Here are some tips to get the most out of your baitcaster reel.

On the way back in, we met up with a few other guys who did the same as us, but they fished 6kg baitcaster outfits.

Basically getting the most out of your baitcaster is a matter of thumb education.

Both traditional angling gear such as baitcaster and spinning tackle is used.

Look closely at this baitcaster or plug reel casting grip.

His outfit was a Shimano baitcaster combo loaded with 12lb line.

Most good baitcaster reels have two mechanisms to control the spin rate of the spool.

Once again we chose to use the baitcaster we had used whilst baitfishing.

After our fishing trip I told my dad that he needs to buy another baitcaster because I am keeping his.

Description: A sturdy, all - round tropical estuary baitcaster.

Keep your baitcaster in freespool while you gently drift your dead bait throughout the zone.

A great one piece baitcaster blank for bass, cod or barra and flathead sport fishing.

A castaholic by any standards, Brett is one of the most authorative baitcaster users I've seen.

He was using a Shimano baitcaster rod and Calcutta 200 reel loaded with 4kg line.

A four-six kilo baitcaster would do the job just as well, though the extra casting range of the threadline was sometimes an advantage.

On the baitcaster I was using 10kg braid and on the fixed spool 4kg braid.

A baitcaster almost vanishes in his grip, the corks on full wells flyrod grips barely fit.

It is so that the spool of the baitcaster is exposed and you can use your thumb to control the spool.

Paul was using an Abu rod and a Banax baitcaster reel loaded with 6kg line and 50lb trace.

Jillie was using an Ugly Stik, a Shimano baitcaster reel and 3kg line.

A 6 ozs test curve baitcaster matched with 4 pounds breaking strain line turns each encounter into a duel rather than an automatic funeral.

Fish can be seen cruising along the edges with their tails and dorsal fins exposed, providing exhilarating sport for the fly fisher and baitcaster.

A Daiwa ProCaster-Z rod and an Ambassadeur baitcaster reel loaded with 10lb line.

He was kitted out with a Daiwa ProCaster baitcaster combo loaded with 14lb Spiderwire.

Armed with an Abu baitcaster combo, he also hooked a few Mangrove Jacks but unfortunately, because of the light tackle, couldn't get any to the boat.

I was using my dad's baitcasting reel and a white spinnerbait.

The baitcasting reel dates from at least the mid-17th century, but came into wide use by amateur anglers during the 1870s.

It's got the old baitcasting reel on it, the one that makes the horrible sound because of all the sand in the gears.

The baitcasting reel's unusual mounting position atop the rod is an accident of history.

Ken Stien reminisces about the rather large family of baitcasting reels that live at his place.

Multifilament works best on conventional and baitcasting reels.

Many of today's baitcasting reels are constructed using aluminum, stainless steel, and/or synthetic composite materials.

The conventional reel or trolling reel is similar to the baitcasting reel.

Spinning reels or baitcasting reels may be used, with line strengths of 2 to 15 pounds typically utilised.

Normally, baitcasting reels use a dual gear system to transmit power from the offset handle to the reel spool.

On baitcasting reels, XT (extra tough) gives maximum sensitivity and superior hooksets in weedy areas.

My grandfather had an old, huge saltwater Penn baitcasting reel spooled with black Dacron line attached to one of the earliest fiberglass rods.

Because the baitcasting reel uses the weight and momentum of the lure to pull the line from the rotating spool, it normally requires lures weighing 1/4 oz.

Spool tension on most modern baitcasting reels can be adjusted with adjustable spool tension, a centrifugal brake, or a magnetic "cast control."

Nonetheless, the use of closed-spools, baitcasting reels and superlines are increasingly popular amongst anglers who prefer either to cast heavy lures (such as Cobras) or to troll.

Baitcasting reels were originally designed to be cast when positioned atop the rod, then rotated upside-down in order to operate the crank handle while playing a fish or retrieving line.

Calcuttas have earned a justifiable reputation in the Aussie angling scene as tough, high-performance baitcasting reels and now the upmarket CTE versions of the reel are available.

Now incorporated in a small baitcasting reel, it's easy to understand why the Eon is so beautifully balanced with significantly more cranking power than similar-sized baitcasters, and that's even though it has a snappy 6.2:1 gear ratio.

Baitcasting Reel Operation To cast a baitcasting rod and reel, the reel is turned on its side, the "free spool" feature engaged, and the thumb placed on the spool to hold the lure in position.

Baitcasting reel users soon discovered that the clicking noise of the pawls provided valuable warning that a fish had taken the live bait, allowing the rod and reel to be left in a rod holder while awaiting a strike by a fish.

As far as baitcasting reels go, both mechanically and in appearance, the Abu Eon is totally different.Primarily, it's all to do with the gear system which is radically different to the gearing in any other baitcasting reel that we know of.

The Baitcasting reel or revolving-spool reel, like the conventional reel, is a multiplying reel - that is to say that the line is stored on a bearing-supported revolving spool that is geared so that a single revolution of the crank handle results in multiple revolutions of the spool.

Conventional reels are for really big fish and are usually used offshore.

An exception to this might occur if the angler has become familiar with conventional reels in fresh water.

In such situations it is wise to switch to spinning gear, even if one favors a conventional reel.

This is true only of those conventional reels without level wind mechanisms or those from which such devices have been removed.

Because the line did not have to pull against a rotating spool, much lighter lures could be cast than with conventional reels.

The conventional reel or trolling reel is similar to the baitcasting reel.

If one has mastered the long-distance pendulum cast or some workable modification of it, the conventional reel will allow one to throw a longer line.

It almost goes without saying that the neophyte surf fisherman should use a spinning reel rather than a conventional reel with a revolving spool.

Casting lightweight or bulky wind-resistant lures, particularly when the wind is against one's face, tends to produce backlashes when conventional reels are used.

A rod designed for a conventional reel cannot serve this dual purpose because some of its guides - particularly the first one up from the reel - are not of sufficient diameter.

With spinning reels, closed-face reels and conventional reels with star drags, a good starting point is to set the drag to about one-third to one-half the breaking strength of the line.

Deutsche Angelgeräte Manufaktur (also known as D.A.M, or D.A.M Germany) were a German manufacturer of high quality fishing equipment that included conventional reels, rods, lures.

The Baitcasting reel or revolving-spool reel, like the conventional reel, is a multiplying reel - that is to say that the line is stored on a bearing-supported revolving spool that is geared so that a single revolution of the crank handle results in multiple revolutions of the spool.