I fish for largemouth bass fish and use 12 lb line which reel would you recommend for me to buy
2051316
I use 8lb mono and no problems. Don't know with 12lb mono, should be fine with spider etc.
2051317
I use this reel with pro-line super slick 20 to 30lb and fish for Largemouth Bass and have never lost a fish because of the reel .The Spirex is an amazing piece of kit . I hooked a 3 foot crocodile and the drag on the reel slowed him down and i actually retrieved line with this reel until the crock got to land and shook the hook . I recommend this reel to all .
2051318
The Shimano Spirex 2500 or Shimano Syncopate 2500 are both excellent largemouth reels. I've used them exclusively for largemouth for many years with great results.
2051319
I have the ultra light reel and use 8 lb fire line. Casts very smooth and long.
563318
This reel, requires unfortunately, a quality lite oil for best performance and very high quality weighted line for line flow over 10 yards. This isreel works better on higher weights, or high knowledge fly fisherman, who would most likely use this reel on mid to large brown trout, salmon. It is a rough neck reel, not for high quality or light fly lines.
2185561
My son bought the reel and he says it works great. He uses it with 10 pound test freshwater bass fishing all the time.
1842122
Go with the 6925, it has a 5.2:1 Gear Ratio, 7.2 oz weight and line capacity is 4/110, 6/90. I have this reel paired with a Fenwick HMX Ultra Light 7ft.Great combination!
2193971
Since 65lb braid is equivalent to 17lb mono, I would choose a reel that would be stout enough to hold a sufficient amount of 17-20 lb line and has a good drag response. The Opus would probably do well for occasional fishing. I use mine with a 7' cast rod and a 12' surf and it does fine. Handles reds well. I set a loose drag and tighten down to tire a larger fish before dragging it on shore.
967262
I use 20lbs power pro braided line, reel works fine and line isn't to heavy, casts far and come back quickly...
139514
i would save your $ and just buy 100lb fishing line. The OOK wire is difficult to use.
2217336
10,000 pound test...but only a few feet of it. Apparently you are unfamiliar with hand lines. You can put any pound test line you choose. The larger pound test line the less number of feet the reel will hold. Ask yourself what size fish do I want to fight using a hand line. Then put a line that is 20% heavier. Besides, the hand line you are asking about comes with line, leader, swivels, hook and sinkers. What are you going to do, strip all that off and start over?
1304475
This is a great saltwater reel. I use it for slow jigging. So far 12lb snapper are not a problem.
8851
i used 12lb on a recent trip to the Caribbean where i used the 4000 and it performed just fine. I was completely satisfied with the performance of this reel, also bought the 5000 which worked a little better for surf fishing because the casting ability of a larger set up for getting the bait out.
1147177
First I would have recommended a higher drag weight on the reel. It sounds like you want heavy fish, so I would go with the 300 yds. You also may want to consider going to 50 lb. line, between your rod and the drag you can handle some pretty large fish with this set up. Remember to balance you drag with the weight recommendation of the rod builder.
2187944
I use my trio30 in freshwater for bass, the 30 is the perfect size for bass it will hold one spool of line about 110yrds of 8 or 10 pound test the drag is super smooth. Great for what you want to use it for.
1147178
With 300 yards of 65 lb braid you should be perfectly fine. The catfish arnt the strongest fish on the block. I personally prefer to have more line but a bit thinner. So I would go with 20 or 30 lb braid and get double the amount of line on the reel. I land 40 kg blacktip reef sharks with 455m of 20 lb braid on my reel. But I like ligt tackle fishing. Hope this helps. I am sponsored by okuma so if you need any professional advice just ask.
1371012
I am a beginner too and I bought the Penn Fierce 4000 and like it very much. I felt the 6000 would be too heavy for me to start with. The 6000 was recommended at: http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-all-around-fishing-rod-and-reel-for-around-100/
480925
Yes this reel is one of the best for bass an catfish i live in texas so not for sure about trout iv tried alot of spinning reels an this one i like very much looks an action so yes for my amswer
8854
I am using 12 mono line. It really all depends on your rod. Just go with the recomended on the reel and rod they should be printed somewhere on there.
967258
Using 10lbs test line is absolutely fine with this reel. Matter of fact that's exactly what I had loaded last time out. Caught three fair sized pike with it.