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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | I went out to Cabela's over the weekend with a buddy who is another big musky guy like myself. He used to live in Washington and did a lot of fishing out there. While we were there he bought a spinning reel. I guess it had never crossed my mind to use a spinning reel for Ski's. My curiosity wonders if anyone else has used one for Musky hunting? Do they work? What types of lures do people throw with them? basic pros and cons?
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Location: La Crosse, WI | I remember watching an episode of The Next Bite and Pete Maina gave some good information on why spinning reels are not ideal for casting musky baits. I think his main points were: You don't have any controls for bait weight and you also can "thumb" the reel to make it stop. He also talked about line twists and the bail not being large enough to hold enough line. There is a reason why almost everyone uses a baitcasting reel, they work the best for throwing large lures. I would stay away from spinning reels, however I have never used one for musky fishing so I'm curious what others will say. |
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Location: Smith Creek | Work fine for lighter jigs, anything else not so much. Requires a lot more force to turn a bail compared to conventional where you're turning the spool. More difficult to control casting distance and more prone to failure on hooksets with a tight drag. |
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Location: Maryland | I use a spinning reel in the spring months for muskies with no problems at all. Granted i use smaller lures like super traps, smaller mepps & bluefox bucktails,rapala f-18's,rapala glidin raps and rapala shad raps. They can be used but i also prefer to use bait casters over spinning tackle with the larger lures. |
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Location: Minnesota | It's probably not a good idea to start hucking bigger baits with a spinning reel. For one, the reel just isn't stong enough to handle that kind of torque cast after cast after cast. Secondly, and more importantly, I can't imagine how many casts it would take to clip the end of my finger off, but the over/under is probably around 12. Holding the line and then releasing it while trying to throw a 10 oz bait is asking for trouble. |
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Location: Detroit River | A good spinning reel will have no problem handling lighter baits under 2oz & single bladed bucktails. Most larger spinning reels pull in more line per crank than most baitcasting reels so it is a plus for burning in the small bucktails. |
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Location: N.FIB | holding the line would be a pain,I used a bigger spinning reel when I first started muskie fishing and could make a 6in reef hawg dance like crazy,that was about the biggest lure I threw with it besides a suick which is preety light.some people beleive spinning reels won`t hold up to muskie fishing,a very good one will,but who wants to drop 5 bills or more on a spinning reel,they catch the biggest fish in the sea on them. |
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Location: Chesterton, Indiana | I keep one spinning set up in the boat for some of the smaller lures like the rapala xRap Shads. This set up handles them very well and is really fun to play a musky on. As for throwing larger lures my cousin was dared by a boat mate of mine to throw a dawg and ended up opening a nice piece of his finger up with a quick slice of the line while casting. To top it off before the day was over he overfilled his gas tank getting fuel on the cut finger adding more laughter from me. Needless to say cast larger lures at your fingers expense. |
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Location: APPLETON, WI | I actually ended up going with a spinning combo for my springtime set-up and figure, I could even probably cross it over if I decide to use it for Smallmouth. I just bought the combo last month and am anxious to give it a shot... it's definitely not for big baits, but for smaller springtime baits (Mepps #5, Bucher 700's, small cranks, small twitch baits, etc, etc) - I think it'll be perfect. The reel I went with is a Team Daiwa Tierra 3000 (scored this on eBay for $102.00 + free shipping) The rod is a St. Croix "Mojo Inshore" 1-piece 7'6" with a lure weight rating of 1/2 oz. - 2 oz... I believe that's the lure weight rating off the top of my head. (scored the rod on eBay for $124.00 + free shipping) |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | Thanks guys!
I myself have never used on for Musky fishing, I just thought it was strange that my buddy bought one. Glad to hear some good insights on how the rig would work though. I can imagine that tossing mag dawgs is not the best idea with a spinning reel. All I use is bait casters. Hmmm. Very interesting information.
Thanks Again |
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Location: N.FIB | in a video with steve heiting he was using a spinning rod to cast live bait in the early spring,guess it`s harder to cast easy with a baitcaster is why he was using a spinning reel. |
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| surf fishing guys throw 2-5 oz baits for hrs on large spinning gear.... I'll agree casts are not as accurate but you cant cast a bait-casting reel as far as a larger capacity spinning reel....maybe there's a new technique, make 125 yard casts with surf gear for open water muskies. Things would get interesting with two 12 ft rods in the boat.  |
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| Spinning reels are great for the right baits. As mentioned earlier people catch all kinds of saltwater fish on spinning gear. I have caught 80 pound tarpon on 4000 Series Stradics and Inshore Rods. A 20 pound Red Fish will fight exponentially harder that a 40 Pound Musky. The correct rod paired up with a 3000 or 4000 series quality reel with a good braid and you can throw small swim baits on Jig Heads or weighted hooks, twitch baits (Rapala Sub Walk), slash baits (Salmo Warrior) etc... |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | I use a spinning set up for jigs and small suckers/perch/bluegill live bait...Shimano Sahara 4000 and a St. Croix Premiere 7' heavy...have caught some pretty hefty pike and small muskies on this set-up with no problems. I like the feel of a spinning combo for jigging and Lindy type rigs as I can keep the line on my finger and feel every little thing on the lake bottom/structure. Bait casters are just more comfortable for everything else IMO.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Fishing Creatures. Works fine, whips 'em fast, and is a blast to do. I have never had any spinning reel 'fail' on a hook set, and have used them ALLOT for 35 years.
I don't use surf gear, just freshwater xh bass style gear, so lure size is up to 1.5 ounces. Throwing spinners with spinning rods seems clumsy to me, though. Jigs and cranks, and surface lures small enough are fine. |
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Location: Janesville wi | I wouldn't even use a spinning real for bass but a guy should use what he likes and if a spinning real feels right for some things go ahead. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | I learned about 5 yrs ago that a good spinning reel (about $ 100.) and a 7.6" extra heavy Bass rod , spooled with 35-50lb. super line can be a killer at twitching smaller lures like Husky Jerks, small Crane Baits and 1/2 oz spinner baits, Rattle Traps..... If you don't have something like this set up,.... you,.... are missing out on some Really Fun Fishing.
This is a really good tactic to use after a follow,... as a throw back lure,....... And is a BLAST once a fish about 44" or larger hits,,,Hold on Tight,... It's going to be a FIGHT!
Oh,... If you do use these smaller lures ,you'll have to Upgrade the split rings and hooks for sure.....If you don't you just may loose a Hog.
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