What is your favorite type of reel for GP or general purposes?

[TDawgNOk]

Just curious what everyone's favorite type of reel is for just general purpose fishing.

[Mickey and Jim]

Bait runner spinning reel is my favorite for the kind of fishing I do now.

Mickey and Jim

[Illinoisgiller]

Spinning reel for sure.
2nd choice would be my low end fly reel. Mike

[cattracker16]

So far I'm kinda liking my abu garcia 5500 bait caster 2nd choice is open bail mitchel 508x

[Mutt]

I like all my reels lol it all depends on the fishing I am doing. If cat fishing my abu 6000 reels for trolling my Daiwa AccuDepth Linecounter Reel AD27LC I have them spooled with spider wire 20 pound works great with the down riggers and stuff.
for bass hmm my shimanos Curado and Chronarch are my favorite for panfishing I like my Slab Seeker pole and reel combo 4.5 foot pole just love it. I did catch a 4 pound large mouth on it one day what a rush that was 2 pound test fighting that bass was a ball. for my fly fishing I have several poles and reels i think the one my uncle Jim got me when I was 8 years old from LL Bean If I recall right love that thing.

[Rainman4u2]

I use open face (spinning) and bait casting, it depends on the situation. Bait casting for bigger lakes and rivers, and spinning for ponds while catfishing. Spinning is my choice when crappie, bass, bluegill, and walleye fishing.

Ray

[mohawkman]

Well generaly I'm catfishing so I'll say for general fishing I use baitcasters. For special porpose, like catching bait, I use either a closed face spin caster or an open face spinning reel.

[Timotha7]

Like spinning reels
Only time ever used "baitcasters" was on salt an those were winches

Spinning reels are what I am comfortable with an have not run into situation where they would not handle anything that I could get a hook into

[Soupy_1us]

I reckon most of you guys know what I use 'cause I talk 'bout them all the time... Penn.....209s,309s, and now I have a brand new,never been used 220 (can't wait to try it out) all of these reels, ofcourse, are baitcasters..209s are spooled with 50 lb line and the 309s are spooled with 80 lb test line.. The new 220 has got 50 lb on it right now but, might change that after the first time out... I use the abu 6000 with 65 lb braided line for bait fishin' , I know sounds like over kill but, have you ever hung a 40 lb strpier while bait fishin'. (well, maybe he weren't that big but, he was a big'un)
As you've seen in a couple of my other post........I don't have much luck with the lighter tackle like spincasters and little stuff like that... But, I do love my little Zebo Micro for playin' with them ole hirren and skipjacks !
Forgot about the rods.................I have 7 Eagle Claw 5.5 ft boat rods and 2 Daiwa Sea Line X 7.5 ft for the big reels...Now , I have done gone and done something that I said that I'd never do again.... BUY ShakeSpear !... Well, I did... I've bought 3 ShakeSpear Rods... The Ugly Sticks.. 2 Tigers and 1 Catfish rod....I think they're all 7 +ft

[Soupy_1us]

I'll shut up and go away now. :(

[Timotha7]

Soupy you sure got a lot of gear!

I got heavy surfcasting Shakespeare spinner on 7ft 1 piece ugly stick
LOL(like 1 piece rods) that is river rod and for big baits when fishing for
flats in lakes that have them

Got me 4 others that are "multi purpose" from ul to med heavy, all fitted
with spinning reels 3 boys use that have eagle claw and shakespeare
reels mine has Shimano on Lightening rod use same reel on a quantam
iron rod as well depending on what I am fishing for and when I am fishng

Most of my river fishing is done with lighter weight gear, but water here
is only bout 50 yards across an you are taking fish at your feet off rip rap
for the most part

otherwise I am in lakes an in open water you can get away with lighter
gear most times, though there is a fish in strip pit I fish (have hooked him 2 times in same spot) that has taken lot of my line an went straight down then broken me off
thinking it is likely a very big channel or a flathead, have not seen much of him cept the swirl :-(

[Soupy_1us]

Just listed what I wanted you to know I had....Not all of it (not enuff room on here for that)....Swirls ? Yep...I know about them too....That's why I got the larger stuff... Tired of seein' them swirls... But, right now ....I'd like to see some of them swirls... Beats seein' nuttin'




Soupy you sure got a lot of gear!

I got heavy surfcasting Shakespeare spinner on 7ft 1 piece ugly stick
LOL(like 1 piece rods) that is river rod and for big baits when fishing for
flats in lakes that have them

Got me 4 others that are "multi purpose" from ul to med heavy, all fitted
with spinning reels 3 boys use that have eagle claw and shakespeare
reels mine has Shimano on Lightening rod use same reel on a quantam
iron rod as well depending on what I am fishing for and when I am fishng

Most of my river fishing is done with lighter weight gear, but water here
is only bout 50 yards across an you are taking fish at your feet off rip rap
for the most part

otherwise I am in lakes an in open water you can get away with lighter
gear most times, though there is a fish in strip pit I fish (have hooked him 2 times in same spot) that has taken lot of my line an went straight down then broken me off
thinking it is likely a very big channel or a flathead, have not seen much of him cept the swirl :-(

[wewamohawk]

for flatheads i like my penn 330 and penn 220 and for bait something light and small hooks ;;;maurice

[yellowcat]

Soupy, those tiger rods are really good rods for catfishing. I have a bunch of them and really like them. I use Penns mainly, the 320's, and use some 7000garcias as well. I use 80lb powerpro on almost everything. Just ask Ken over at Kens TBC about how much powerpro I have bought from him. Love the stuff. I like Kahle hooks for hooks and have a lot of different types of rods for cats, depends on the fishs mood.LOL

[Soupy_1us]

Was just down to Kens the other day... Had a couple of reels cleaned and my buddy bought a Penn pod...Seems to be a good place to shop.... Did find out that Ken, my buddy and myself all worked at Pyro Mining at the same time..But, never met down there.
I tried the Prower Pro 40lb once... Turned me plumb against it. I use Ande's 50 and 80 lb now.



Soupy, those tiger rods are really good rods for catfishing. I have a bunch of them and really like them. I use Penns mainly, the 320's, and use some 7000garcias as well. I use 80lb powerpro on almost everything. Just ask Ken over at Kens TBC about how much powerpro I have bought from him. Love the stuff. I like Kahle hooks for hooks and have a lot of different types of rods for cats, depends on the fishs mood.LOL

[yellowcat]

Yeah, I go in there about once a week when time allows. Love to shop. Almost as bad as a woman going to walmart.LOL. I am ready to see some poles double over.LOL

[mohawkman]

I love to go to Ken's, it's amazing how much tackle he has in that small shop. For those who have not been there here is a link to some pictures inside the store.
http://www.kenstbc.com/inside.html

[swampman]

well i reckon i aint too good at any of t'other kinds of reels so i use a zebco 33 for most of my fishing except when im on the river i have 3 zebco hawgs with 30 pound test on em....... my rod for the 33 is a whupin stick 6' and i have 2, 8' two piece fish eagle eagle claw rods and a cabelas bigwater teloscopic 12 footer and i use it for most of my catfishing (fits in my jeep easier)

[gofish]

ya git round this way in the spring ill learn ya on baitcasters.easy to use once ya know how to set em.

[swampman]

i had me a nice one i found once, it was a daiwa luna, i couldnt get it to work so i gave it to a cousin ( i found it later in a cabales and they wanted 230$ for it, i was po'ed when i saw the pricetag but at least my cousins taking

[wewamohawk]

i like my penn reels 209 309 and 220 and 330 also 40 penn salt water and light rods for bait maurice

[swampman]

forgot to add taking care of it to my last reply

[GotstaFish]

99.9% of the time I have a baitcaster in my hand. I do have 3 nice spinning reel outfits but rarely use them unless them bass are really finicky. I usually carry 7 rods on the front deck of my boat so that if the situation arises that I need another type of lure quick, I already have one tied on and ready. Most days it depends on where I am on the river. Whether I'm in the slop or running banks. Typically I usually have 2 topwater frog rods,2 heavy flippin' and pitchin' rods, a vibrashock, a rattle trap and a jig. That will usually cover most situations.

[ho_shi]

i have a little bit of all,

got some zebcos
some shimano
some rhino
some quantum


have open faced, spincast, bait cast, open face

also have eveything from rhino rod to ugly sticks to big game ugly stick to some misc ones too

[bwob]

DANm...I only got 1 rod :( ....snd then I got a bait caster...but there seems to be some trouble with it...my friend says theres too much tention ( is my spellin right) on the line.:mad:

[GotstaFish]

Just wait young man, your arsenal will grow in time lol, I have about $6000 just in rods alone. Don't even want to tally my tackle LOL

[Buddy Cassaday]

I use baitcasters the most. I have alot of them and i also use baitrunners have a couple of them but let the wife use them.(easyer for her). I have and use 2 Okuma Catalina,s ct-25L with #80 Kajun Red on them and i have and use a Master,s 180 limited edition Gold reel with #50 lb Kajun Red on it. all baitcaster,s, The catalina,s retail for around $149.00 to $159.00 and the gold master,s bait caster retails for $189.95 (if you can find them now). . The 3 bait runners i use and the wife use,s are Okuma,s also. All lined with Kajun Red 20# to 25#. The rods are all Shakespear Tidewater 7ft EX Heavy 30# to 80# line weight rods.

[big country]

well i use spinning reels with ugly sticks for most of my fishing but for fishing the piers and up in flathead country i use my penn 220 gto and my penn 209 on heavy action rods.......

[blackhorse]

I have all kinds and lots of em, kinda go's with the territory, but I prefer baitcasters, I'm very fond of my 6500 ABU's, I love the 7000's, but I have a couple of new Shakesphere Contenders G30's that are flat bad to the bone. Mounted on 7' 30/50 custom rods I think I just might jerk the lips right off a big ole blue.