After fishing all morning in our local river and getting the skunk, i apprehensively switched to a tiny panther martin (a lightweight lure not made for baitcasters I always assumed) and boom, 2 smallies. Son was using my curado at that moment, so I changed his "starter" setup. This is a cheap "Realtree" reel from eBay (Wal-Mart) and a Berkeley lightning rod (also Wal-Mart.. Love these rods though) Casted just fine! To be fair (too beeee faaaaaiir) I have been using baitcasters for over 20 years. Experience comes in to play, as my son ( who wanted his rod back after I landed these fish) tried and exploded the 20lb braid so badly i had to cut some line out. How much better can BFS be? Just curious. I have spinning gear for light stuff but i love baitcaster.
Bonus pics his smallie on a spinnerbait and walleye on the same.
Posted by mattmag21