reels

[Ketchn]

You happen to have the link to that reel on Amazon? I bought some of those cheap 10 ball bearings China reels once and they were junk. The drag was a joke.

btw , you see my youtube channel thing about setting the drag before you hit the water ? it is one of them reels ....

[forrest r]

Nothing fancy

On smaller rods I use the pflueger president sp20's (+/- 5.7oz).
Longer rods get a diawa reagal 1000 lt (+/- 6.7oz)

I don't do a lot of fishing, only catch 1000/1200 fish a year. I do service my reels once a year, oiling/lubing/checking line, etc. Been using the pfluegers for years and started using the diawa's when they came out with the lighter air rotor systems. The old diawa 1000's were 8oz & the new air rotor setup brought the 1000 down to 6.7oz.

Haven't had any issues with the reels even though I had to set up to #8 braid due to the excessive amounts of catfish that seem to always be around. The catfish destroyed the #2/#4/#6 mono. Using a lite drag (normal for panfish) simply allowed them to run until they tangled on bottom structure.
A typical day catching panfish.
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My rods are what take a beating from the catfish/#8 test. When kayak fishing I like to use a pflueger 4' 8"/sp20 combo for a short pole (#2-#6 rated). Broke 1 of them on a huge catfish. The massive runs/thrashing they do on ultra-lite equipment will test the limits of any setup.

[duck]

thanks everyone plan on a 12 or 14 ft pole do you use braid or florocarbon or mono

[CrappiePappy]

thanks everyone plan on a 12 or 14 ft pole do you use braid or florocarbon or mono

I'd go with mono if you plan on getting a inexpensive reel (or small reel) to start with. If that doesn't work out like you want, then go to the others.

[Les Young]

thanks everyone plan on a 12 or 14 ft pole do you use braid or florocarbon or mono

Are you going to use it to fish shallow with a long pole? If so i'd go cheap bait caster or ice reel. I like 15lb. hi-viz braid with a 10lb. clear mono leader in clear water. Dirty water i don't care if i use a leader or not. Strictly clear water shallow fishing mono or fluorocarbon either one would work fine if you don't want to mess with tying leaders on braid.