Inshore spinning setups....

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by mike1010

What kind of failures are you seeing on the BG? Thanks.

Mostly harsh grinding and difficulty turning the handle to the point of seizure.

I use my gear to the point of abuse, but I also rinse and grease multiple times a season. That said, I've had a BG4000 crap out on me catching stripers to 30ish inches during a spring run bite in the back bay. Not cool.

I've had friends using BGs standing right next to me and after a few nice fish, I could hear them grinding. Same deal. Striper fishing. Back bay. Spring run.

We weren't taking waves or anything like that, or dropping them on rocks. Just launching plugs and gliders and having the reels crap out after fish that weren't big.

On the flip side, I switched to a spinfisher 4500 bailless and sheared the pinion bearing fighting an epic beast that eventually won. Penn immediately replaced the reel within a week. The newer reel has held up, but I haven't exerted the same kinda pressure on it yet unfortunately.

I'm a huge daiwa guy. I've opted to go the ballistic route since the BG failure. I have them from 1000 to 4000 sized; 3 of which are 2500s--one ex and 2 LTs. The ex has been serviced once and has since performed flawlessly. The LTs get rinsed and greased and havent had a single issue yet... used from sweetwater trouting, walleye, hybrids and smallmouth to back bay fluking, winter flounder, schoolie bass and blues, albies and tog and mahi to 20+ lbs. None have "failed" like the BG.

Moral of the story, if it's in your budget, opt for the better quality reel. You get what you pay for.