SirSnookalot

I haven't gotten my 20lb yet. I don't recall having any of my present braided lines wrapping around the tip while bass fishing, but it's happened many many times for other types of fishing, even more so with mono. IMO this is caused by severe line twist, I plan on using this line with the lures that do create severe line twist (spinning type lures). I'm not in the least bit concerned over the larger diameter, for me the reduced spool capacity is not significant enough to worry about. Breaking strength is difficult to determine, I see numbers all over the map with all brands of lines with no real constancy, again no concern as most lines break well over their labeled number strength, I'll be targeting 20# + fish. All I have to do now is get a strike, lol

I always keep in mind what P.T. Barnum said.

I'm not familiar with that particular bait, but I do use flukes quite a bit. When I fish them weedless, which I do almost daily for bass fishing, I use an ordinary 4/0 worm hook, I prefer them to the EWG. When I can fish them without being weedless I like putting them on a jig head, my go to heads are 1/4 oz DOA's and mirrorlures. There are many out here that care to spend less on a jig head and they use Walmart lead heads which are pretty inexpensive, I always have a couple of packs with me just in case, I have seen (me too) countless numbers of fish 30" and more being caught on them. The only reason I like the DOA's better is that the bait is more secure on the head.

I agree with 0119 about the Pflueger, I have a supreme 35 that I used 3 or 4 times a week in saltwater for about 18 months with no problems at all, just ran it under a hose. The reel is still in service for freshwater and used almost daily, it's never been serviced and is good as the day I bought it. As the MSRP was only $99 I wasn't overly concerned about having any problems with the salt, it worked it out well.

Don't worry about it come to the inlet and you can use one of mine.

If I'm fishing along the shoreline much of the time I'm seeing the wake of the fish follow my bait, so I'm ready for the strike. When I'm fishing where depth is involved I'm not seeing the wake if the fish is coming up to hit that bait, I just react when I feel the strike, with experience probably most people are on auto pilot. In open water and using a moving lure, not seeing the bait or movement of the fish, I don't sense anything, just the strike as it happens. When I'm fishing a bottom bait, if my line is moving I'm setting the hook, rocks don't swim.

As of late I've been into fishing for 1 specific species and for that fish I make my own lures, I have been restocking my supplies, not a major expense. I really don't need a thing as far as rods and reels, with 20+ combos all in great condition, I've got the gamut covered for the moment. When something goes down, I'll be in the market.

I use swivel and leader nearly 100% of the time, when using hard baits in freshwater I use a duolock, for a dedicated outfit using a spinnerbait I would tie.

If you feel uncomfortable just exchange it. I personally would not return it, not because of any review, some will always be positive and some negative. Line is a nominal expense as compared to the rod and reel that you may put it on. If you dislike it you have gotten an education, and if you love it you have made a discovery. Either way it's win-win, you know not to buy it again or it may just be your new go to line.

In the first place I did not mention saltwater fish in this thread until someone other than myself mentioned humongous saltwater reels. Yes that is true they are sometimes used offshore but not always, casting off reefs with mh spinning is a very common practice as well which I do much more than soaking a bait. What I initially said was "I do not consider perch, bass and walleye a benchmark for longevity and performance of a reel", and still don't. I do not fish drainage canals for bass, I fish many of the major and secondary canals the ones fished by boats, but I do it from shore try lifting an 8# bass up a 10' bank, not quite as easy as lipping them along side the boat That's a nice trout no question about and I appreciate the frequency of displaying that same fish, I've done that myself. But to think pound for pound that comes any where near to a tarpon or jack is a pretty far stretch on reality. Living in Michigan for nearly 60 years I've caught just about every species up there and being down here for 10 years I've caught the ones down there. I know the difference, I'm not sure a person with limited experience catching southern coastal fish would have the same handle regarding these species. Additionally most of my inshore fish are caught from shore, not unusual to chase them down on foot 100 or more yds to avoid being spooled and sometime we are. I know some of the members that fish saltwater too will agree with me. Not that this explanation, or your trout, or your forfeiting of fees or difficulty in finding bass, or how simplistic the way I catch them (this is Florida, it isn't real hard here) has anything to do with topic.

For your perch, bass and walleye there scores of posts from people using no more than a $60 Pflueger president or entry level sedona that have lasted and performed for many years. Those fish do not test equipment to the fullest, regardless how small your reels are. I admit I don't catch big bass, 8-9# about the biggest, a 30 supreme has been doing a fine jobs for years and the reel still performs like new. Humongous reels for saltwater, sure for offshore use but inshore not so. You can research the number of posts by saltwater people on here using 2000 or 2500 reels for redfish, snook, bassn blvd was with me using a 2500 to catch 10# jacks. Is there a difference between a walleye and jack crevelle given the same size, the difference is night and day and I know anyone on here that has caught both would agree. Those are the kind of fish that test your equipment, that said when it comes to performance and longevity, I think people that catch fish in both salt and fresh 12 months of the year have better insight on what's going to last and what isn't.

If you're rippin lips with braid, you're setting the hook way harder than needed, a wrist flick and you own that puppy.

Played a round of golf there, was interagated and searched by the Federales on the way.................very scarrrrrrrrrry!

Everything I have read about Finland tells me it's an amazing place to live. From education, healthcare, family values and the quality of life. Where Rapala got it's start, don't you roll the R when you say Rapala, lol.

With age the memory fades, but I do remember my first pike when I was about 7 years old using an artificial lure. Even though I have vivid memories of that catch that is not what I remember most about the outing. My dad and I were fishing in rowboat with his 6.5 hp Elgin ob on the Detroit near Bobolo Island on the Canadian side. We had engine failure, my dad puts on shore and while he was tinkering with the motor I'm casting and caught the pike. He couldn't fix it, my dad rowed against the river current back to the boat livery on the American side, to this day I amazed how he did, he was only 5'4 and 160#.

Xcaret is a pretty neat place to visit.

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I would agree 99.99%. Of the reels I own up to $220, only 1 is a disappointment and I believe I just got a lemon as I've handled other peoples that were beautiful. This thread is no different than others, nothing more than a popularity poll. To declare 1 brand and model to be the "best" is walking thru life wearing blinders. I do not consider catching bass, perch or walleye to be used as the benchmark for longevity and performance of a reel.

Only a couple of braided lines I've used that I didn't care for, as long as the line holds a good knot and is of average strength for it's class, that's good enough for me.

If I never used copoly again I wouldn't be upset, I'm just as happy using trilene.

I am primarily a saltwater fisherman. The biggest difference between fresh and salt would be dealing with heavier cover in freshwater, and the fish in saltwater have the potential to be bigger, but more open water. I'm in favor of any knot that works well and can be tied easily, I use the identical knots in both fresh and salt, no deviation. I always use a leader in any venue, my knots are a basic clinch knot for mono, copoly and leaders, braid gets an improved clinch, a double wrap if targeting offshore species and a double wrapped loopknot. I do not use the loop for jigs, as I'm using a leader it's the ordinary clinch.

Posted Today, 03:33 AM There isn't a doubt in my mind these home lures would not slay pike and muskie, I even caught bass on smaller versions I've made, weight is about 1.5 oz They are cost effective as the surgical tubes used lasts a long time. Jig head or trolling sinker..........$.50 Ball chain swivel.........................1.00 Tubing........................................1.00 Limerick 12/0 hook........................50 Wire,split rings, swivels...........nominal Total about................................$3.00 I catch barracuda from 35 to well over 50", mh spin, 4000 reel, 14# mono. This is an average sized one. I can teach you all you need to know, but I'll never teach you......ALL I KNOW ! http://www.bassresou...h-florida-fish/

Stock grips are fine for me, when I do shop for a reel how the handle feels to me plays an importance in my selection. I only worry about nicking up my thumb on these guys.

Stock grips are fine for me, when I do shop for a reel how the handle feels to me plays an importance in my selection. I only worry about nicking up my thumb on these guys.

According to Snopes WD-40 has a use in fishing, that would be to remove the sting from fire ant bites. I've been bitten hundreds of times and sure many other southern people have been too, it' isn't fun, lol. I'll try wd-40 next I encounter ants, heard windex works too.