Alvey Girl and her new Baitrunner - Help!

[-Henno-]

You will probably find that Mr Shimano has legal rights to call a reel a baitrunner. We have just gotten into the habit of calling any reel that has this feature a baitrunner. Look out for the copyright lawyers.

As for the dodgy BnB article nothing would surprise me with the guy that wrote that article! I believe the guy that owns the dodgy rod and reel in the pic told me that the trinidad too has a feature very similar to the baitrunner where you can leave it out of gear as such with a little bit drag on to just set the hooks.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Mark

[spinna]

Hi Herm
ABU 7000 is all you need now i know its not a baitrunner or an alvey but i use mine on the rocks /beach/river/and deepsea. Ive caught kingies snapper bonnies jews flathead drummer bream i have two and ive hade them for about 5 years best reels i ever had . On the beach i can outcast alveys or eggbeaters same on the rocks and they are great in a boat . But the same as any reel to get the best out off your reels you need to look after them .

cheers spinna

ps good luck with the snapper

[charleville]

As for the dodgy BnB article nothing would surprise me with the guy that wrote that article! I believe the guy that owns the dodgy rod and reel in the pic told me that the trinidad too has a feature very similar to the baitrunner where you can leave it out of gear as such with a little bit drag on to just set the hooks.

Ouch! I shall stay away from the first comment.

I actually enjoyed the article and have read it a few times but none of the several pictures associated with the article show bait-runners.

[Willo]

[quote author=Bundy_Burp link=1149900754/0#1 date=1149904902the following are NOT my words they are a cut and paste from my fishing files I hope they help :

The baitcast reel offers anglers a high degree of casting accuracy,

Mate - she was asking about a baitrunner not a baitcaster. Don't feel too bad about the mistake though. Even Bush & Beach got it wrong this month. Heath wrote an article on baitrunners and a picture of a baitcaster adorned the page.

Then again, it might have been another overhead sort of reel. I know nought about these things. But it is not a Shimano Baitrunner that most of the article was about. [/quote]



Just to clear things up,The reel in that picture is a Shimano Trinidad 16 N Which has a baitrunner feature .
For baitrunner mode the reel is knocked out of gear and the rachet engaged and there is a Baitrunner knob to increase or decrease the tension on line

[charleville]

Thanks for the clarification, Willo. That certainly clears things up.

A major part of the clarification problem is that the article talks only of the Shimano bait-runners as we know them and nought about things like the Trinidad. See the bit that I have circled below as showing the emphasis in the article. A tad confusing for mug beginners like me.

[shayned]

Hey Bundy bear thanks for the post, I've got a little bait caster out fit I bought years ago still with the last birds nest attached along with accumulated dust and cobwebs, it has sat in the corner of about 7 garages to date not getting used. With that little bit of advice I think its time to have another crack at the difficult little mongrel. As they say its an ill wind that blows no good but I tell you what if I can't sort it out this time its getting a burial at sea.
Cheers.

[Heath]

To add to Willo's post.
I forget to send a pic in of the baitrunner reel itself for that article , only realised once when the mag was delivered, DOH!

The pic of the Trinidad & the Willo Custom Stik were just one of several photo's sent in.

Sorry about that

[charleville]

Been wondering when you were going to enter the discussion, Heath.

Oh well, be happy that a simple boofhead like me read the article a few times before going and buying a 6500B from Springwood Marine on Sunday.

Now it is sitting all rigged up on an 8ft Live Fibre all ready and waiting to go on ... looks like it will be Thursday evening. Yippeeee!!

[Heath]

Deadly combo that!

If you grab a TSS4 while they are cheap, you'll have a top setup for throwing slugs in summer at the mackerel as well

[charleville]

I already have the TSS4 thanks Heath and it has been blooded on spotties and mack tuna. It was on the live fibre but in winter time it spends most of its life sitting in the front of the boat admiring the stars.

So I thought that I would use the live fibre for the baitrunner for the time being.

regards........

[rick_k]

Alvey Girl, don't dunk the new one over the side to wet the line. Sorry, you knew that, but I'm still traumatised by my Victorian 'friends' who refer to my much loved alveys as revolving ashtrays.

Catch heaps, my wife catches as many fish as me despite only going in daylight when the weather is nice.