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Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend?

Posted By: Tatorbones

Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/24/16 05:11 PM

Looking to use spinning gear to add a few rods to my boat deck. I have two bait-cast setup one for finesse and another for flipping. What would you recommend for crank baits and drop shot or etc.
Posted By: bigbass94

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/24/16 05:25 PM

Shimano Stradic CI4

The best spinning reel on the market if you ask me, is the Stradic CI4. This reel is so versatile and can handle everything from a crankbait to a drop shot, like you mentioned. With high quality components and a smooth retrieve, this reel will get the job done with ease.
Posted By: KingwoodCat

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/24/16 05:28 PM

Originally Posted By: bigbass94
Shimano Stradic CI4

The best spinning reel on the market if you ask me, is the Stradic CI4. This reel is so versatile and can handle everything from a crankbait to a drop shot, like you mentioned. With high quality components and a smooth retrieve, this reel will get the job done with ease.


What he said.-
Posted By: Jason1976

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/25/16 03:07 AM

Stradic is the way to go i have several love em
Posted By: wormy1

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/25/16 12:53 PM

Shimano reels,
all the top brands make a good spinning rod depends applications.
Posted By: ezbassin

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/25/16 02:53 PM

Stratic Ci4
Power Tackle spinning rod.
Posted By: Buffs 1

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/25/16 03:04 PM

Try a Pflueger reel.
Posted By: Flippin-Out

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/25/16 04:36 PM

Originally Posted By: wormy1
Shimano reels,
all the top brands make a good spinning rod depends applications.


Agree Shimano is top tier. I am told by saltwater focused guys that Shimano is considered the leader in their world. I have less trouble with line twist using Shimano than any other spinning reel brand. (Shimano has some features that help with line management on the spool.) Stratic is fantastic, even Sahara is pretty good for a spinning reel.
Posted By: Tatorbones

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/25/16 07:22 PM

I'll be honest for the stradic guys. If I am going to pay in the high $100-$200 then I might just go ahead and pay a little more for a Shimano Curado. I'll have to check out the reels around a $100. Still sounds like I need to stick with Shimano.

Thanks guys.
Posted By: tbucket101

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/26/16 11:38 AM

I have about $120 in my setup and like it, 7' M Abu Vendetta and a Mitchell 300/25. I found the Vendetta to be on the stiffer side but allows be to be a little more accurate but sacrificing distance.
Posted By: HARD WORKN HAROLD

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/26/16 12:28 PM

REVO thumb
Posted By: BrudBass

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 05/26/16 01:14 PM

About 1/4 of the setups I take out each time are spinning setups. I use medium-light, medium, and medium-heavy spinning rods with a variety of reels like Shimano, Daiwa and Abu Garcia. I use my spinning reels with braid to a fluoro leader most of the time. My spinning rods are set up with a 1/4 oz popper, 1/16 or 1/8 oz slider head, drop shot, light weight Texas rig 1/16 to 1/8 oz, and a shaky head.

As for gear ratio, my reels are all over the place on that. My reel selections are based on line capacity(size), reel and drag smoothness, and a little on weight.
Posted By: Tatorbones

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/01/16 05:26 PM

Thanks guys for the heads up.
Posted By: GROD

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/01/16 05:59 PM

Buy used and you can get whatever you want...
Posted By: Billy Blazer 300 HPDI

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/01/16 06:43 PM

Like mentioned above, you can buy one near new and get whatever you want cheap. Bass Boat Central will have some good ones on sale.

Or you can go to basspro and get a carbonlite. No more often than you will use it other an drop shot ever now and then it really won't matter what you get.
Posted By: postoak

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/01/16 11:41 PM

I use the Penn Battle II in size 2000 for bass. These are $83.53 at Amazon. For rods, it depends on what you are using it for but most spinning rods are medium power. For MH, I have an Abu Garcia Vendetta 7' which is about $75.00.
Posted By: Marooned

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/02/16 02:38 AM

Shimano Sahara is a good reel for about $80. I also like the new Mitchell 300 Pro reels, for about $70. I have 2 of them. For a rod, Shimano Compre rod for $100 is a very lightweight, sensitive rod. I have 2 6'8" medium rods.
Posted By: T54

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/02/16 02:44 AM

Shimano has Saros/Crucial combos on special for $199 right now.
Posted By: Bill Durham

Re: Who use spinning gear? What brand and gear do you recommend? - 06/02/16 05:58 AM

I have a couple of Shimano Symetre reels that I bought on Ebay for around $60.. they are $99 new. I bought the 1500 series because I was fishing for Spots in Georgia.. but they have done well out here in Texas. I have a 2500 series Pfluger on my Shakey Head rod that is a pretty nice reel. I too use braid with fluro leader.. Its a great combination to fish finesse type baits where feel is really important.

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