Ok confused

[Mickyj]

Ok my avatar shows my catch on a 150 Diawa
I've downsized used a 1000 Diawa or a 750 Shimano
Tackle shop that sold me one was oh no you shouldn't use those sizes with hardbodies or soft plastics .
Yep used both on both and landed fish .
And watched one of ETs shows and yep he's using a 1000 to catch Bass

So what the heck if it works it works right

[lukereneeseth]

ahhhhh.
mmm

I guess so

[Mickyj]

Originally Posted by lukereneeseth

ahhhhh.
mmm

I guess so

It's a bit hard oh you can't use 1000 or 750 you need a 2500
Yet I've caught bream salmon trout and whiting on hard bodies and soft plastics
Using a 1000 or 750
And then ET is on Foxtel using and saying for estuary fishing go light use a 1000

Sorry it's funny getting sold a 1000 reel tell them I want that size to use lures yep the following year oh no you can't use that lol

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by Mickyj

Ok my avatar shows my catch on a 150 Diawa
I've downsized used a 1000 Diawa or a 750 Shimano
Tackle shop that sold me one was oh no you shouldn't use those sizes with hardbodies or soft plastics .
Yep used both on both and landed fish .
And watched one of ETs shows and yep he's using a 1000 to catch Bass

So what the heck if it works it works right

There are advantages in using both small and big reels for the same fish - you just have to work out what suits your style best.

My bream reels are 2000 and 2500. But I chase bigger stuff with them aswell. So I need the increased spool capacity and stronger drags

There is also a theory that larger diameter spools cast further, which is what got me looking at 2500 size in the first place.

But small reels may have a more sensitive drag and be lighter. So you just have to weigh everything up and make a choice based on your requirements

But a 2500 reel with a couple of spare spools is a very versatile tool - I run 3lb, 8lb and 14lb on my stradic 2500 and it handles all those line classes well.

[chopperdog]

Have caught 5/6kg snapper on a 1000 size reel. A 2500 is also so bloody light that casting fatigue is a non issue. Anyone who's arms get sore from a 2500 reel needs more protein in their diet 😐

Use whatever suits you. You can use lures of any kind on any spin reel. They all carry more braid than you need too. Just be aware that running a 1000 on heavy drag to tame big fish will stress it quicker.

[Mickyj]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

There are advantages in using both small and big reels for the same fish - you just have to work out what suits your style best.

My bream reels are 2000 and 2500. But I chase bigger stuff with them aswell. So I need the increased spool capacity and stronger drags

There is also a theory that larger diameter spools cast further, which is what got me looking at 2500 size in the first place.

But small reels may have a more sensitive drag and be lighter. So you just have to weigh everything up and make a choice based on your requirements


But a 2500 reel with a couple of spare spools is a very versatile tool - I run 3lb, 8lb and 14lb on my stradic 2500 and it handles all those line classes well.

I've used 750 1000 1500 2500 sizes of Diawa and Shimano reels
I've caught my biggest mullieways of 40 cm on a Diawa 1500
Bream I'm hanging out for 40 cm
Just like the smaller reels

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by Mickyj

I've used 750 1000 1500 2500 sizes of Diawa and Shimano reels
I've caught my biggest mullieways of 40 cm on a Diawa 1500
Bream I'm hanging out for 40 cm
Just like the smaller reels

Yeah, if you dont need any of the advantages that a bigger reel brings - they cease to be advantages

In your case, it sounds like a bigger reel would just be heavier, take more line to fill and may have a stickier drag.

[Mickyj]

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

Yeah, if you dont need any of the advantages that a bigger reel brings - they cease to be advantages

In your case, it sounds like a bigger reel would just be heavier, take more line to fill and may have a stickier drag.

I guess seeing I'm really chasing bream I use 6lb braid with 6 lb fluorocarbon leader . I find bream see anything heavier .
I've also rigged up spin fluorocarbon 4 lb not easy to use SPs but you can lol

Mullieways on 6 lb was fun not huge fish largest 40 cm
Bigger one I learnt what they do on lures

Thanks all I guess for me small light works better .
I ain't a small man I lift products that weigh 12.5 kilos most of a work day most in a row 32 times so 2500 reel ain't heavy

[Pistol]

Originally Posted by Mickyj

It's a bit hard oh you can't use 1000 or 750 you need a 2500
Yet I've caught bream salmon trout and whiting on hard bodies and soft plastics
Using a 1000 or 750
And then ET is on Foxtel using and saying for estuary fishing go light use a 1000

Sorry it's funny getting sold a 1000 reel tell them I want that size to use lures yep the following year oh no you can't use that lol

There's only one person whose opinion I value less than ET...hang-on no there's not, not even PW!

[Eastbrimin]

Originally Posted by Pistol

There's only one person whose opinion I value less than ET...hang-on no there's not, not even PW!

His show does make him look and sound silly. Personally I have fished with him and he is a great guy with heaps of talent.

[Mickyj]

Originally Posted by Pistol

There's only one person whose opinion I value less than ET...hang-on no there's not, not even PW!

So to go by that the tackle shop is correct even though the same tackle shop sold me a 1000 size Diawa reel and said you could use it for soft plastics and hard bodies .

Now more seriously I almost died a sober worker at a works award function in October 2015 havent returned yet traumatic brain injury I'm getting there ,

And I have this need to catch a larger fish on a smaller reel
Just me 😄 I need to fish like I used to pre accident