Thread: Spider rigging reels

How are you fishing? If your spider rigging you just need a reel that will hold line in my opinion. I use spinning and/or bale casters some may call. On your question I prefer spinning reels for longlining and bait casters w/line counters for pulling cranks. Almost any one reel can do it all. Just ease of operation with method if that makes sense.

Zebco 202. You can buy a whole bucket full for 100 bucks.

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Go to MS page on this site. Click on the Trolling 101 Sticky at Top. Go to page 154 I think. I just ordered 4 more an they are good reels.

I have used bait casters for years . I use quantum ultrex series I have them on my spiderrig rods and also on my power trolling rods .


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Thanks for the feedback guys..

If you're just tight lining and looking to avoid line twist, maybe a straight line reel would fit the bill. Inexpensive, drag line off easily for adding depth and very, very light and narrow for stacking on the boat carrier rack. I was skeptical trying a couple, but its all I use now just for tight lining.

if you fish by yourself much you for sure want thump bar bait casters...i also use them pulling cranks with my line marked.

Originally Posted by Cardsfan55

Thinking about switching from spinning reels to bait casting reels. Do any of you that have used both have an opinion you would like to share? Also looking for opinion on a good bait casting reel if I do decide to switch? Must have a thumb bar and want as small as possible. Thanks in advance for your feedback!

I've used both, but I must say that I prefer baitcast reels w/thumbars on my longer rods (>10ft long). Some I have are old Bass reels I still had & some are used reels I bought off the Personal Classifieds forum. Even if I hadn't had some lying around, or purchased any from the Classifieds forum, I still could have gone to a local bait/tackle store & purchased used reels from their consignment shelf.

They aren't the smallest/lightest reels on the market, but their price was good and they do the job. They're not even the same brand, though they are roughly the same size & weight. They're all on 14' rods, and I've adjusted to using these outfits with little effort.

My point is ... like some others replied -- if they're specific to "Spider Rigging", they don't have to be the latest/greatest, & they don't all have to be of the same brand/style. Their main purpose is to hold enough line to do the job, and have a decent drag system for those times when a larger fish is hooked. The baitcast reels w/thumbars are heavier (for the most part), but they do offer less line twist problems & make for easier landing of a fish when using a long rod & fishing shallow. Although, my friends that use spinning reels for Spider Rigging usually just leave the drags loose enough on their reels, to where they can hand strip line off the reel to land a fish in the "long rod / short line" situation. The looser drags also help when a larger fish is hooked.

Now, understand that I only have 3 long rods, and I don't actually "Spider Rig" ... but, mostly "push" jigs/cranks. And I'm still in the fledgling stage of that, but the only real difference in the two methods that I've experienced is the speed of the boat ... not the rods/reels.