I have an avenger 3/0 baitfeeder that I got this fall with an amazon gift certificate I had. I like it. It feels very smooth (like all okumas, until you forget to rinse them a few times) and the baitfeeder seems to be well done. I haven't had a chance to use it for livelining yet, but I like the idea of being able to cast and jig with it and then throw a circle on and live-line. I like conventionals for live-lining, but it'd be nice to have the option to do more.
I got a cabelas salt striker baitfeeder reel used for less than the new Okuma, it's actually really solid. The handle is great and I caught some big fish this fall on it and I did not notice the frame twisting like my other spinners. I had been using a 3/0 regular avenger and it would twist and feel like it was going to snap. I'm hoping the newer version I mentioned holds up better!
Anyway... about the other comments, didn't meant to gearhead so hard, those baitfeeder spinners from shimano have always seemed so huge to me. I think for the bay just about any 3/0 or 4/0 size spinner will work fine, even better if they keep the same profile and add a bf. I had a Penn baitfeeder that was a 5000 and it just felt too big for me and I always grabbed for my conventionals instead. MyT has the reel now and Metro has the rod, I hope you catch a big one live-lining on that rod metro, tip is super soft, but it has some great backbone (or at least the conventional version I use does!).
I got a cabelas salt striker baitfeeder reel used for less than the new Okuma, it's actually really solid. The handle is great and I caught some big fish this fall on it and I did not notice the frame twisting like my other spinners. I had been using a 3/0 regular avenger and it would twist and feel like it was going to snap. I'm hoping the newer version I mentioned holds up better!
Anyway... about the other comments, didn't meant to gearhead so hard, those baitfeeder spinners from shimano have always seemed so huge to me. I think for the bay just about any 3/0 or 4/0 size spinner will work fine, even better if they keep the same profile and add a bf. I had a Penn baitfeeder that was a 5000 and it just felt too big for me and I always grabbed for my conventionals instead. MyT has the reel now and Metro has the rod, I hope you catch a big one live-lining on that rod metro, tip is super soft, but it has some great backbone (or at least the conventional version I use does!).
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