Texas Gulf Coast
Fishing
Saltwater Fishing Information for the Texas Gulf Coast, Inshore and Offshore
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mike@texasgulfcoastfishing.com with questions or comments.
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The Spin Cast Reel is by far the easiest reel to use and I recommend it
for a beginning fisherman's first reel. It is ideal for smaller fish, it's lightweight,
and can handle smaller terminal tackle very well. Plus it's not too terribly expensive if
it's lost.
Next in line is the Open Face Spinning Reel. It is a little more difficult to use than the
Spin Cast, but it comes in a wider variety of sizes. It comes in ultra-light models for
smaller tackle used to catch panfish all the way up to a big bruiser used to catch bigger
gamefish such as "Bull Reds" in the surf. It's very useful for situations when a
longer casting range is needed. I have an ultra-light model mounted on a fly rod that I
use to chunk small jigs a long ways when I'm bank fishing.
Last, but not least, there is the Bait Casting Reel. It is the most
difficult to cast with, but it comes in widest variety of sizes, and can handle a lot of
abuse day in and day out. There are models for light-weight use, and bigger models for
catching huge fish such as Marlin.
