Daiwa Exceller- after less than 3 months the reel started making sounds and the drag system blows!
Like: Snagproof frogs- even though they aren't the most realistic frog, the durability and hook-up ratio is top notch...plus you can throw them a mile! A close second & third is Kopper's Live Target followed by the Pad Crusher.
Dislike: Trilene Flouro....sucks to cast in my opinion!
Like: Strike King Bitsy Jig- I'm new to fishing the jig consistently but I love the fact that you can catch quanitity and quality!
Like: Shimano Sienna Spinning reels 2500 & 4000- for the money (30-40 dollars) and durabilty it's my favorite frog and jog reel.
Dislike: Daiwa Exceller- after less than 3 months the reel started making sounds and the drag system blows!
Like: Snagproof frogs- even though they aren't the most realistic frog, the durability and hook-up ratio is top notch...plus you can throw them a mile! A close second & third is Kopper's Live Target followed by the Pad Crusher.
Dislike: Trilene Flouro....sucks to cast in my opinion!
Like: Strike King Bitsy Jig- I'm new to fishing the jig consistently but I love the fact that you can catch quanitity and quality!
I just bought a Daiwa exceller bait cast reel. Brand new out of the box I didn't like the way it was reeling. It felt sluggish. I took it apart to find one big glob of grease on the gears. I cleaned it all up and relubed it. It casts and reels smooth.