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| Wes
Moderator Username: Wes Post Number: 303 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
So I am in the market to buy a couple of more reels. Almost all of the reels I currently own are the shimano curado reels but are the older style. It has been a while since I bought a new reel but man they have gone up in price. What reels does everybody recommend for bass fishing. What about the cabelas or bass pro model reels, the garcia revo or the okuma? All the reels I am looking at are the low profiles reels. thanks | ||
| Dru
Crappie Username: Dru Post Number: 438 Registered: 2-2005  Rating: N/A |
Wes, I'm throwing mostly the Shimano Curados in the older style. Some are over ten years old and still going strong. I just won a Chronarch DC but Vince wont let me use it. He says it is sweet. I also have a couple of the Quantum PT series and they are good reels. I bought an Ardent off Brian Snowden and that thing will cast a mile. I've heard good things about the Revo, but I have not tried one. You will probably have to spend $150 or more for a good quality reel or you could buy the kit to rework your Curados. Keep us inform on what you get. BassZone.com  
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| Lahossman
Minnow Username: Lahossman Post Number: 17 Registered: 5-2006  Rating: N/A |
Ask Bigun! He's got a REVO SX. I think he likes his, once he got it fine tuned. (Message edited by lahossman on May 15, 2007) | ||
| Picou
Lunker Username: Picou Post Number: 2499 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
If you like the old curados, get you a citica 100dsv. I am not convinced the extra cash for the curado is worth it for our applications. My next 2 will be the citica 100s. Same small form factor as the curado 100B.  Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish | ||
| Basshunter
Minnow Username: Basshunter Post Number: 67 Registered: 1-2007  Rating: N/A |
I have (2) Johnny Morris Signature Series JMX20HA that are the sweeeeetest reels I own. Prior to purchasing them from BPS during the Spring event this year I had only fished with Abu Garcia reels. I can throw a weightless fluke on the JMSS reel further then most people can heave a 1/2 oz rattletrap. The REVO STX-HS is top notch once you get it dialed in but they are pricy at the store 199.00. I picked one up on ebay for 148.00 a few weeks back. | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1395 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
I have one of the black Revo SX-HS. The Revo is smooth as hell and throws as far as any reel I've owned initially. However the smoothness has went away. It still throws far but is just making a funny noise. ABU has told me to mail it back to them but you know I never have.  My friend Gerald bought two of them and loved them but both of his went from one cast throwing great to barely throwing at all. Like it is just sticky. He did not try cleaning them instead going change them out for the next reel I will talk about. Now this is saltwater and are way over used. Kind of sucks due to I love the low profile of them. When I cleaned mine there was quite a bit of grease in it and the grease was gritty looking? I have a feeling they are just reels that have to have more grease than I'm used to and need cleaned more often. They are really easy to clean however. Gerald has bought three of the Quantum Accurist PT and loves them. Long throwing and real smooth. Kind of interested in long term life which I've never gotten from Quantums but this looks like a well built reel. It is a little higher profile than the Revo but has a flipping switch that Gerald really likes on it. Not sure what he uses it for though??? I just bought an ABU Record and it is sweet and for the price is great deal! But it is not low profile and have not tried throwing light lures on it but I'm sure it would handle it. The one issue I'm having with this Record is if you do backlash it, it does not come out?? I'm wondering if I'm not spooling line tight enough. Rob, you finding this with yours? As far as Shimano's all the locals I'm talking to are saying to buy the one priced under the Curado's now. Forgot the name, maybe Citica. Quit being a mad, little bald man! Check out the Saltwater reports if you want to see some fish catching! http://www.myspace.com/biguncharter | ||
| Wes
Moderator Username: Wes Post Number: 304 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
Dru this is for the 2 new hendrix rods I bought. I will be moving some reels around to different rods, but the applications I need these reels for is 1 will be for a swimbait rod, the other will be for a spinnerbait rod. Picou the citica has the 4+1 bearing system, the revo is 8 or 10+1. Dennis basspro has that reel on sale right now for 134.88 Wade do you ever clean your reels after fishing in that saltwater | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1397 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
I do when going out in the bay boat but not a lot on the lease. The one thing I do not like about a lot of these new reels is they don't have the drain holes on the bottoms any more. I used to shoot them up with a little Corrosion X spray and did not find needed to take them down and clean as often. I feel the higher bearing numbers is the problem with many of these reels? They tend to be a lot easier to corrode than the lower number bearings. Someone was explaining it all to me but as usual was not really listening to what they were saying. I would think for swimming baits you would want a reel like a Record? They are pretty sweet for $129. Which rods did you buy? Either one would be one I would like for the fishing I would do? Quit being a mad, little bald man! Check out the Saltwater reports if you want to see some fish catching! http://www.myspace.com/biguncharter | ||
| Triton21
Minnow Username: Triton21 Post Number: 24 Registered: 1-2007 Rating: N/A |
i bought 2 SX-HS and one SC. i threw a swim bait with the SX-HS last night and it worked just fine. this reels cast a mile. i am using the SC for flipping but i am sure it will work for other uses. there light and fit the hand perfect. when you put it on the Hendrix rod it is a light set up and can fish it all day with out being tired. www.fishermike.com www.ezeejig.com | ||
| Dru
Crappie Username: Dru Post Number: 439 Registered: 2-2005 Rating: N/A |
Wes, for both those applications, swimbait and spinnerbait, I would reccomend getting the highest gear ratio possible. A guy here in the office loves the Johnny Morris reels and at that price they may be the best deal. BassZone.com
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| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1399 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
I think the SX-HS are only $149 at Academy. May be wrong though. Triton, how long have you had them for? If for a few months, have any of them got sticky feeling? Quit being a mad, little bald man! Check out the Saltwater reports if you want to see some fish catching! http://www.myspace.com/biguncharter | ||
| Picou
Wall Hanger Username: Picou Post Number: 2507 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
The Cruxis is supposed to be equivalent to the old Curado and the Citica is a step above that. All I know is the Citica 200 I have casts great, reels smooth, and has worked just fine since I bought it last year. I have casted a Johnny Morris and it was ok. I have pitched the Ardent and it was very nice. I would actually prefer if you get something totally different than I have so that I will get some feedback on if it is worth a crap... Thank you Lord for my family and the waters I get to fish | ||
| Triton21
Minnow Username: Triton21 Post Number: 25 Registered: 1-2007 Rating: N/A |
Bigun i did get them at academy for 149 read a post on the TFF where bass pro shop has them for 139. my SC has 2 trips to the lake and the SX has 1 trip. have alot more time to spend and hopefully they hold up. Bigun are you fishing salt water the majority of the time? dont know if that would be the cause of them getting sticky. I dont fish salt water so have no idea how hard it can be on reels. www.fishermike.com www.ezeejig.com | ||
| Fishermike
Minnow Username: Fishermike Post Number: 8 Registered: 2-2007 Rating: N/A |
I was at Southwestern Parts yesterday they had 2 chronarc's used for $140.00 they are rebuilt. That is a great deal. I know they go trough them and replace anything that needs it. They will back them as well. | ||
| Ozziefish
Crappie Username: Ozziefish Post Number: 554 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
Wes, I've been using the daiwa Viento with the twiching bar...It really been a great reel for me and you know I can tear anything up and only one broke so far. I was stuck on a stub and cranked down on the twiching bar and bent it into the reel. They are $200.00 in most cases cheaped on ebay and Academy OzzieFish "In GOD I trust" | ||
| Wes
Moderator Username: Wes Post Number: 305 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
fishermike where is southwestern parts? do they have a webpage? Oz for $200 I will buy the shimano | ||
| Atthewall
Bass Username: Atthewall Post Number: 654 Registered: 11-2004  Rating: N/A |
Wes I picked up a Curado CU200DHSV recently, and it's all metal and built stronger than the older Curados. It's worth the extra bucks IMO. 6.1 retrieve and it can burn a bait like no one's business on top...FAST AS HELL RETRIEVE! Picked up the ABU Record 50 last year and it casts big baits long. 1 ounce of lead on my 7ft Fenwick hits 85 yards. As Wade mentioned, it can be a little finicky till you get it set for the right weight you casting. I picked up a another Curado 200 (older style) off EBay for half price recently for 80 bucks. Some good deals on EBay for Curados but I use a HammerSnipe to win my bids...with a maximum bid number. Congrats on the Hendrix rods. I've got one on order with some fancy diamonds Thanks Mike! Hey Wes, if you ever want to catch a few Guadalupe Smallmouths....let me know. I have 2 kayaks now and I'm finding them in Upper stretches of the river now. The river record is right around the corner  (Message edited by atthewall on May 17, 2007) | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1401 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
Triton, I mainly fish more brackish water with a little salt in it. It is not real hard on equipment. Truthfully we have not found many reels that hold up well. I think a lot of it is just the numbers of fish we catch. I bought my Revo off Ebay and while they claimed and appeared new out of box I wonder if it was not a repair job is why I was asking you that question?? I wish Gerald would have let me open one of his up to see if grease looked like mine did before cleaning. Pure salt water fishing especially if you are combining with sand is pure hell on equipment! Quit being a mad, little bald man! Check out the Saltwater reports if you want to see some fish catching! http://www.myspace.com/biguncharter | ||
| Basshunter
Minnow Username: Basshunter Post Number: 69 Registered: 1-2007 Rating: N/A |
Southwestern Parts & Services - 605 W Mockingbird Ln, Dallas - 214) 630-8161 http://www.southwesternparts.com/ | ||
| Triton21
Minnow Username: Triton21 Post Number: 26 Registered: 1-2007 Rating: N/A |
i thought it would be hard on equip. i have heard you need to wash the equip with fresh water after every use. i was in the Navy and know how salt water affect equip. we had to clean and grease equip on the ship weekly. www.fishermike.com www.ezeejig.com | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1402 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
I have to wash them everytime to get all the trout slime off them! So what did you decide to buy Wes? Quit being a mad, little bald man! Check out the Saltwater reports if you want to see some fish catching! http://www.myspace.com/biguncharter | ||
| Lahossman
Minnow Username: Lahossman Post Number: 18 Registered: 5-2006 Rating: N/A |
Big, I repair reels and I believe the cause of your headache with the ABU's is tooooo much grease. I will breakdown new reels and reduce the grease. Most people put far too much grease in their reels. Is the stickiness coming from your cast or retrieve? The spools have a bearing on either end and the shaft runs through the spool and bearings. I have cleaned reels with grease on the bearings. Grease should not be there. If a little bit of moisture gets inside one of those bearings, it will run sticky. Too much grease on the gearing will make it tough to reel. I agree with you, the reels with too many bearings tend too cause heartburn. They always seem to run smooth in the store. It's when you use them after several trips that put proof in the pudding. ABU 5500 C3 are still workhorses. I agree with the other posters, dipping your reels in the water at the camp does not constitue cleaning your reel! | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1403 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
Gerald was the one with the sticky problem and you felt it casting and reeling. My is just making a whining noise now that I've reduced the grease and oiled what book said to oil. It came out the box with way more grease than I've ever seen on a reel. Burke, Maybe it was you I was not listening to about the bearings? It sure would be nice if you lived closer to clean my reels! Quit being a mad, little bald man! Check out the Saltwater reports if you want to see some fish catching! http://www.myspace.com/biguncharter | ||
| Hawghunter08
Minnow Username: Hawghunter08 Post Number: 22 Registered: 4-2005  Rating: N/A |
Guys I have always been a Shimano guys and own 6 Chronarchs,1 super Chronarch, 1 Chronarch Mg, 1 Calais, 3 Curado super frees, 3 Curados and 3 Curado 100's... with all that bragging out of the way... I also just got a Pflueger Trio and a Pflueger Summit and really think they can compete... Im not sure if they will hold out as long as my Shimanos but they are every bit as smooth.... Time will tell I guess. Chris | ||
| Texfisher
Bass Username: Texfisher Post Number: 660 Registered: 8-2004  Rating: N/A |
You're my hero Chris! Wish I had that stockpile of shimanos. I only have 4(2 calcutas, 1 curado and 1 citica). I keep hoping to upgrade sometime in the near future but I would have to sell my boat to afford them. If you're richer than me I think we're related. If you're poorer than me I know we're related. My bass club webpage http://texbass.8m.com/
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| Hawghunter08
Minnow Username: Hawghunter08 Post Number: 24 Registered: 4-2005 Rating: N/A |
I acutally won 2 Chronarchs from our bass club meeting, got 3 from pawn shops and a couple from a buddy of mine that went from SHimano Prostaff to Pfleuger/AllStar... So I didnt spend alot for most of what I got... Just right time right place.. I do have an old model Castaic for sale if anyones interested.. Its the one with the flipping button.. | ||
| Texfisher
Bass Username: Texfisher Post Number: 662 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
I might be interested. What do you want for it? If you're richer than me I think we're related. If you're poorer than me I know we're related. My bass club webpage http://texbass.8m.com/
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| Wes
Moderator Username: Wes Post Number: 323 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
So I ended up getting 3 new reels. Needed another one after picking up the kistler rod we recieved with our entry at the skeeter tournament. 1 chronarch mg, a citica 100dsv and a revo sx. chronarch mg. Great reel, (like all chronarchs) don't like the wiffle spool though, I can almost cast it out of line throwing a weightless senko. I have this reel on a hendrix rod. It is spooled with 17lb seagaur(sp). citica 100dsv like picou said, reminds me of the old curados. Good reel. I put this reel on the hendrix swimbait rod. I will probably move it to another rod and put an older curado 200 on the swimbait rod. This reel is spooled with 65lb power pro. Revo SX. really suprised me. a little hard to get adjusted at first. Reel casts as well as the chronarch mg. This reel I put on the kistler skeeter tournament addition rod. This reel is spooled with 14lb halo. | ||
| Ozziefish
Crappie Username: Ozziefish Post Number: 596 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
Academy has Viento's on sale $174.00 right now. OzzieFish "In GOD I trust" | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1431 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
Sweet Wes. I'm about to buy a Quantum Accurist I think. Quit being a mad, little bald man! | ||
| Tomc_junior
Minnow Username: Tomc_junior Post Number: 15 Registered: 12-2006  Rating: N/A |
Good combination of reels Wes. I should have posted earlier on this. I got 2 Shimano Curado and 1 Quantum PT Tour. All three are the burners. Good reels. I will try other reels soon. Need to build up my arsenal a bit. A friend of mine has the Revo and has had no problems with it. Absolutely loves it. | ||
| Fishermike
Minnow Username: Fishermike Post Number: 21 Registered: 2-2007 Rating: N/A |
Hello everyone I wanted to let ya'll know what I have been told by the manufactures of a couple of reels. I sent a Bass-Pro reel to Shakespere that had the pfluger written on it, they sent it back with a note that said "this reel was not made by us Bass-Pro bought the Pfluger name from us, and had the reel made by someone else you will have to send it to Bass-pro for repair." Then there is Shakesphere I have contacted them trying to get parts NO Go they will not make them avalible to repair shops. I have spoke with Shane at Southwestern Parts and they told him the same thing. They have good reels, but you will have to send them in for repair. Some repair shops won't clean & Grease them because if you break something you can't repair it and we do make mistakes. Just thought I would let ya'll know. If that changes I will let you know. Good fishing | ||
| Atthewall
Bass Username: Atthewall Post Number: 683 Registered: 11-2004 Rating: N/A |
I picked up an Offshore Angler series Inshore Extreme at BPS yesterday. Like I needed another reel. But I got to checking out all the reels in the line up (palm style) with them all on free spool. Adjusted all of them for a light free spin setting and just watched them whir. This little little reel beat all of them hands down on revolutions. So I picked it up, have no clue who made it for BPS, but it looks like a Lews (level wind pickup on top and exposed). 10lb drag and an all aluminum frame, 6 bearings. We shall see. The pile keeps getting bigger LOL! | ||
| Bigun
Lunker Username: Bigun Post Number: 1448 Registered: 8-2004 Rating: N/A |
I pulled the trigger on the Quantum Accurist Saltwater reel. Used it today for first time and it is pretty sweet reel. Will see how it lasts! Quit being a mad, little bald man! | ||
| Atthewall
Bass Username: Atthewall Post Number: 686 Registered: 11-2004 Rating: N/A |
I broke in the new little Offshore Angler Extreme on a 3.5ft alligator gar this evening LOL! Casts like a champ and it's rated for salt. We shall see how she wears. Congrats Big Easy! I think we need salt water rated gear. That stuff tears stuff up - SON! |
