lo-profile baitcasters

[shallowist]

E7, 6. whatever gear ratio. 5 is too slow and 7 too high.

[shallowist]

World is different when you get in the water. You could make nearly any reel hold up if you didn't wade, and you babied it. If you are mechanically inclined and have a few minutes, a bottle of Reel X will make them all last longer. I got the Revo advice from a fulltime tournament guy, who is sponsored by them, and a reel repair guy who won't even work on them anymore. I'm glad that they work for you, and I'm not saying that my 2 cents is anything but my 2 cents.

[jrcaruso09]

im about to buy a shimano curado myself... do yall have any recommendations between the 200E5 and the 200E7 model. the 200E5 has a 5.0:1 gear ratio and the 200E7 model has a 5.0:7 gear ratio.... what gear ratio do yall recommend?

[coachlaw]

You're right, I don't get the wading thing. If you ever see me wading, you know my boat sunk.

[007]

I have one and Mike had to rebuild it for me after 6 months of using it. I would buy the shimano any day over it. I guess I will have to try the Daiwa also.

I've had 0 problems with the three that I have Chip!...........and they all still have the original 50# power pro on them........as a matter of fact, the red on the Home Page was caught with my oldest one with a blood knot in the middle of the spool!

[reeltime]

I might have a loaner for the right, responsible angler....

does that mean he has to be a republican

[shallowist]

I might have a loaner for the right, responsible angler....

[reeltime]

Coach...a lot of Tx people wade fish and if you start getting into deep water you have to hold that sissy spinner higher out of the water to keep from donting that line twister.

dead on 2112.you going gigging burrrrr tonite...........i like shimano and use it.............. but 007 obama may force me to buy that h20 rig....How much are they?

[imhammer]

Try this cheap arse H2o Mettle that I've fished with for the last 8 months and then get back to me. It blows my Curado BSF200 away in every which way but loose. I can throw a PinkSkitterwalk 80 yards down wind.........no problem!! Not sayin the Shimanos are bad at all (I own 2 of them) but these are more bang for the buck reels hands down.

I have one and Mike had to rebuild it for me after 6 months of using it. I would buy the shimano any day over it. I guess I will have to try the Daiwa also.

[2112]

Coach...a lot of Tx people wade fish and if you start getting into deep water you have to hold that sissy spinner higher out of the water to keep from donting that line twister.

[Nwilkins]

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpageRLCSHIMANO-SCOCR.html

Core 100mg

[coachlaw]

it's the 20th century bro

Acutally, it's the 21st century if you're really counting. That's why people should be using newer technology, which means using spinners. To each their own. I grew up making fun of baitcaster bass fishermen and I still do. It's strange to me that so many people use them here in Texas. You don't find it so prevalant anywhere else. I do find that baitcasters are better when drift fishing, because you've always got the wind at your back. I own 2 of them and don't know why. Now y'all go pick out your rats nests.

[007]

I'm going to give you some very well researched advice. I have used and serviced both Shimano and Daiwa. I would put my money on Daiwa any day. If you look at the bang for the buck models, which unfortunately are 150-170 these days. You could get a Curado (which is much improved) or a Team Daiwa Advantage. There's a touch more weight with the Daiwa but I would put money on it far outlasting and outcasting the Curado. Both are very low profile and comfortable to cast. At the meet and greet two weeks ago, I had this same discussion with Mike in Friendswood, long time reel repair guy. There are a lot of good reels, all will succumb to saltwater eventually, only Daiwa and Shimano have reasonable parts availability. Virtually every other reel maker uses some cheap pot metal parts somewhere in the reels that will eventually destroy every moving part. And for the skeptics, No, I'm no longer sponsored by Daiwa, but I still fish, and abuse them regularly. I probably fish 100 days a year currently, a few years back my Daiwa gear survived in excess of 250 days a year and customer abuse... Plus the occasional dunking from those days that I thought that I need two rods when wading.

Try this cheap arse H2o Mettle that I've fished with for the last 8 months and then get back to me. It blows my Curado BSF200 away in every which way but loose. I can throw a PinkSkitterwalk 80 yards down wind.........no problem!! Not sayin the Shimanos are bad at all (I own 2 of them) but these are more bang for the buck reels hands down.

[shallowist]

I'm going to give you some very well researched advice. I have used and serviced both Shimano and Daiwa. I would put my money on Daiwa any day. If you look at the bang for the buck models, which unfortunately are 150-170 these days. You could get a Curado (which is much improved) or a Team Daiwa Advantage. There's a touch more weight with the Daiwa but I would put money on it far outlasting and outcasting the Curado. Both are very low profile and comfortable to cast. At the meet and greet two weeks ago, I had this same discussion with Mike in Friendswood, long time reel repair guy. There are a lot of good reels, all will succumb to saltwater eventually, only Daiwa and Shimano have reasonable parts availability. Virtually every other reel maker uses some cheap pot metal parts somewhere in the reels that will eventually destroy every moving part. And for the skeptics, No, I'm no longer sponsored by Daiwa, but I still fish, and abuse them regularly. I probably fish 100 days a year currently, a few years back my Daiwa gear survived in excess of 250 days a year and customer abuse... Plus the occasional dunking from those days that I thought that I need two rods when wading.

[dbarham]

That fish actually hooked me when I was using the bait caster. They're trash I tell you. I also hate that the drag is silent. I like to HEAR the ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ when the drag goes out.

it's the 20th century bro