Thread: Spinning or Baitcast on your trolling rods?

I used spinning reels for years, they work fine. I got some of the lefty baitcasters from Grizzly and haven't gone back. Love 'um. And they take up less room when they are strapped down on the deck.


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Originally Posted by feeshrman

I used spinning reels for years, they work fine. I got some of the lefty baitcasters from Grizzly and haven't gone back. Love 'um. And they take up less room when they are strapped down on the deck.


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Exactly what I did. Still use spinners when I fish with Kelly Capps. That’s what she knows. I see more of the pro tourney guys still using spinners tho.


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No, you missed the point. I said small line counters built for crappie fishing. You're thinking of line counters like the ones we are familiar with. Think outside the box.

I do the same thing on my 16 foot poles marking them. How deep do you fish? On one of my primary lakes that I fish, in the winter, I regularly fish 25-30 foot deep. Sometimes deeper. The line demarcation method on the poles sucks when fishing that deep on top of dealing with fish that won't budge more than a couple inches, and all while staying on the spot and watching other lines for indications of bites and/or being in a brush top. We won't even discuss the hassle of changing over line counters for cranking.

Some of us need our equipment to pull double or triple duty. Not everyone can afford a complete set of Kentucky rigged rods and reels, C&C rods and reels, cranking, pushing, etc...wish I could, but I can't.

To argue that a quality, affordable, compact, light and built-for-crappie-fishing line counter reel that allows the angler to go from spider rigging to cranking to deep winter time finesse fishing, etc., without ever changing the reel, would be an act of weight adding futility is lost upon me. Someone will do it eventually, and when they do, once they get it right, just like the spider rigging rod holder and double seat rig that I'm sure folks thought was stupid looking when they first hit the water, they'll become a staple in every serious crappie fisherman's boat.

A light, compact baitcast reel with a line counter built in? Yes please.

Originally Posted by SlaterSlinger

No, you missed the point. I said small line counters built for crappie fishing. You're thinking of line counters like the ones we are familiar with. Think outside the box.

I do the same thing on my 16 foot poles marking them. How deep do you fish? On one of my primary lakes that I fish, in the winter, I regularly fish 25-30 foot deep. Sometimes deeper. The line demarcation method on the poles sucks when fishing that deep on top of dealing with fish that won't budge more than a couple inches, and all while staying on the spot and watching other lines for indications of bites and/or being in a brush top. We won't even discuss the hassle of changing over line counters for cranking.

Some of us need our equipment to pull double or triple duty. Not everyone can afford a complete set of Kentucky rigged rods and reels, C&C rods and reels, cranking, pushing, etc...wish I could, but I can't.

To argue that a quality, affordable, compact, light and built-for-crappie-fishing line counter reel that allows the angler to go from spider rigging to cranking to deep winter time finesse fishing, etc., without ever changing the reel, would be an act of weight adding futility is lost upon me. Someone will do it eventually, and when they do, once they get it right, just like the spider rigging rod holder and double seat rig that I'm sure folks thought was stupid looking when they first hit the water, they'll become a staple in every serious crappie fisherman's boat.

A light, compact baitcast reel with a line counter built in? Yes please.

Fish 30ft deep,single pole,spiderrig,pull jigs, and cranks.Small line counter would be nice,but why haven't they made one yet.I personally wouldn't want added weight,yes some would I agree.Longlining most baitcasters are hard to cast a light jig,takes forever hand lining them out.If they are small cheap and light how durable will they be.You can buy small baitcasters with digital line counters now,can't remember the price but there high.My okuma's are 8-yrs old and if something came out small and cheap I would probably replace them if they were durable.

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