Nov 15, 2025 · From $70 budget picks to $900 flagship reels — these spinning reels are the top performers for bass fishing in 2025. Find your perfect reel.

May 3, 2025 · Explore the best baitcasting reels for bass fishing across three price ranges—under $150, mid-tier, and premium—featuring Shimano, Daiwa, Abu Garcia, and more.

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May 5, 2020 · Why do some reels have 9+1 ball bearings and some have 4+1 and so forth? I ask because my most recent purchases (Revo SX’s) both have 9+1 bearing system and I have been …

Feb 9, 2022 · I keep getting ads a baitcasting reel from a company called Obalus. The price is $49.99 with free shipping for an 8.1:1 shallow spool carbon drag reel. On the website, they have tons of …

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Aug 30, 2024 · Anybody here have experience with Bates Reels? They are way out of my price range, but I have a friend coming to visit, and I would like to sic the Bait Monkey on him. I know he needs a …

Jun 12, 2024 · Between 1949 and 1997, the Johnson reel company of Mankato Minnesota made what many consider some the best spin casting reels ever made. They were one of the few reels that …

Jun 17, 2018 · All of my spinning reels are and have been the better Quantum’s. A few years ago, they removed the anti reverse switch and I wasn’t pleased. I never back reel, but I do like to back up the …

Dec 9, 2019 · So I have been fishing all my life but only in the past year have I become serious about it. I've had two baitcasting reels one being a $40 kastking and an SLX DC. My Kastking worked fine for …