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| Well I did go on my Canadian trip and used spinning gear and a ton of lures I bought here. While I did not get a musky I did catch 26 Northern Pike many over three feet and caught a 43 incher figure eighting him at the boat! Amazing! On a side note we also fished Lac Seul and caught and released over 450 walleyes (4 guys , 3 days)
What I learned is that everyone is right, lol throwing bulldawgs with spinning gear is hard tiring work!!
That said I am going to buy a baitcaster and begin learning for next trip. I would like to buy something adequate for both bulldawgs as well as spinner baits and suick type lures. I want something thats easiest to learn on with good braking for minimizing birdnests. Money isn't an object really up to around $300 if the reel for learning and fishing is that much better than others. So what say you, which reel am I looking for? |
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| Abu NACL 60 5.4 you wont need the power handle with dawgs but will love it for 10s.
Sounds like a fantastic trip! |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | If you aren't going to be throwing blades bigger then 8, I would go with the NACL 6.4. If you are going to be mixing in 10's or 10's, I'd go with either the NACL 5.4 or the Calcutta 400D, thought the 400D is $380 so there's that... Other options would be a Lexa 400 or 300, once again depending on what you are going to be throwing with it. |
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| Which of those do you think have the best braking system for a baitcaster newbie?
yes the trip was astounding!! I will be up there annually from now on. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | The NACL is easier to adjust as the 400D requires screws be taken out in order to adjust the braking, I'm not sure about the Lexa 400, I never had issues with the Lexa 300 I had for a little bit.
The thing to keep in mind is that you are going to have backlashes, no matter how good you are, it just happens sometimes. You can practice with shorter casts, to get used to it, and then move up to longer and longer casts from there. The other thing to keep in mind is don't try and force the cast, let the rod do the work for you, when I really try and sling it out there, that's typically when I'll get a backlash. |
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| Being a generally impatient person this will be quite the experience I am sure lol. I am determined to get it though. |
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Location: Quebec, Canada | 400D is very versatile and easy to use. If not gonna throw pounders and 10s, the 300E is an amazing starter reel. Not starter meaning it's not a good one, but meaning it's a very easy reel to use. It helps on the lesrning curve when starting with a baitcaster.
Both reels have a lot of line pick uo, which is crucial for bulldawg and jerkbait fishing when picking up the slack. |
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| I used both last week. The NACLs (6 of them)were all trouble free. The 400d had a couple back lashes but is a good reel. Dami0101 is correct the 6.4 will pull 8s with ease but if you go bigger get the 5.4. I say just get the 5.4 that will do everything easier. Its hard not to buy 10s once you start throwing 8s.. |
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