May 3, 2025 · Explore the best baitcasting reels for bass fishing across three price ranges—under $150, mid-tier, and premium—featuring Shimano, Daiwa, Abu Garcia, and more.

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Aug 30, 2024 · Anybody here have experience with Bates Reels? They are way out of my price range, but I have a friend coming to visit, and I would like to sic the Bait Monkey on him. I know he needs a …

Sep 15, 2014 · The whole fishing reel oil debate reminds me so much of my former lives as a bicycle mechanic and a downhill longboarder and the staggering selection of lubricants on the market. …

Feb 9, 2022 · I keep getting ads a baitcasting reel from a company called Obalus. The price is $49.99 with free shipping for an 8.1:1 shallow spool carbon drag reel. On the website, they have tons of …

Jun 17, 2018 · All of my spinning reels are and have been the better Quantum’s. A few years ago, they removed the anti reverse switch and I wasn’t pleased. I never back reel, but I do like to back up the …

Jun 8, 2009 · Ok so I'm in the market for a bait caster but I want to be straight on something. When reels are referred to right handed or left handed is that talking about which side of the reel the reeler is on? …

Feb 15, 2008 · OK guys, lets have at it! I have always been told, and have seen this technique on Ike's DVD, that when you spool a spinning reel you do so by having the lline come off the spool in a …

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Apr 19, 2017 · If this topic has been discussed ad nauseum, please forgive me for bringing it up again. It's been a long time since I've been in the market for a spinning reel and up until today, was …