Bait caster success

[Fishaholic]

Finaly got comfortable with casting my bait caster. Oh boy Im hooked on using it. I was going to by a spinning reel this year but now I think Im going to start using  a baitcaster set up for salmon.

[huntnnw]

only way to go in my opinon for drift fishing...u can fish water much more effectivley with a baitcaster

[lostbackpacker]

Took me a few years to get used to them. Haven't looked back

[Fishaholic]

Yup I been practicing for like 2 months throwing a 1 oz weight. I have 15 pound mono and its on a 8 foot pole. I finaly took it out to the river today. I was drift fishing and I didnt get one rat nest lol. I have had the reel for 3 years and Im glad I held on to it.

[huntnnw]

a good reel can help a ton on the bird nesting

[Fishaholic]

Im not sure if its a good real but it works for me. Its an abu garcia  ambassadeur 5500-c3 2 speed.

[bowhunterforever]

Wish I could figure out how to work these reels

[huntnnw]

Im not sure if its a good real but it works for me. Its an abu garcia  ambassadeur 5500-c3 2 speed.

  one of the original and cant go wrong with them..I own a few still

[DoubleJ]

Wish I could figure out how to work these reels

  I gave up on them years ago and never looked back

[mrmoskillz]

ddjj there is a knob on the side that adjusts the tension on the spool.  B4 you cast press the botton and let the weight free fall to the ground.  It should hit the ground w/o backlashing. Once I get it to the ground at the right speed I back off the tension just a little so I can cast a little further.  The more weight you have on the tighter the tension

[wildmanoutdoors]

Now try casting lighter weights. 1 oz will not work in most drift fishing applications. Lighter weights will humble you. Lol

Much more control with a BC though. I can cast my Curado farther than my spinning reels with much greater accuracy.

I run mine with no cast control. Everything backed off to complete free spool mode. This will take years of practice to really master.

Get rid of the mono and put some Fireline on that bad boy! You wont regret it!~

[Thefisherman83]

Now try casting lighter weights. 1 oz will not work in most drift fishing applications. Lighter weights will humble you. Lol

Much more control with a BC though. I can cast my Curado farther than my spinning reels with much greater accuracy.

I run mine with no cast control. Everything backed off to complete free spool mode. This will take years of practice to really master.

Get rid of the mono and put some Fireline on that bad boy! You wont regret it!~

   Except I wouldn't even bother with lighter weights with an ambassador on an 8' rod, it could turn you off to baitcasting.  Go get a decent low profile casting setup, I recommend the Citica or if money allows the Curado or Calais.  Once you fight a fish with a casting set up, its very hard to pick up a spinning rig again.

[wildmanoutdoors]

Now try casting lighter weights. 1 oz will not work in most drift fishing applications. Lighter weights will humble you. Lol

Much more control with a BC though. I can cast my Curado farther than my spinning reels with much greater accuracy.

I run mine with no cast control. Everything backed off to complete free spool mode. This will take years of practice to really master.

Get rid of the mono and put some Fireline on that bad boy! You wont regret it!~

   Except I wouldn't even bother with lighter weights with an ambassador on an 8' rod, it could turn you off to baitcasting. 

  Lol, that was the humbling part 

[BigGoonTuna]

rod selection is more important than your reel when using a baitcaster for throwing light weights.  most factory rods are too heavy for anything down into the 1/8-1/4oz of lead range i'll use in the summer time.  i've got a couple i've built for that purpose, set up with ABU 2500C reels(hard to find these days).

[wildmanoutdoors]

rod selection is more important than your reel when using a baitcaster for throwing light weights.  most factory rods are too heavy for anything down into the 1/8-1/4oz of lead range i'll use in the summer time.  i've got a couple i've built for that purpose, set up with ABU 2500C reels(hard to find these days).

Highly disagree. A super freespooling reel will cast much farther than any ABU. No question. Put em on the same rod and you cant tell us that an ABU can cast as far as a new Curado or old super free Curado as examples.
As for rods, loading the rod is whats important when casting with a baitcaster.

Your right on rod selection, you cant properly load a heavy rod with very light weight.