prime89

It was a beautiful day on Thursday, temp was right, time was right and the bite was on. Was out with the wife and frends, fished from 2 - sunset. Caught this baby well over 30 inches, within the first hour, not much of a fight. Red and white spoon, slow retrieve, beauty fish!


Later in the afternoon I switched spots to another spot that usually produces for me when timed right, I actually was throwing my husky jerk and five of diamonds, my husky jerk got snagged, I ended up pulling and breaking the line and the lure floated to the top,so to get my lure back, I got rid of my leader which was broken, tied a jointed rapala Minnow to my line and tried to get mylure back.Afterseveral tries I got my jointed lure to hook my floating lure lol....so I thouht let's Juet fish this n see Wat happens, these things got some action, first cast out, slow retrieve and few jerks, boom! Fishon! ... This fish was smaller than the first, about 28 inches but wow was it strong!!...took me less than a minute to bring itin. Myfriendactually got it on vid, maybe Il post that up too.



it was an Awsum day, and I might start fishing without leaders, both fish were cauught without leaders, bigger one on 15 lb braid. Oh ya I had a third fish on that got away, when I was fishing with a leader.

I remember when i got my first baitcaster I was so excited, I was just practicing in my living room and my mom was like what's wrong with u.

First outing was good for about 10 min..then it all.screwed up. But few times out and now i don't even worry about backlashes or fail casts lol..they don't happen, its just about getting used to it and knowing how ur reel works.

Keep ur spinning with you if ur buying ur first baitcaster, it can get annoying at first.

yea i remember when i was in the same boat.

I use both..i find my spinning to be effective at times and at other times my baitcasting is good too.

Have you ever used a baitcast before?...you would need a new rod to go with ur new reel. and to get used to using the baitcaster..can be annoying at times for the beginner.

My advice would be, dont go spending like $200+ on a rod and reel yet. Get your self a decent spinning set..and one baitcast..youl be good to goo...for shore fishing. I dont know how much you are willing to spend. You can get a new spinning a reel..since you already have a rod. and get a nice baitcasting setup...a decent one can cost u around $100 if you want..maybe a lil more, then again i dont know how much you want to spend.

As far as light lures and distance, baitcasters will cast more distance..and also more accurately, but for lighter lures i have always used a spinning setup, to avoid worrying about backlashes from shore when you really want maximum distance. But if ur used to baitcasting setups then ur good to go with the baitcaster.

Hope it helps somewhat :S...maybe if i get an idea of what your willing to spend i can help you out more, im always researching this kinda stuff, i made few mistakes in the past i learned from haha..oh well..now i know.