Looking for a baitcaster for finesse fishing. Any suggestions?

px68, alphas finesse special

What price range?

How light of baits will you be throwing?

Do you want a new or used reel?

Pixies, alphas, sols, cores, curado or chronarch 50e, chronarch 50mg, and conquest 50s all come to mind.

Anything that has 50E after the name.

Anything that has 50E after the name.

Should be hung on the wall only

I'm gonna get shot lol

Should be hung on the wall only

I'm gonna get shot lol

Its because they are soo pretty! Lol.

Its because they are soo pretty! Lol.

Rembrants are pretty, picassio's are pretty..............But you won't see me fishing with them

Ok back to your original scheduled program

What price range?

How light of baits will you be throwing?

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What do you mean by finesse fishing OP? It is an art not a description of weight class so reels won't cover such a broad definition.

What do you mean by finesse fishing OP? It is an art not a description of weight class so reels won't cover such a broad definition.

I assume he's talking light baits, light line. It is an art form, and one can "finesse" a bait with heavy gear.

But I think the confusion comes in when manufacturers specifically call their gear suited for finesse fishing... Just my .02.

With that in mind, I happen to "finesse" with a Quantum Accurist 570PT. I spool it with lighter line (8lb, etc).

Looking for a baitcaster for finesse fishing. Any suggestions?

However, if I could buy a "finesse" reel, I'd go for a small reel like the Daiwa PXY, PX Type-R, the Lexa 100, or Shimano Curado 50E that is geared for light lines and light weights.

Those Pixies look beast, but are pricey!!!! I guess $250 would be max...

Looking to throw 10 pound test. nothing heavier than 1/4 ounce.

10lb line and 1/4 ounce bait just about any modern baitcaster will work

Any 50 or 100 series shimano will be up to the task quite nicely.

I vote for the Core 50.

Looking to throw 10 pound test. nothing heavier than 1/4 ounce.

In that case, yeah, most any baitcaster would do. You could look at any of the Daiwa, Shimano models in your price range and do pretty darn well.

Thanks for the suggestion guys...

Use YoZuri line to get the strength and abrasion resistance for light line.

Looking to throw 10 pound test. nothing heavier than 1/4 ounce.

The OP said nothing heavier than 1/4 oz., but didn't mention how light he might go. Sorry, but I doubt all modern reels will work if he plans on throwing below 1/4 oz. by very much.

My Lew's TP works pretty well at throwing lighter lures. I can throw 1/4 oz lure reasonably far. I spool with Yo-Zuri Hybrid 12#.

I'm returning my second Chronarch 50E today for a refund. They both sound like coffee grinders on retrieve. Exchanged once, second one sounded the same. Flat don't like em. Have 2, 200E's, and they are great. Just don't understand it.

Hootie

The new Lexa is a great little reel for the money. It will handle jigs down to 3/16 on the right rod with no problem at all, that is something that my tuned Shimano reels still fight. 3/16 is about as light as I can regularly fish on them with any accuracy and reliability. I don't care who you are, and what you think your experience level is, Daiwa has always, and most likely will always, build a better light line reel than Shimano. This coming from someone that owns more than 40 Shimano casting reels of current and previous manufacture. My PX68, PX-R, and Alphas are far better suited to 1/8 ounce total weight. They just handle it better, period. The Lexa is pushing the boundary for an inexpensice reel, at $139. Get the Lexa, spend an additional $120 on a better rod- Sellus is not the rod you want to perform this duty...

I'm returning my second Chronarch 50E today for a refund. They both sound like coffee grinders on retrieve. Exchanged once, second one sounded the same. Flat don't like em. Have 2, 200E's, and they are great. Just don't understand it.

Hootie

Shimano reels wear in, particularly the E series, be it Chronarch or Curado. Their gears are cut so accurately that they are tight to the point of almost not seating properly. Their tolerances are very, very tight. It will take some use and wear for it to quiet down. I've not fished a perfectly quiet out-of-the-box E series reel, ever. The first thing that gets done, as with every single reel I own, is that they're stripped, cleaned, and lubed properly. I have many E series reels and every single one has been the same.

Shimano reels wear in, particularly the E series, be it Chronarch or Curado. Their gears are cut so accurately that they are tight to the point of almost not seating properly. Their tolerances are very, very tight. It will take some use and wear for it to quiet down. I've not fished a perfectly quiet out-of-the-box E series reel, ever. The first thing that gets done, as with every single reel I own, is that they're stripped, cleaned, and lubed properly. I have many E series reels and every single one has been the same.

I know what you are saying. My 200E's were and still are a wee bit noisy, but those 50E's are just too much. They sounded like junk. I don't know, maybe they were both from a bad batch.

Hootie