What new reel? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

BIG JOAQUIN · 04-19-2016, 10:31 PM

If you feel the need to change out your functional spinning tackle you might want to check out the Lew's Speed Spool Inshore LFS series reel. It's $129 so a little outside of your budget but prepared for salt and sized for calico and smaller inshore species.

igotpron · 04-20-2016, 03:15 PM

What I use is my fly line rig now. Clip shortened Sabiki straight to my ringed hook catch my bait and put away sabiki. This past summer I had some rat yellows slam my sabiki. So now I fish larger hooks and at 40lb sabikis. Plus you can rip it right out of the kelp if you get hung up., and untangling is much easier with thicker line.

That's what works for me. I keep smaller sabikis if I have trouble getting them to bite. But usually rare. So my vote is for a saltist, or an avet sx. Handle bait, Bonita and yellows beautifully. Usually have my Saltist on flyline, that high speed cranking gets my macs to skip across the surface when the dogs are on you.

FullFlavorPike · 04-20-2016, 03:45 PM

If you're going to invest, invest in something you wouldn't mind using as a backup. No reason to fish light tackle on the sabiki. Might as well horse those macks to the boat with a decent backup rig.

04-19-2016, 10:31 PM	#1
BIG JOAQUIN Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: C'mont Posts: 33	If you feel the need to change out your functional spinning tackle you might want to check out the Lew's Speed Spool Inshore LFS series reel. It's $129 so a little outside of your budget but prepared for salt and sized for calico and smaller inshore species.

04-20-2016, 03:15 PM	#2
igotpron Xcoastie Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Westminster Posts: 285	What I use is my fly line rig now. Clip shortened Sabiki straight to my ringed hook catch my bait and put away sabiki. This past summer I had some rat yellows slam my sabiki. So now I fish larger hooks and at 40lb sabikis. Plus you can rip it right out of the kelp if you get hung up., and untangling is much easier with thicker line. That's what works for me. I keep smaller sabikis if I have trouble getting them to bite. But usually rare. So my vote is for a saltist, or an avet sx. Handle bait, Bonita and yellows beautifully. Usually have my Saltist on flyline, that high speed cranking gets my macs to skip across the surface when the dogs are on you.

04-20-2016, 03:45 PM	#3
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 810	If you're going to invest, invest in something you wouldn't mind using as a backup. No reason to fish light tackle on the sabiki. Might as well horse those macks to the boat with a decent backup rig.