Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski (Post 494422)

My perspective is the jigs are usually very light so harder to cast with a conventional reel... I also like to put my pointer finger under the line to feel the bite... I can do this with one hand with a spinner, with conventionals you need 2 hands to do this...

One other important thing to remember if you choose to go with a spinner. Most come with a short fore-grip, you want a long for-grip. This really comes in handy when you want to lift the rod to put extra pressure on a fish that is digging to take you back into the rocks....You lift the rod with one hand and reel with the other.... This is a lot easier to do with a longer fore-grip.

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694 (Post 494451)

Anyone ever tried this? I just need to make sure one of my good baitcasters can handle saltwater well and i'm going to give it a try this year.

Originally Posted by reason162 (Post 494458)

My main SW setups are baitcasting combos, caught all my bigger tog last year on a Curado/Scorpion 70: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWOEY2g...kingandfishing

Any quality BC will perform in the salt provided you rinse with freshwater after each trip. One tip: load the main drive shaft bearing with grease. That's one area where salt works its way in and can't be flushed out with a simple rinse.

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694 (Post 494482)

thanks. there are some metals that reel companies use though that don't do well with salt, even with rinsing, that's my understanding at least. I just want to confirm with companies that salt water use won't void the warranty, you know what i mean? good call on the main shaft bearing with grease, will def do that!

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski (Post 494486)

My Revo NACL is holding up well but it's designed for Saltwater use.

Originally Posted by O'Connor (Post 494335)

I'm still confused as to the jigging part. It's nothing more than putting bait on a lead head. Correct? If you put bait on it your simply bait fishing. Just s different way of presenting a crab. :confused:

Originally Posted by rumster (Post 518321)

Well said... Again, as a few have already said to each his own. Personally, give me a nice juicey green crab with an egg sac on a standard single hook tog rig or a white legger with a snafu rig. Tog are in the nasty more often than not. To use a spinning outfit with a 30lb leader might be fun, but the odds of getting broken off when the fish digs to the bottom are high. Even though using a jig may not be new, in my personal opinion it is not what it is cracked up to be.