what baitcaster do you use?!

[richard]

i was wonder what baitcaster reels everyone uses, i have a cheap shakespeare alpha spooled with shakespeare supreme 10lb line.

[wally-eye]

A 7 foot medium action Ugly Stick rod with a Pfluegar Trion baitcaster spooled with 14 lb. fireline.....

Nice set up, kind of expensive reel but with baitcasters the more you spend on them the better they cast and fish.

The main key is to find what works best for you.

[fishindude]

My 2 favorites are both by shimano. The old Curado, haven't tried the newer version so I can't compare them, and the bantam citica.

I agree that the more money you spend, the better the reel is.

[CubanFisherman]

I agree that the more money you spend, the better the reel is.
:yeahthat:!!

I have an Abu Garcia C3 and an Abu Garcia Torno. They work wonderfully. I learned on the Shakespeare Alpha, and getting my first quality baitcaster was the most blissful moment of my fishing career.

[RyGuy525]

I have one of the old shimano currado's a quantom acurrist and a bass pro extreme reel. The Extreme is by far my favorite.

[enfield]

Mine are all Abu Garcia Ambassadeurs or Quantums.

[chamookman]

Abu's (5), Quantum (2), Pinnacle (1) and two Cabela's Prodigy. The Prodigy are the smoothest/best casting of the bunch. The Abu's are the "work horses". It's true the more You pay, the better they are - but for $100.00 the Prodigys are the best value going - primo reel ! Bob

[jigworm]

ABU C-4 ( a real work horse)
ABU Record (new this year, great reel!)
Quantum Accurist pt (good reel)
Lews RB-4 (from before they sold the company, another work horse)
Shimano Bantam (real old, a piece of junk)
ABU EON (another piece of junk, guess that why they don't make it anymore)

[waterfoul]

I love my ?Shimano Curado. I also have a Diawa Capricorn 100H... it is a decent reel for the $79 I paid for it. 30 lb Powerpro on the Diawa, 17 lb Gamma on the Curado.

[ESOX]

Daiwa:
TDX 103HVA 20# Power Pro
TDX 103 HSD 20# Power Pro
Millionaire CVZ 203A 30# Power Pro
Millionaire CVZ 205A 50# Power pro

Abu :
C4 6500 (4) 50# Power pro, 30# Yozuri Hybrid, 65# Power Pro, 80# Power Pro
C3 6500 (2) 65# Power Pro, 30# Yozuri Hybrid
C4 5500 50# Power Pro
Eon 6600 40# Power Pro
Eon 5600 30# Power Pro

Shimano:
They are all broken (4), bent spool axles, smoked ARB's, useless drags..

[redneckman]

I have a Quantum Accurist PT on a 7' MH rod, with 12lb sufix elite mono. Works great. Smooth casting and retrieve.

Redneckman

[ezyeric]

Shimano Scorpion the Japanese version of the Curado, its higher quality in every way (dont know about the new curado though). Can buy it important for $150, which is a steal.

[Weekender#1]

I have 4 ABU Garcia 5600 C I use them for walleye trolling and some salmon trolling but they are sweet to use.
When casting I use spinning equipment.

[Inseine]

I use G-Loomis IMX CR722/6'0 med. with Daiwa Viento reels. I love these rods. I can feel the Walleye think about hitting the bait... lol....

[larson308]

A 7 foot medium action Ugly Stick rod with a Pfluegar Trion baitcaster spooled with 20lb. spider wire. and a 7 foot heavy action cabelas rod and combo reel, with 20lb. spider wire. went up to northern ontario just last week again. caught many a pike on the rods . after trying my new setup...the pfluegar, i almost threw it in the water, the cabelas setup is by far the best ive ever had. paid like 200 for the combo!!

[duckman#1]

Shamano Citica 2006/ St. Croix 6 1/2'

[LilyDuck]

I use a 6'6'' Competitor model guide series and a cableas ZR tournament. I really like how the 2 compliment each other!

[seips]

Shimano Calcuttas (6) love em all

[Maydar1]

Curado
Diawa Fuego
Pflueger President
Shimano Corvalus


Diawa out performs all the rest.

[jjc155]

Cabelas Prodigy on 6 1/2 ft rod

J-

[Potter]

Shimano Curado on St Croix sticks!!