Originally Posted by jwalker77
Also, i bought a couple of cheap salt water spinning reels off ebay, neither made it through one jack. Bass rod and reel we were using to catch bait fell to a 20min fight with a big jack, also killed the fish. Youll be miles ahead to invest in a good Penn spinning reel suited for catching big fish. Youre gona buy one either way, best to just start out with one. Me being cheap caused me alot of trouble
Most of what I've been catching have been slot/undersized reds and average size specks. I've been using "decent" bass rods so far and I rinse them thoroughly after each use and haven't had any trouble yet. If/when one of them blows up on me I'll probably buy something a little better. I'm fishing from a kayak and even a slot red will pull me around....being in the kayak almost acts as a secondary "drag" system. As long as they run and don't dive, you can outlast some pretty good size fish just letting them pull you until they wear down. Most of my inshore spots are super shallow so there's very little diving

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