SHIMANO BAITRUNNER REEL!!!!!

[redman1981]

HAS ANYONE GOT ANY EXPERIANCE WITH THIS REEL! I WAS LOOKING AT ONE.WHAT IS THE SPECIAL FEATURE OF THIS REEL OVER OTHERS? THANKS FOR ANY FEEDBACK!

[Tom Keels]

I have one. Great for cobia and kings. Has a "baitrunner" feature that lets you put it in controlled freespool. Kind of like a clicker for a baitcaster.

[redman1981]

THANKS TOM! WHAT ABOUT USING IT FOR SNAPPER? WOULD IT WORK FOR THEM?I FISH MAINLY FOR KINGS / GROUPER / & SNAPPER! WHAT SPINNING REEL WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?

[Tom Keels]

I personally would not use it for snapper for the fact that if a grouper grabs it, you could strip the gears pretty quick. The gears inside are not made for fighting fish against locked drag.

[redman1981]

WHAT SPINNING REEL WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?

[Atticus]

How about one of the bigger baitrunners or a big ole Penn? Ive caught grouper/snapper on both.

If there is a hog around though, you stand a good chance of getting worked-over using any spinning reel with your bait on the bottom.

[FlatCrazy]

The baitrunner I have works great. I'm not sure it would be my first choice for grouper or big snapper. If you are primarily bottom fishing I would suggest you look at open face reals. You can get away with a smaller real and gain more drag and cranking power to get those fish off the bottom. Spinning reals typically are not designed to perform like a winch. The beauty of the baitrunner is that you can put it in the rodholder with a bait out behind the boat in free spool while you are bottom fishing with another rod.

[Tom Keels]

Is there a reason you must use a spinning reel for bottom fishing?

[redman1981]

I WAS REEDING UP ON THE FIN-NOR SPINNING REEL.NOT SURE THE MODEL#.I KNOW IT S THE BIGGEST ONE. IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE A STRONG SPINNING REEL?ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIANCE WITH THAT ONE?

[redman1981]

NOT REALY! I HAVE PLENTY OF CONV. REELS AND I WAS JUST GOING TO GET A SPINNING REEL TO CHANGE THINGS UP A LITTLE!LOOKS LIKE ITS NOT A GOOD IDEA!HAVE YALL HAD ANY EXPERIANCE WITH THE OKUMA CONV. REELS?

[Tom Keels]

Wevans won one at the social, but I don't know if he has used it yet.

[redman1981]

I GOT ONE FOR A GIFT. LOOKS GREAT BUT DONT KNOW HOW ITS GOING TO PERFORME! I KNOW THEY ARE PRICED GOOD! HEY WHATS A GOOD PRICED TWO SPEED CONV. REEL!

[macdaddy]

I HAVE A 6500 BAITRUNNER ON A MED/HEAVY 7' SHIMAMO ROD. LOVE IT!! GREAT FOR SIGHT FISHING KINGFISH, COBIA. GOOD REEL FOR THE MONEY