hunterduke

With spring and summer coming my wife has mentioned about going fishing. We have a little girl that turned 2 in January, and I was wondering what kind of combo to get her. Do you guys think she is too young to be fishing yet? My wife said we could buy her one of those rod and reels at walmart that has the characters on it. Maybe I'm just thinking thats not fishing and maybe she doesn't need a real hook yet. What are ya'lls opinions for a 2 year old?

It looks to be called an abu garcia Conolon premier. Anybody know anything about this rod. Is it good or not really? I was thinking if I bought a reel I could ask him if I could have this rod but if it's not all that great I can buy a newer one if need be

I know this is a long shot. My buddy that let me take one if his baitcasters home I was wondering what kind of rod it is. It's an abu garcia 6'6" MH and it's a brownish color close to the reel. I didn't know if anybody knew right off hand. I don't think it's this years or last years rod. It may be a couple years old I assume. It's probably got a name on it but I'm at work and got curious.

I went to my buddies house to help me with my truck and I was looking at his baitcastersto to see what kind he had and he has two quantums. Can't remember the models but one was a kvd and he said he didn't like that one. Anyway he showed me a phleguer(however you spell it) it has the brakes on the inside of the side plate and has a tension knob on the outside. It's like a orange copper color. We took it outside and he put a weightless senko on it. I told him I was having a hard time deciding on left or right handed since I cast with my right and reel (spinning) left handed. He said try this one. I Casted it and bam birdnest. We got it out I Casted it again bam birdnest. After a couple of those he said it's easier to cast side arm starting out. So I changed it and I didn't birdnest. He said take it home and practice and see how you like it before you buy one. I came home and Casted and Casted. I got the occasional birdnest but I was getting pretty good if I have to say so myself. It's not hard at all to switch hands like I thought it would be,BUT I'm not sure how well I will be able to fight the fish and set the hook with my left. I guess it will come second nature vs holding rod with my right hand. I still would like to buy one of my own though. I just got tk get Wifey's approval.

I've been reading on this forum and hear alot of you that use leaders with two different types of line. Can someone explain why you do this and what are the benefits. Also which two lines do you use. When I buy my first baitcaster I think I'm gonna learn on mono line so not sure what goes with that, or even if I need a leader without knowing what the purpose is.

Yeah I'm really having a hard time deciding if I want to go lefty or not. A guy here at work said he uses a righty but uses left retrieve for spinning reels. He accidently bought a lefty last week and he said he is interested in seeing how he likes it. I told him to let me know which he prefers. I'm don't quite understand leaders and all that. I've always used the same type of line from beginning of the spool to the lure.

I thought I read on here that a beginner should start out with Mono fishing line.

I'm not sure if its the lazer speed spool or not. I know its $99.99. When I go back in there again I may look at a couple more different rods. I told him that I'm used to spinning reels that I cast with my right arm and retrieve with my left. So I asked him if I should get a left handed model. He said if I did that then I would have to cast with my left? Not really understanding that but he went on to say that what he does is cast with his right and then switch hands and reel with his right. Which that is what my buddy does when I go with him fishing on his boat. If I don't go with him fishing then most or all the rest of the time I will be fishing from the bank.

Yeah he's an older man but he really was helpful. He didn't try to sell me something really expensive to start out with. Anybody know about the rod he was talking about? Before I went in to his shop I had been looking at the Berkley lightning rod (orange rod) or the Shimano Sellus.

Ive been looking at this site for a couple of weeks but decided to join tonight. Ive always used spinning reels since i was little. Im almost 31 now and looking for first baitcaster. I know i want an aluminum frame. I first started looking at the abu garcia silver max or pro max but have changed my mind and now im debating between the bass pro qualifier or the lew's speed spool. Ive been looking at dunham's sports bc of giftcard but neither are there of course. I went to a local rod and reel shop in town. Its a small business and i went in and told the older man/owner that i was looking for my first baitcaster. He said fornthe money and ability to throw almost any kind of bait i wanted he suggested the lew's speed spool. He has them in stock and he said when im ready tonbuy he will take me outside and help me set it up and let me cast it. Sonthen i asked him what rod he suggested and he showed me a daiwa laguna i believe it was which was $29.99. He said a 6'6" and i think he said medium or medium heavy rod. He said since we were about the same height 5'7" he thinks a 6'6" rod is good for starting out. He said ive got more expensive rods but this is a good one. What do you guys think and i could use your help too. I want to start fishing more for bass. I use spinner baits, buzzbaits, senkos, worms with bullet weights.