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| So why not? Came back on Friday from Charlotte Harbor, FL - Redfish, Snook, and Tarpon (hooked and lost) all on spinning gear?
What am I missing - why is it so underutilized in the Muskie world?
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| I use spinning a lot, especially when bank fishing or wading... Easier to cast with overhead cover, and also warmer on the hands when fishing in wintertime.
I do a good bit of inshore saltwater fishing though also... so most of my gear pulls double duty fresh and saltwater. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Why? They aren't as good handling the big baits we throw. They can handle any kind of muskie during the fight, but its not where its need the most. So how many oz was the biggest bait you threw for tarpon, snook, redfish, etc.? And also heavier lines are more easily controlled on a baitcaster as a spinning reel needs to twist the line on and off to make it lay down. A baitcaster line it on and takes it off the same without twisting. . |
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| As a primary reel not a great option but for niche' type application they can work awesome. I had a spnning rod made just for musky fishing last year by Franks Customs. We used a Legend Elite Flippin Stick blank kicked it out an inch and put an inshore style split grip on it. I have a 4000 Sustain paired with it. I use it fishing jigs with plastic bodies, wieghted swim bait hooks with plastic bodies, small cranks and few other odd ball presentations. Works awesome... |
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Location: Walker, MN | Spinning rods/reels could work great for Muskies if the right balance of rod/reel and line were achieved. Look at some videos of Giant Trevally fishing. Huge and heavy poppers cast a quarter mile for fish that make Muskies look tame! |
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Location: Oregon | Yea, the spinning reels they have for casting large lures to tarpon and GT (giant trevally) are used with big baits and they cast them huge distances. Once the bait hits the water then they start working the baits super fast all the while in a salt environment. As i understand it, the drags on high end spinning reels can be set around 30 pounds for these fish and if it's set more typical to what is used in fresh water the fish would spool ya. The fish they are landing can be hundreds of pounds. There is no doubt that some spinning reels could easily handle musky and musky tackle.
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| Caught on a spinning reel...
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Location: Oregon | Casting for GT
http://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=u49pb6ye#/watch?v=i6D-fiQdlA8&fe...
If you scroll to 6 minutes you can see the lures they are casting, as big as many musky baits. |
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Location: Walker, MN | That wouldn't load for me.
I'm partial to this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDZCUWNBFyw&list=FLns-pvL9EGWF_hs4pD...
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Location: Elroy, Wisconsin | Been fishing spinning rods 9 1/2' to 10' since the70's. Great for bucktails, surface lures, divers. The rod of choice at night. Problem free. The pioneer of night fishing for muskies, Dave Snoddy used nothing but spinning. Hundreds of fish boated between us including several 50" plus fish. spinning you bet.
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Location: Palm Coast, FL | I know of many people that use spinning rod applications exclusively...including throwing pounders with Migizi rods. |
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| From what I have seen the spinning reel is not the problem. It is finding a good rod in a working mans price range. I have tried a couple of different spinning rods that were rated heavy enough for the aplication I was trying and they simply did not have enough backbone. |
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Location: Smith Creek | They're fine for throwing a long ways, trouble is when you want to work shoreline structure. They aren't designed to stop large lures before they hit the water. Plus there's less torque for hard pulling baits like double 10's. You'd have to spend 3 to 5 times as much to get a spinning reel that can do what a $100-$250 baitcaster can. |
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Location: Walker, MN | I wonder if your index finger would get sore/abraded from a days casting with braided line? |
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