Your Very First Baitcaster Reel? 2024
bigbill reply :
Mine is a Shakespeare that cost me $12 brand new. It has adjustable mag brakes and still works great today. I caught my very first bass on a jig n pig using it. My second bait casting reel was a $14 Shakespeare reel too.
#3 Mitchell
#4 quantum
#5 quantum Bill Dance.
KritterGitter reply :
#1 Shimano Citica 201E
#2 Shimano Bantam Magplus 150XG
#3 Daiwa T3 Ballistic
The Bantam is about as old as I am, still works great though, along with it being right handed it went to my pops.
Ima Bass Ninja reply :
My first was the Shakespeare combo from walmart for about $20. It almost turned me off of baitcasters totally. I decided to upgrade to a pinnacle Solene and it was night and day between the 2. I used PQs and pfluegers from there and now have moved to daiwas. I will say as of right now the T3 platform is the best I have used so far.
Jimmers82 reply :
Abu Garcia ambassador 5000-c
MarkH024 reply :
Quantum SGA100cx. Still have it but rarely use it.
ColdSVT reply :
My first was a calcutta in 2002
12 years later she still works like the day i bought it. That baby casts a crankbait a looooooong way!
WRB reply :
Langley Lure Cast, Ashaway Diamondback braid line with a Conolin rod, in 1955. Still have the reel. Garcia bought Cololin rods, Zebco bought Langley reels, today known as Quantum.
Tom
Teal reply :
Abu Garcia Record reel. 20 lb mono and a Ugly Stick. Fished for Stripers long before I started fish for the green ones!
It was my dads rod and reel, but I still have it today 17 years later..
John G reply :
A Shimano Bantam Mag Plus 250SG. This particular reel is my very first and I got it around 1982 IIRC when we moved to a new house that had a creek behind it.
Smallmouth Hunter reply :
megabass monoblock racing condition bespoke limited...
kidding, it was a curado 200b
Grantman83 reply :
A quantum combo which broke instantly lol
MCS reply :
One I learned on for 6 mo was s Abu ultra mag I
First one I bought quantum energy pt e100hpt
Jar11591 reply :
Mine was a $50 Quantum Shaw Grigsby model. WOW what a piece of junk! Tried using it for a half year, then upgraded to a Abu Silvermax. There was no difference in price, but what a difference in performance!
Bass NC reply :
My first was a Lews MG just a few years ago. Still a great reel I caught my PB on it.
A-Jay reply :
Penn Levelmatics -
I think it was mid 70's.
Still have them.
A-Jay
War Eagle 44 reply :
An Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5601 C4. Still have it and just finished "upgrading" it this winter. I installed a Carbontex drag, Abec 5 Ceramic spool bearings, dual BB levelwind, BB supported cog gear, and ceramic levelwind pawl. I also changed the spool but it was just a color change as I went with a stock Garcia spool. This thing boarders on uncontrollable now, the difference is amazing. I have to run at least 3 brake blocks at all times and pay very close attention to my casts.
Catt reply :
Penn 9M 13 oz 3.4:1, try burning spinnerbaits for 12-14 hrs with that puppy!
Jeff H reply :
Daiwa Millionaire 4H.
Blues19 reply :
Bass Pro Extreme combo. Reel ended up in the trash, but the rod is still in use. About or 13 years old now. Not too old, but that rod is still a great rod
mjseverson24 reply :
daiwa strikeforce... that puppy has seen a lot of 5+ lb bass, still works pretty well(doesn't get much love anymore)...
Mitch
David D. reply :
Abu Garcia Revo STX Gen 3. I just got into baitcasters a couple of months ago and took the advice from here about not skimping out on a reel. It has been a wonderful reel and has since been joined by a Speed Spool.... Now I'm going to be adding a Shimano soon (just have to decide which one).
Raul reply :
Silstar Tech 1, I worked for two months in my friend's tackle store to purchase it.
jhoffman reply :
First one was an abu round reel at about 15 years of age. I couldnt figure it out for the life of me, dont know if it had brakes, cant remember. Returned it in a week as I knew the store owner and never picked up another for about five years.
frantzracing0 reply :
abu silver max, not bad honestly. I learned on this reel for a year before upgrading. After upgrading I no longer care for mag brakes
DirtyDeuceGoose reply :
Daiwa Triforce 150i
jtesch reply :
Daiwa millionaire from the late 70's, great reel followed closely by a Shakespeare Sigma I think,not so great
WIGuide reply :
Shimano Coriolis. Saved up and bought it in 4th grade. Got a second one in 6th grade I believe. They still work today even!
Arv reply :
Lews Tournament Speed Spool - 6.4:1
roadwarrior reply :
Wore out a couple of Abadabbadoes before investing in a Shimano CTE200GT.
Today this reel is better than the first day out of the box!
.RM. reply :
Garcia Ambassaduer 1985 5001c & Cardinal 753, both still in use today...
J Francho reply :
Aside from the Flooger knuckle buster, my first modern lo pro reel was a Daiwa Procaster from the mid 80s. I think it cost me around $120, which was a silly amount of cash back then for a teenager.
frogflogger reply :
Bronson green hornet that needed at least 3/4 oz. to cast followed by Langley lurecast - then Ambassadeur 5000 which I still have.
Lendiesel22 reply :
On 4/21/2014 at 2:27 AM, John G said:A Shimano Bantam Mag Plus 250SG. This particular reel is my very first and I got it around 1982 IIRC when we moved to a new house that had a creek behind it.
Mine was a lot like this, but left handed. I cant use right handed. My 1st fish with is was on a blue and black jig and pig. I was 13 and taught myself how to use it, asked my dad a bunch of questions to figure out the finer points.
dpeels37354 reply :
Mine was a Daiwa. I forget the name of it but I want to say it was the Megaforce. It was the one with the twitchin bar
bassh8er reply :
Shimano Corsair; JUNK!
Thankfully I found a new baitcaster since the Corsair about made me lose faith in casting reels.
Catt reply :
Y'all are young 
dpeels37354 reply :
Yeah kinda I'm 20 lol
lmbfisherman reply :
Abu Garcia Store Brand Cheapo - worst ever buy...when I got my first Curado, my life was so much easier learning to use baitcasters.
tholmes reply :
Shakespeare Wondereel 1920 with matching steel rod. My grandpa gave it to me when I was around 10 yrs. old, It's now hanging on the wall in my office.
Tom
masterbass reply :
shakespeare agility combo
Fishing_Cory reply :
Abu Garcia Black Max and Silver Max...Both were junk and I never use Abu Garcia because of it, I'm sure there higher end stuff is better but left a bad impression with me.
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
Abu 4500s and 4600s about 30 yrs old now rollin coal still
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
And a few penn reels still smokin rockfish at 40 yrs old
bigbill reply :
I purchased a how to learn to use a baitcaster reel VHS video too. It helped in setting the mag breaks. But I was casting the open Penn reels fishing decades ago before the bait casters.
I can use a bait caster with only my educated thumb.
Bankbeater reply :
Mine was a Daiwa Millionaire 5HS that I got back Feb. of 1978. Bought it from a sporting goods store was having a going out of business sale. We drove through a snow storm to get to the place.
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