Lake Houston Fishing!

[TSAEB]

going to academy tomorrow and wanted to ask you guys for tips... and body have a reel they like that cost under 60 bucks....or is that to low? im looking for a reel i can use at sheldon and lake houston.....i mostly use plastic worms,lizards and top frogs....If no body has a recomendation what about advise...

whats a good brand is easy ...what about brands to stay away from or models?

what exactly gear ratio do yo aim for? high number or low?

thanks guys im also going to get som frogs.....gonna try the stanley ribbit and the spro bronze eye frogs.

[Forrest]

Well I only use spinning reels so I go with Shimanos if I wanna spend some money. Other than that I just get the shakespeare setups. I have had an ugly stick ultralight with the reel that came on it for round 4 years now. Caught many big fish and little fish on it. Abused the hell outta it as it cost me I think 30 bucks?

If your on a budget an ugly stick + reel combo cant be beat in my opinion.

[TSAEB]

not really a budget just preference ...and the 60 is just for the reel alone...allready have some rods at home.

[katjim00]

If you are wanting a baitcast bass pro has the pro qualifiers on sale this week for 69.99 from 99.99. These are awesome reels. I use one for my worm rod with 30lb braid on it and I use a 7:1 ratio to keep up with bass that make a mad swim for it. I also have one for my crank stick and am about to get another one for my wifes rod. Hope this helps

[john-420]

I'm of the opinion you can't really go wrong with anything Shimano.

That's not to say other brands aren't good though. Hold as many as you can in your price range and choose what feels most comfortable.

[buckyallen]

Acadamy brand reels H2O has been getting good reviews I use quantum mainly they had some on sale awhile back BPS has good reels my wife always looks at the clearance table in katy got some really good reals that way

[TSAEB]

thanks guys thats exactly what i was asking for and about the gears....so the higher the faster i can reel it in...been working alot of overtime...cant wait to relax this sunday and go by some new toys....

[TSAEB]

I ended up purchasing a quantum av77ocx bait caster( 7 bearing 7.0:1 gear) with median action 7' rod on sale for 60 for both.... instead of the usaully 140 combo at academy.... could have had the whole set for just 40 cause the lady only charged the fishing reel...i felt guilty and said something....but quickly regretted it when she gave me a funny look like I had done something wrong....thats ok ...my nephew bought a 150 paint ball gun and Large box of paintballs for 25 bucks total at the same place for the same reason...he however didnt feel guilty and hauled ass out of there.

and i love this reel very nice...pretty sure nothing compared to some of the high dollar reels out there but i love my quantum....i can throw much farther, less backlash, and lighter lures then my other shakespear baitcaster or shakespear spinning reel

[sticko]

TSAEB.

You did the right thing and you can feel good about doing it because you knew the lady had made a mistake and charged you the wrong price.
you still got a very good deal on the rod and reel.

Thanks for doing the right thing.

[Dragin Tha Line]

I normally use a bait cast real but for White Bass this year I decided to try one of these;
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_10205638_100001000_100000000_100001000_100-1-0

Yeah, I know ..... a Zebco??? This aint your ordinary Zebco spincast real. These things are nice. I picked one up this year for tha white bass spawn and havent put it down since. It did great on whites and although I didnt catch many crappie this year it preformed flawlessly.
Zebco offers 2 versions of this reel. (Delta and Omega) I opted for the Delta ZD3. It was about $20 bucks cheaper than the Omega.
In short, if your looking for a nice little spincast reel you aughta give one of these a try. If ya dont like it you can always take it back. (but I dont think you will)

Here's tha Omega;
http://www.zebco.com/products/omega_reels.html
My nephew has a ZO3. It was by using his for a few cast that convenced me to look into buying one. However when I saw tha Delta being almost tha same reel for $20 bucks less ........ need I say more.

[slicker]

As far as the gear ratios go, you can kind of compare it to bicycle gears. The lower gears in a bike are for lower speeds, but can handle higher loads (like when you are just getting going and have no momentum). The higher gears let you go faster, but can't handle any load. So..., you can fish higher gear ratio reels faster, but they are a little more difficult to hall in bigger fish or branches. Lower gear ratios can bring in bigger fish easier, but fish a bit slower.
By the way, I have one of the H2O Mettle reels and it is very smooth and capable. I havn't caught many big fish with it, but for the money it is doing quite well.