So right now I am primarily using 2 setups for fishing. One Johnny Morris Carbonlite (5.4 gear ratio) and one with Shimano Curado I HG, (7.3 geaer ratio) both with the same rod (7 ft MH, johnny morris with micro guide)

 

I mainly use one for soft plastics (mostly worms and brushhogs) with the other being saved for topwater along with the occasional spinner bait. I was curious as to which reel I should use for which? 

 

Thanks for any advice

Mmm....of the two I would use the carbonlite for your topwater/spinnerbaits.

Mmm....of the two I would use the carbonlite for your topwater/spinnerbaits.

 

I had been using the Shimanofor topwater, just because it has a faster return.... not sure if I am correct in this thinking though

Sorry, the carbonlite is actually 6.4:1

Fast retrieval is good for keeping fish from wrapping you up in cover. Slower retrieval is good for keeping you from fishing crank baits and the like too fast. Hope that helps

You want to use a faster reel for techniques that require you to reel slack in quickly. Techniques in which you primarily move your bait with the rod and reel in the slack, jerkbaits, jigs, and soft plastics will be what you want you faster reel for while the other reel you will use for everything else.

Oh. ....OK. ....well the carbonlite being 6.4 changes things a little. Well not really, but iI feel better about the advice. Lol. 6.4 is plenty fast enough for your moving baits, and you should use the fast ratio for your plastics.

Honestly though. .... the question you're asking has less to do with ratio- and more to do with inches per turn (ipt) . Ipt is relevent to the speed in which you want to efficiently perform a technique.

Ratio is relevent to the amount of work YOU want to do to accomplish that speed.

     The curado i has xship so it would hold together better for your spinner bait/cranking.

 

 

     FYI the curado i doesnt come in a 7.3:1 the highest is 7.2:1.Sorry couldnt help myself.

Oh. ....OK. ....well the carbonlite being 6.4 changes things a little. Well not really, but iI feel better about the advice. Lol. 6.4 is plenty fast enough for your moving baits, and you should use the fast ratio for your plastics.

Honestly though. .... the question you're asking has less to do with ratio- and more to do with inches per turn (ipt) . Ipt is relevent to the speed in which you want to efficiently perform a technique.

Ratio is relevent to the amount of work YOU want to do to accomplish that speed.

 

Thanks for the advice! I went with what you suggested and like this setup pretty well. I'm pretty new to using topwater, man I love it though when they are hitting it. Wish I could fish it all day

Why not? I do.

I've always heard early morning and late afternoon. Never really tried in the middle of the day and when I have I haven't had a lot of luck. Any in particular good for middle of the day? I want to get one of those jackal pompadours, looks like they'd be a blast to fish with

I feel anytime I would throw a spinnerbait, I can still catch fish on topwater. Overcast or slightly breezy. ..etc.

I like spooks, chug bugs and pop R's. I'm simple.