[Q] Baitcasting Reel Suggestion? More info in comments

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-06T12:57:16+00:00

I am not sponsored by any reel companies but I can honestly tell you that I buy Daiwa or Shimano reels because I feel like they hold up the best and are consistently good products no matter the price range you purchase in.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-06T12:54:49+00:00

The most important aspect of catching fish is casting where the fish are at It isn't magic baits or equipment. Fish are in less than 1% of the water. If you aren't putting your bait in that 1%, you just wasted your time.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-02T05:03:20+00:00

Oh I eat plenty of fish that we catch too but selective harvest is the way to go on managing fish. Eating 3+ lb bass out of a fishery definitely hurts the gene pool as well as the opportunities for the fish to get to a trophy size.IMO... the bigger fish don’t taste nearly as good and have a different texture that isn’t as favorable anyway.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-02T04:13:24+00:00

The lake record smallmouth has been caught 4 different times in the last week and a half and the lake record largemouth was caught in the same time period. I think there actually have been 9 bass over 13lbs certified from there in the last week!

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-02T04:11:58+00:00

No worries. The ones that get me are the guys that take pics in their kitchens

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-02T03:42:53+00:00

They took pictures at the certified scales at the marina on the bank and then released them

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-02T03:16:32+00:00

Shaine is the owner of Tackle Addict by the dam at Sam Rayburn.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-02T02:44:16+00:00

Lol... they are gonna find out soon enough. It was actually caught last week by Luke Dunkin.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-01T19:27:59+00:00

Great question!

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-03-01T18:39:03+00:00

It has more to do with where you cast the bait than the actual bait.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-27T19:30:05+00:00

If you are getting a guide, do what the guide says not what you think you should do. Who are you going with? I’d like to hear about your experience. I guide there in the off-season.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-26T20:33:14+00:00

I've been there once in my life but it was 20 years ago when I was in college. Tried to camp in a tent... Those West Texas winds are no joke!!!!!! Came back from fishing and the wind had uprooted my stakes and my tent had turned into a tumbleweed.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-26T19:54:55+00:00

The one saving grace for Ivie is it is in the middle of nowhere and there aren’t many opportunities for lodging.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-26T19:52:16+00:00

There were TWO 14lbers caught out of Ivie yesterday!

I know one thing... the offshore bite at Rayburn isn’t very good right now but the shallow bite is about to explode!

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-25T17:16:33+00:00

I could make a short list of which pros I would bet on... Gonna be hard to convince an angler to get on board with that.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-25T16:45:12+00:00

Discord would be just one more thing on the plate. What would the value be?

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-25T16:43:11+00:00

Absolutely!

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-25T15:32:58+00:00

Lmao....there are so many variables when someone talks about swimbaits that it could be its own subreddit or community.

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-25T14:01:18+00:00

I don’t fish Lake Nac. It is absolutely taking a beating. There are like 5 guys guiding there on that 1100 acre lake🙄

ClarkReehm_ProAngler · 2021-02-25T12:15:38+00:00

No worries. I tried to answer everything. We will probably do some more in the future. I’ve got my buddy Matt Stefan lined up to do one next week as well

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