"JimH" wrote in message
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"SoFarrell" wrote in message
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For live bait fishing, what's your pref? Open or spinning reels? Why?


I use spinning reels for all my freshwater fishing and used a conventional
open reel while on a charter boat several years back while in Miami. Open
reels were also the only reels we had as kids.

I still prefer the spinning reel.

The open reel is definitely more prone to tangles and backlash if you
don't
know how to use it. I don't know about any advantages it has over the
spinning reel.



Depends on the species / bait size. I fish for Yellow Tail and small tuna
out of San Diego and for the bigger fish and baits I use a Calcutta 401 ( I
like left handed reels) and a Shimano Bait Runner 2500 for the smaller
pinhead anchovies when I need to get them further from the boat. For live
bait fishing salmon in my home area of San Francisco I use open reels as our
anchovies are larger.