Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 07:06 PM
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I'm 43 and my fishing gear has always been cheaper qal mart or a bass pro combo topping out around 100. Spinning reals and zero bait casters. The boys have been wanting to try bait casters and my cousin told me you get what you pay for. So today instead of sleep I went to the high end fishing store. I got some education on what's available and pros and cons
Both boys like hunting fishing and trapping but my 13 year old lives for it. His birthday is in June so I went shopping.. I left with a used rod and new bait casting real. I'm not much on name brands but I really liked the rod. It was $180 used new was $250 range. The real was recommended and what my cousin likes around 170 or so don't remember exactly. They had a discount sale so $306 out the door for a single rod and real. A lot for me but very cheap for that store . Hopefully he learns how to use it and likes it. It will likely lead to buying more nicer fishing gear including a boat. But the most expensive part will be the time not working going fishing.
All in all may be a very good buy especially it it leads to me spending more time not at work and with the family. Who would have thought.
Last edited by Providence Farm; 04/26/24 09:43 PM.
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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I am jealous that you have boys to shop for and spend time with. Enjoy every second of it.
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/26/24 07:42 PM
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I tried bait casters got an abu-garcia black max in about 1990 I had never dropped that much on a reel before.
I still have it , went back to spinning rigs
last year my son after having a few more budget friendly bait casters decided he would go the best he could afford
it's better but still not my cup of tea
I think it may be a right of a passage every young fisherman takes like them or not
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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Providence Farm, you will regret all that time worked a lot more than you will regret time spent with your children. When they are grown they will not remember all the time worked unless they resent you for always being at work, but they will cherish the memories that were made while doing cool stuff with Dad. That will be what's important to them later on. I know we all have to pay bills and obviously I don't know anything about your financial situation but I do know how many hours that you admit that you are working and how little time you have for the family and rest. That will wear your body out and is even dangerous, I don't know what you do for a living but in most jobs that many hours for that many days in a row you can't be as alert as you should be while at work and while driving to and from. Take the time with the family that is something that you can never recapture, I am sure your children and wife will cherish it. Best Wishes Great advice. Financially I don't need a single hr of overtime. But I'm working to speed up 100,% debt free and get big ticket projects on the farm done out of pocket and being able to retire at 57. That said I have cut back some 10 k behindd what I made by this time last year and plan on cutting back more. It's not worth it. My cousin txt me asking the modal # on the rod I picked up because he liked it so much and they have a sale today. He ordered himself one. Even with the sale he paid $100 more than I paid getting the one I got used. And it is mint. So I do feel like I did well.
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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04/28/24 09:34 AM
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Awesome Enjoy the time you have with the kids while you can, they will soon be grown and raising kids of their own.
No expert here but just offering some advice from experience
1) DO NOT start learning to use a baitcaster with braid. It is a pain to get backlashes out of and I was a professional backlash remover 15# mono would be good, not too big but big enough to pick backlashes out. I kept a small crochet hook to help pick lashes when I started out
2) Learn how to properly set the reel for the weight of the lure. I am sure there are utube videos but basically tighten the brake (not the drag) and then start loosening until the bait slowly falls.
3) pull about 40-50 yards of line off the spool and put a piece of scotch tape across the remaining line, reel line back over tape. The tape acts as a stop and brevents backlash from going all the way to the spool Braid is sooooo much easier to get out than mono. You have much more of a mess with a mono backlash. Mono kinks and then has to be replaced. I start everyone out with braid. Just spooled up two new baitcasters for my grandsons with 30-pound performance braid. It's the only way to go. As far as #2 goes. set the brake all the way up to 10 (or the highest setting) Then set the spool tension so the bait drops from the end of the rod at shoulder level and hits the ground as quick as it can without any backlash. As a person gets better at casting, you can turn the brake down based on the weight of the lure you're using. But for beginners, this is the best way to start out.
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Re: Fishing gear can get expensive
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I'm running ambassador c-4's on my steelhead and salmon rods.Run okuma guide select rods on most. The thing I like about the reels is there very easy to rebuild , there are a lot of youtube videos to walk a guy thru it.
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What is the advantage of a baitcaster reel over an open spinning reel? I did a lot of fishing as a kid with spinning rigs, I never knew anyone that used a baitcaster, or even saw one in a store. We had saltwater reels sorta like a baitcaster but you didn't cast with them, just release the spool and let out line and re engaged.... Just curious... I have very little experience with them. Always used spinning reals. But from what I have seen if trying to cast far with my spinning real I'm putting a lot of effort into. But I can cast further with a bait casters with much less effort. Are they better? Just a different tool. After all I have caught plenty of fish on a cane pole, stick with piece of line tied to it and a two liter bottle or other jug. All the pro bass fishing guys use them and I'm sure people with more knowledge and experience can add more to it.
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04/28/24 10:17 PM
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Awesome Enjoy the time you have with the kids while you can, they will soon be grown and raising kids of their own.
No expert here but just offering some advice from experience
1) DO NOT start learning to use a baitcaster with braid. It is a pain to get backlashes out of and I was a professional backlash remover 15# mono would be good, not too big but big enough to pick backlashes out. I kept a small crochet hook to help pick lashes when I started out
2) Learn how to properly set the reel for the weight of the lure. I am sure there are utube videos but basically tighten the brake (not the drag) and then start loosening until the bait slowly falls.
3) pull about 40-50 yards of line off the spool and put a piece of scotch tape across the remaining line, reel line back over tape. The tape acts as a stop and brevents backlash from going all the way to the spool Braid is sooooo much easier to get out than mono. You have much more of a mess with a mono backlash. Mono kinks and then has to be replaced. I start everyone out with braid. Just spooled up two new baitcasters for my grandsons with 30-pound performance braid. It's the only way to go. As far as #2 goes. set the brake all the way up to 10 (or the highest setting) Then set the spool tension so the bait drops from the end of the rod at shoulder level and hits the ground as quick as it can without any backlash. As a person gets better at casting, you can turn the brake down based on the weight of the lure you're using. But for beginners, this is the best way to start out. Admittedly I have not bass fished in years, sounds like the current braid is nothing like what was available when I was using it.
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