Need Help Choosing a Spinning Reel - California Fishing

cst · 12-31-2004, 09:34 PM

whats a good and spinning reel to take on half day boats (basicly the days where they only have pin heads or chovies that are too light to cast with a casting reel).

I dont have much experience with spinning reels for saltwater fishing but was thinking of getting a Sedona, maybe a 2500, or maybe larger.

DementedFish · 12-31-2004, 09:43 PM

A perfect reel for what you want would be the okuma epixor. They make these reels with baitrunners, which is perfect. Check them out on ebay, www.okuma.com or wherever.

cst · 01-01-2005, 03:18 AM

well why get an okuma epixor over the shimano baitrunner (3500 i think).

cst · 01-01-2005, 03:25 AM

a couple of things. first off, okumas website is www.okumafishing.com and second i saw some pics of the epixors and they look nice, im gonna go check them out at Bob Sands this week. Seems like you made a great suggestion sean, thanks

Cuban_Fish · 01-01-2005, 06:52 PM

I have a shimano thunnus and it is pretty nice my sister uses it when we go to mexico and i have used it a few tiomes and its pretty good, kind of big though.

DementedFish · 01-01-2005, 07:09 PM

Heres the thing about Okuma Reels. You know how they say "you get what you pay for"? Well, in my opinion, you get MORE than what you pay for. Thats why I buy them.

WreckinBall · 01-01-2005, 07:28 PM

Never take a knife to a gunfight. With few exceptions, you are sacrificing both speed and drag strength by using spinning gear. Don't give up on conventional gear. With practice (and the right set-up) you can be tossing pinheads adeptly, and air-mailing everyone else when you have decent sized bait.

If you are intent on crankin' a coffee-grinder, for 25# and up, Penn's 9500SS is the way to go.
For 15#-25#, the Shimano Baitrunner 6500, or Thunnus
For 12#-15#, the Shimano Baitrunner 3500, or Penn's Slammer, or Slammer live-liner.

I'm sure that many other quality spinning reels are out there (Fin-Nor, Van Stahl, etc.), but these are the ones I know.

I'm just sayin'........

WB

cst · 01-01-2005, 07:49 PM

well i wanted something for 10 and 12 poind, but i want it to be a small spinning reel. and how would you flyline a pin head on conventional, they are like 2-4 inches of lightness lol

fishinkid · 01-01-2005, 08:08 PM

penn slammer or penn 5500 spinfisher

DementedFish · 01-01-2005, 08:22 PM

Why would you want to fly-line a anchovie that small? lol

cst · 01-01-2005, 08:30 PM

why not

DementedFish · 01-01-2005, 08:52 PM

Well, generally, when you're fly-lining, you are going to want to use sardines. Anchovies just dont work too well fly lining (believe me, ive tried lol), and the only thing they are really good for is sand bass while fishing on/near the bottom. And if the sand bass are on the top, i'll cast out a big hammer or something.

cst · 01-01-2005, 09:09 PM

they bite irons and krocs too.

DementedFish · 01-01-2005, 09:13 PM

Ya i havent caught any bass off of a iron yet, but ive seen it done.

steve33fish · 01-01-2005, 11:29 PM

When I used to work on sportfishing boats, I seen more jackpots won a shimano baitrunners than any other reels (incl conven reels) The simple design of these reels make them very friendly to use. Remeber Baitrunner's were the first spin rreels to offer the freespool feature and since has mastered the designed incl their new models the THUNUS and AERO spin reels. Oh yeah, flylining small chovies takes alot of talent, I've had the honor to fish with alot skippers and old seadogs who back in the days never had dines or macks to use as baits. I've personley seen larger Calicos, Yellows, And Tuna caught on small chovies than any other bait avail. Sometimes the bigger fish likes to snack instead of a having a full meal.