Lightweight and durable, graphite frame and sideplates with a machined aluminum spool. 1 piece, 24-ton graphite rod for a lightweight design and increased sensitivity. The Power Disk drag system gives you smooth drag performance.
Recover 29" | 74cm of line for every turn of the crank. Gear ratio of 6.4:1.
Model: Abu Garcia Jordan Lee Baitcasting Combo, Aluminum | Holiday Gift
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Seems to get decent comments when I searched for it on Reddit. This should make for a good entry into the baitcaster world. I picked up the spinning combo as well, cuz it never hurts to have an affordable backup set for people to borrow.
Hmm, complicated question that depends on a lot of factors. I'll assume your major concern is salt water corrosion. From that angle it would depend on how well you maintain your rig. The enemy is salt getting into and corroding the bearings and mechanisms. Some people take a jug of distilled water with them and when they get back to the car they rinse off their reels in distilled water. One person slow pours from the jug on to the reel while another person slowly cranks the reel. The goal being to rinse all the salt/sand out and off of the reel. No hard spray that will just drive the salt/sand deeper into the reel just gentle pour.
The other option is of course just to pay more for a reel that has more gaskets and seals on it to minimize salt intrusion into the bearings. Like the shimano spheros sw, costs more but is sealed more. Other angles of good rod for salt water would be your target species or rather size.... salt water fish can be much heavier. My suggestion would be to try fishing where you want to try with the equipment you have and just enjoy yourself, if problems do crop up you'll understand better how to fix by having the experience.
Seems to get decent comments when I searched for it on Reddit. This should make for a good entry into the baitcaster world. I picked up the spinning combo as well, cuz it never hurts to have an affordable backup set for people to borrow.
FYI, "Left Handed" at amazon is the same as "Left Handled" at Walmart. The crank will be on the left side based on the answers to the questions on the page. To me, the crank on the left side is a "Right Handed" reel as it allows me to cast with my right (dominant) hand and reel with my less dominant left hand. Anyways, I much prefer to deal with Amazon than Walmart so thanks for sharing the link!
FYI, "Left Handed" at amazon is the same as "Left Handled" at Walmart. The crank will be on the left side based on the answers to the questions on the page. To me, the crank on the left side is a "Right Handed" reel as it allows me to cast with my right (dominant) hand and reel with my less dominant left hand. Anyways, I much prefer to deal with Amazon than Walmart so thanks for sharing the link!
I do agree with you that I tent to consider it a right handed rod when the crank is on the left. Back in the day it was so hard to find a left side crank baitcaster so I never got into it.
I do agree with you that I tent to consider it a right handed rod when the crank is on the left. Back in the day it was so hard to find a left side crank baitcaster so I never got into it.
My go-to baitcaster right now is a right-side crank LOL. This will be an upgrade and it'll feel better since I mostly use spinning rods with left-hand crank setup.
Hmm, complicated question that depends on a lot of factors. I'll assume your major concern is salt water corrosion. From that angle it would depend on how well you maintain your rig. The enemy is salt getting into and corroding the bearings and mechanisms. Some people take a jug of distilled water with them and when they get back to the car they rinse off their reels in distilled water. One person slow pours from the jug on to the reel while another person slowly cranks the reel. The goal being to rinse all the salt/sand out and off of the reel. No hard spray that will just drive the salt/sand deeper into the reel just gentle pour.
The other option is of course just to pay more for a reel that has more gaskets and seals on it to minimize salt intrusion into the bearings. Like the shimano spheros sw, costs more but is sealed more. Other angles of good rod for salt water would be your target species or rather size.... salt water fish can be much heavier. My suggestion would be to try fishing where you want to try with the equipment you have and just enjoy yourself, if problems do crop up you'll understand better how to fix by having the experience.
thank you for your detailed answer. i'll use that method indeed. my question was more in regards to catching fish in saltwater and if this rod might be good for Tuna. i've never owned a reel so anything in this price range for a beginner would be good.
thank you for your detailed answer. i'll use that method indeed. my question was more in regards to catching fish in saltwater and if this rod might be good for Tuna. i've never owned a reel so anything in this price range for a beginner would be good.
Ahh, tuna.... that is indeed a substantial fish with substantial equipment needs. The fast answer is no, this is the wrong setup for that. Tuna is one of the most demanding equipment wise, smaller tuna like yellow fin can get to 150+ lbs so people use 80lb or so line to bring those in. Larger tuna like blue fin can get in the 500+ lb range. To make matters worse, tuna are particularly athletic and will make long runs that will really stress line capacity of reels and their drag systems. You could spend $2500 on a reel and $1500 on a rod before you realize it. Minimum, for something that might hold up for tuna is around $150 for a reel like a daiwa BG 8000 sw and something like an uglystick tiger (rod) at around $100. This is bare minimum for something that won't self destruct on the first tuna you hook. Again, tuna is very demanding on equipment.
The rod and reel on this deal is unlikely to survive a tuna. However, smaller halibut, calico bass and other near shore species would be served well. Perhaps borrowing or renting a rod/reel designed for larger fish like tuna might be an option. But really, do your research first if you want to fish tuna, just the cost of going aboard a group charter boat going 25 miles off shore for a full day starts at around $240. You might want to start with just the half day kelp bed boats for $65 a person. Kelp beds are just off shore but have plenty of things to catch. Also nothing wrong with going down to the local pier for free. Some states don't even require a fishing license if you fish off a pier.
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6.4:1, 29" or 74cm recovery
Basically an ideal combo for a beginner fisherman trying to fish for everything in a lake.
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edit: left handed model is available on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Abu-Garcia...551859
Is this a good rod for saltwater?
The other option is of course just to pay more for a reel that has more gaskets and seals on it to minimize salt intrusion into the bearings. Like the shimano spheros sw, costs more but is sealed more. Other angles of good rod for salt water would be your target species or rather size.... salt water fish can be much heavier. My suggestion would be to try fishing where you want to try with the equipment you have and just enjoy yourself, if problems do crop up you'll understand better how to fix by having the experience.
edit: left handed model is available on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Abu-Garcia...551859
FYI, "Left Handed" at amazon is the same as "Left Handled" at Walmart. The crank will be on the left side based on the answers to the questions on the page. To me, the crank on the left side is a "Right Handed" reel as it allows me to cast with my right (dominant) hand and reel with my less dominant left hand. Anyways, I much prefer to deal with Amazon than Walmart so thanks for sharing the link!
I do agree with you that I tent to consider it a right handed rod when the crank is on the left. Back in the day it was so hard to find a left side crank baitcaster so I never got into it.
The other option is of course just to pay more for a reel that has more gaskets and seals on it to minimize salt intrusion into the bearings. Like the shimano spheros sw, costs more but is sealed more. Other angles of good rod for salt water would be your target species or rather size.... salt water fish can be much heavier. My suggestion would be to try fishing where you want to try with the equipment you have and just enjoy yourself, if problems do crop up you'll understand better how to fix by having the experience.
thank you for your detailed answer. i'll use that method indeed. my question was more in regards to catching fish in saltwater and if this rod might be good for Tuna. i've never owned a reel so anything in this price range for a beginner would be good.
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The rod and reel on this deal is unlikely to survive a tuna. However, smaller halibut, calico bass and other near shore species would be served well. Perhaps borrowing or renting a rod/reel designed for larger fish like tuna might be an option. But really, do your research first if you want to fish tuna, just the cost of going aboard a group charter boat going 25 miles off shore for a full day starts at around $240. You might want to start with just the half day kelp bed boats for $65 a person. Kelp beds are just off shore but have plenty of things to catch. Also nothing wrong with going down to the local pier for free. Some states don't even require a fishing license if you fish off a pier.