Thread: Anyone using a bait caster for salt topwater lures ?

Use a baitcaster for murray cod as easy to control cast length when casting into snags or bank edges by feathering the spool with my thumb. Also easy to add some extra drag with my thumb

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Whats the difference between a overhead rod and a spin rod?
Can you get that overhead with the handle on the correct side?

Left hand wind is the way to go I reckon

Jee wiz guys Get an Oirish rod and be done with it

Nek ting youl be arkin fr lef handerd loors

Originally Posted by gimp

Left hand wind is the way to go I reckon

Yes it seems retarded to switch hands from casting to winding.
One of the reasons I like spin rods is it is so simple to swap sides with the handle.

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I just buy lefty baitcasters

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Whats the difference between a overhead rod and a spin rod?
Can you get that overhead with the handle on the correct side?

Overhead casting rod will have more guides than a spin rod (so the line doesn't touch the blank under load) and generally be a slower action.
If you were left handed the handle would be on the correct side

Look at the Swedish-made Abu Garcia C3 series baitcasters, I have three of them. Pretty old school now, but you wouldn't believe the fish these tiny reels have caught! Available in left hand wind too. Some models are available in NZ, otherwise it's Amazon.

https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/abu-g...RoC4rwQAvD_BwE

I have owned a couple of C3s and they do cast well but the drags are not up to the standard of the likes of the Calcutta when the heat goes on.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes it seems retarded to switch hands from casting to winding.
One of the reasons I like spin rods is it is so simple to swap sides with the handle.

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Im a retard then. All be it a seasoned retard

Is using an overhead setup for top water like using a 308 for long range? It must be similar...

I have done a lot of casting with overheads (was once a fanatical salmon surf fisherman). I have also fished with poppers and stickboats for GTs in the islands using spinning gear 6 or 7 times. While it is nice to use over head gear, in windy conditions with swell mixed in an eggbeater shines because lures that are not aerodynamic and/or front-weighted and are affected by and tumble in the wind in flight are a bugger to cast with an overhead particularly if you are in a rocking rolling boat. Also birds nests with braid can be a shit to unravel. Not saying it can't be done but if you go to serious popping/stick baiting forums you will see very few of the super keen guys using overheads, they almost exclusively use eyewateringly expensive japanese spinning rods and high end eggbeaters like Stellas.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Overhead casting rod will have more guides than a spin rod (so the line doesn't touch the blank under load) and generally be a slower action.
If you were left handed the handle would be on the correct side

Also the guides tend to be closer to the rod for an overhead reel.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Also the guides tend to be closer to the rod for an overhead reel.

And smaller as the line is not looping off the reel.

Originally Posted by Shearer

And smaller as the line is not looping off the reel.

The new thing now is very small stripper rings as it is less casting friction to just pull all that looping line in on the first ring instead of gradually over multiple rings dropping in size.
Old school vs new.


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