waka789

I was wondering what you mean by that is the setup just too heavy, and the reel too fast to really work, and what do you mean when you say I won't really know what the lure is doing?

Well now that I know the rod and reel won't be an issue all I got left to do is to pick up a swimbait or two and see what these big baits are all about

The idea of throwing the larger hard swimbaits always seemed interesting to me as I've always enjoyed fishing big baits. However I don't have any baitcasting gear heavy enough to handle really any swimbaits properly. So I was thinking if it would be possible to use the heavy inshore setup I already have with an 8ft rod rated to baits up to 5oz and an 8000 saragosa with 65lb braid on it already. Is there something i'm missing about swimbaits or are the drawbacks the same as the usual spinning vs baitcasting tradeoffs?