Quote Originally Posted by newbie20
well i am located in ky and i will mainly be fishing in yatesville and caverun lake during spring spawn but in summer mainly caverun i plan to use vertical jigging and live bait dropped in increments untill i find a "strike zone"" but i am open to any better suggestions as far as my general knowledge of fishing goes i fish for anything that swims and have been scince i was 6 years old i have many spincast reels but i want a spinning reel to mainly specify for crappie i am willing to bend on how much to pay in my book theres no price for a good fishing reel but i am mainly looking for a spinning under 50 or so dollars so there is my
fellow Kentuckian.

Never fished Yatesville ... but have fished Cave Run since it opened.
I don't vertical jig ... but, I do cast a lot :D then follow-up with a method I call Vertical Casting. If you haven't read it already, I wrote an article explaining how I do it : http://www.crappie.com/articles/crappiepappy.htm
You might want to try it, sometime ... it works

If you're looking for a med size reel, in that price range, I would suggest looking at a Mitchell 308X @ $40 or Shimano Spirex 1000 or 2000 @ $60 (depending on whether you like a manual bail/single handle or trigger bail/double handle). And if you were looking for something a little smaller/lighter/cheaper .... consider the low end Shimano's (AX - TX - CX ... between $15-25). Between those, in the Shimano line, are several nice reels .... Sienna $30 - Sonora $40 - Solstace $50 - Sidestab $30

Mitchell Avocet Silver AV-S500UL @ $22 or AV-S1000 (same reel, slightly larger) @ $22 .... might be a consideration. You might also want to look at the Spidercast Tarantula 200U @ $30

You might want to consider what brand/length rod you will be using, before deciding on which reel to put on it. Balance and overall weight of the outfit, especially for vertical jigging, is a big consideration. A rod with a Tenn Handle is easier to balance, with most any reel, than one with a fixed reel seat. Check out the BnM FnF rods (Tenn Handle - cork) and the Sam Heaton Super Sensitive (fixed reel seat) .... see website link at top of page (site sponsors).

I don't want to sound like I'm pushing any particular brand/model ... and I haven't used, or don't own, all of the above mentioned rods/reels. I'm just familiar with some of them, and I own/use some of them. They've all been very reliable, and trouble free.

... luck2ya ... cp