I am looking for a new reel. I will use this mainly for bass and catfish. I fish on a lake with a lot of rocks and not much brush. I was looking at an Ambassadeur reel. My price range is about $60. I like the Ambassadeur reels, but they only have one bearing. Does this effect the preformance? Thanks
I like the 1300 Quantum that Walmart sells under their glass case.It's a baitcaster. I have 3. Put that on a Lightening Rod Medium heavy action.,and you have a nice set -up. Garcia isn't bad either. I've had my Quantums for over 3 years wiothout any problems.Smooth cast no backlashes yet. Got 8 bass in the boat yesterday. I use one for flipping,one for crank baits and one for casting worms. For in -line spinners I would use an open -face spinning reel.If it's your only rod...I would buy an open faced spinning outfit.They are very versatile. Twenty years ago when I was a poor college student,I bought 2 cheap Walmart spinning rods for my wife and I .We caught tons of big bass and bluegill with them.
Chuck
Chuck
YES THERE IS GOOD WALMART ONES! GET A FLW SERIES OPEN FACE ROD ITS A SMALL ONE WOULDNT USE IT ONE BIG CATS. BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM IV HAD WITH THEM IS THE DRAG KNOB. CAME OFF WHEN I WAS FISHING AND NEVER FOUND IT! [:@]
well, one of my all around workhorse reels for bass is a Abu Garcia 5500 C3. bought it for $55 last year on sale at cableas, they should still be at that price last i checked. great reel. 3 BB's i think. its not quanity so much as quality. This smoothness and quality you get for that money rivals alot of the stuff you pay $80 or $100 for. Abu Garcia reels are some of the toughest on the market, i love 'em.
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for around 60 bucks id look at abu garcia's C3 and C4 seires reels in the 4500 or 5500 models.
for a C3 you are looking right 60 bucks or so for a C4 you are lookin at about 10 dollars more.
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I bought the Quantum 1420MG at Wal-Mart for $85. It's a nice reel!
thats a decent reel, I had one of the earlier models years ago fished with it once wasnt really to my liking I took it back and went to another store and bought a daiwa pro caster x153i. A friend of mines father in law who fishes alot of tournaments between missouri and kansas swears by the 1420MG reel, he says they are priced right and if he has a problem with one of them he can go to any walmart when hes on the road and pick up another.
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Even the Abu Garcia 5000 with no ball bearings will last for many many years. Walmart sales that one for 39.99. I have a couple of them. One has made 20+ trips to Northern Sask. fishing Northerns. I have casted it thousands of times and have no I dea how many big pike I have taken with it. I bought two way back then so I would have a spare. So far I have not ever needed it. Caught a eight lb Northern with it this afternoon.
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