Old reels in action, lets see em!

[jgp12000]

My 1st catch 3600,my new fave reel

[work2fish]

Just got back from a catfishing trip to Lake Wylie in SC. Went out with a charter captain and caught around 25 blue catfish averaging around 15 - 20 lbs. Didn't go so well off the dock at the house where we were staying, but I managed to catch a blue on an Ambassadeur 6500C3 and another one on my Surfmaster 150. Also caught the world's smallest blue catfish on my bait rod.

[jgp12000]

Mark what rod is your 6500C3 on?

[jgp12000]

I had one break me off under the dock last night,so today I strung on new 8# trilene big game.

Tonight I caught a 4" bream let it soak BAM !!! Pulling drag, but Shakey wins

[work2fish]

Mark what rod is your 6500C3 on?

It is a 7.5 ft Whisker Seeker GFX MH. I like it. It is a blend of S-Glass and graphite. It can handle heavy baits and fish, but it is not a broomstick.

[work2fish]

Nice bass, James!

[slosh]

Shakespeare is tough! Good work!

[work2fish]

Went out for carp yesterday, and the Baymaster 180 was part of our arsenal. My son's friend caught the largest fish of his lifetime, a 16.5 lb carp, on the Baymaster. He doesn't know how to thumb the line, but we said that he could take the first fish, so we let him take it. The line got onto the reel unevenly, but I just casted it out once and reeled it in to even it out. Ruined my excuse to always take the fish on the reels without level wind when I fish with my son and his friends 

We caught several more carp, but they were on more modern reels (Penn Pursuit 3, Penn Fierce 2, and Piscifun Chaos 40). My son and I both caught mirror carp, 18 and 18.5 lbs.

[jgp12000]

Mark the largest grass carp in my pond are around 14#,I  imagine that is quite a battle landing one that big!



 

[work2fish]

Mark the largest grass carp in my pond are around 14#,I  imagine that is quite a battle landing one that big!

Carp are a lot of fun! How quickly do the grass carp in your pond grow? They will probably get very big eventually.

We were testing out a 6-piece travel carp/surf rod, and it did a great job vs the 18.5 lb mirror carp.

My son is starting to get used to the conventional reels, so I can start bringing more of them on our fishing trips.

[jgp12000]

The biguns 14# 30" are probably 10 years old now &  lazy preferring fish food instead of their intended purpose.
They know when the feeder goes off at 808am
730pm for 3 seconds.They make their presence known with "Jaws" like splashes.

They are fun to catch on an ultralight  combo

[jgp12000]

I believe 10 years its getting close to their lifespan but seem to be doing great.

[Gfish]

Had a 180 once and really liked it. But couldn't keep the line out of the spool/side-plate crevice. Too tweaked to repair...? I remember trying what I thought then was everything.

[jgp12000]

1st for me,crappie on a 7.5" tequila sunrise culprit worm with 3600.