What Do You Use Your 7 Gear Baitcaster Reel For? 2024
rchiuz reply :
Hi all,
Most of my reels are 6 gear ratios and I am thinking of getting one in 7. What do you guys use your 7 gear bait casters for? I have been trying to learn jerk baiting finish but I find myself reeling more slack and was hoping a 7 gear would ease the trouble with it.
Thanks in advance!
rippin-lips reply :
Anything that requires me to take up slack fast. Basically techniques were I work the bait with the rod. For me it's more about ipt than ratio though. 2 reels can have nearly the same ratio but one can take up more line. Example:
6:4:1 - Lews tourny pro = 28" ipt
6:3:1 - Daiwa tatula = 26.3 ipt
deep reply :
Don't have one, sorry. All of mine are either 5.x:1 or 6.x:1. Maybe y'all can convince me to buy one. (And catch more fish?)
Ozark_Basser reply :
Everything except deeper cranks (10ft+)
ABW reply :
Frogs, Plastics, Jigs
Cgrinder reply :
Frogs, walking baits, jigs, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs. Like rippin said, 7:1 gear ratios are great for taking up slack line quickly.
aavery2 reply :
Work well for buzz baits.
gulfcaptain reply :
I'm in the IPT group myself. Ratio's are just the number of rotations of the spool per handle turn. Most of your standard 7:1 ratio's are going to give you about 29-30" per turn depending on the size of the reel. But the different techniques mentioned about are all good. Anything where you will have to pick up a lot of line in a hurry is a good choice. So yes jerkbaits could be included. But cranking I would stick to the lower 6:1 or even 5.3:1 which will give you that IPT of about 23-26" or so. So don't get too hung up on gear ratio's and learn what the IPT on the reels you fish are(at full line captacity).
lmbfisherman reply :
Everything really. In general I use them for anything that requires me to pick up line quickly.
JLBrown reply :
Carolina rigs, Texas rigged plastics, jigs, and buzzbaits.
BadBassWV reply :
I use mine for Spinner baits, buzz baits or any top water.
Mass Bassin' reply :
pitchin' and flippin' as well as frogs, spinnerbaits, jigs, t-rigs, and other things.
FishTank reply :
Jerkbaits, spinner baits, buzz baits, and anytime I want to burn a bait.
Alonerankin2 reply :
In the old days I used a sloow ipt reel for flip/ pitch duty, reason: it was generally accepted that the perceived power assisted with wenching fish out of hydrilla, etc. but the past few years ipt is very high and allows for more target presentations in a 8 hour day. You simply can burn your bait back, pitch, fish or no fish, crank back and boom, pitch again.. Now throw in slack line ( line watching ) presentations and you have fast crank pickup with power to boot in modern reels.. They are very popular now.. I use 7.2.1 5.1 reels.. A couple of older 6.3.1 reels... ( BC )
Robert Riley reply :
The higher ratio GENERAL implies higher IPT. IPT is definitely something to look for as there can be a difference in reels with the same ratio.
Higher IPT reels are used for any baits that used slack line (walk-the-dog baits, frogs, jigs, etc), and lures that you want to retrieve at a high speed (Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits etc).
Bluebasser86 reply :
jigs and plastics.
Mr Swim Jig reply :
Jigs, plastics, spinner baits, top water.... Pretty much everything for me except for crank baits.
doyle8218 reply :
Everything.
bigturtle reply :
Everything, its the only gear ratio i own
BasshunterJGH reply :
X2. Plus big spinnerbaits and swimbaits.On 1/31/2015 at 12:05 PM, Toad Mode said:Everything except deeper cranks (10ft+)
HoosierHawgs reply :
Pitching and Flippin', Jigs, Texas and Carolina Rig Plastics, Weightless Rigged Plastics, and other techniques like that. I prefer a 6.X:1 reel for my Jerkbait fishing, but I've heard that KVD uses a 7.X:1 reel for his Jerkbait fishing. I think it would work fine, as Jerkbaits are mostly being worked with the rod, and the reel is just used to pick up slack line.
BasshunterJGH reply :
I use a 6.8:1 lews for jerkbaits, seems like a good in-between. Idk, probably isn't all that different from a 7:1, lews tend to run a little high on the ipt.On 2/2/2015 at 5:10 AM, jakob1010 said:Pitching and Flippin', Jigs, Texas and Carolina Rig Plastics, Weightless Rigged Plastics, and other techniques like that. I prefer a 6.X:1 reel for my Jerkbait fishing, but I've heard that KVD uses a 7.X:1 reel for his Jerkbait fishing. I think it would work fine, as Jerkbaits are mostly being worked with the rod, and the reel is just used to pick up slack line.
Pinoy_Basser reply :
7+:1 Ratios: Mostly for Frogs and Burnin' Buzzbaits.
6:1 Ratios: The rest
5:1 Ratios: Deep Diving Cranks especially with big lips.
plumworm reply :
Isn't ipt based on the size of the spool? A larger spool ( in diameter) would produce more ipt than a smaller diameter spool regardless of gear ratio.
HoosierHawgs reply :
Only if its a full spool.On 2/2/2015 at 11:03 AM, plumworm said:Isn't ipt based on the size of the spool? A larger spool ( in diameter) would produce more ipt than a smaller diameter spool regardless of gear ratio.
DTack reply :
I really have gotten to where I like them for everything. I still use my 6.3:1 (26" ipt) for some deep diving cranks and some of my spinnerbaits or chatterbaits if I'm slowing myself down. The main thing I run into personally is I always want my rod completely loaded up when I hook a fish and if they're coming at me I've had slack come into the line faster with a 6.3:1. Just my perspective.
Maico1 reply :
Frogging and Top Water.......
WIGuide reply :
On 2/2/2015 at 11:03 AM, plumworm said:Isn't ipt based on the size of the spool? A larger spool ( in diameter) would produce more ipt than a smaller diameter spool regardless of gear ratio.
IPT is based on the size of the spool, and stands for Inches per turn. It's not however one turn of the spool but rather 1 turn of the reel handle. If you take the Revo Rocket as an example. It really only picks up slightly more than 4" of line with each revolution of a full spool, but because the gear ration spins the spool 9 times in the one revolution of the crank your IPT will be 37".
WIGuide reply :
And I use a 7.1 for just about everything.
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