Just thinkin its time for a new reel and am having a bit of trouble choosing between these 2 quite beautiful reels :). The last image is me trying to see the difference between the two at work + having a little too much free time!

Here are the pro's and con's for the baitrunner D for me:

BAITRUNNER D

Pros: Available in Oz + has australian warranty

        approx. $100 cheaper

        cheaper spare spool

Cons: Only 3+1 bearings as opposed to 6+1

          Not as sexy as the thunnus ci4

***They both have identical drag, line capacity and nearly identical weights.***

QUESTIONS:

Anyone have any experience on either of these?? Would having only 3 bearings affect the longevity of the reel?

Much appreciated!

Justin

well to do a first, i decided it was only going to be two of us out today(normaly three) definatly better with two.

the plan looked good, weather looked good and we were off.

left woodys at 6.15am and headed straight out to 60mtr, first problem my navman gps would not aqq sats, oh well i have the hds10 now, so split the screen and all good, power on.

the water was supposed to be nice and flat, it was as rough as guts out there when we got pass the island, then transfering of gps spots to the 10 was a pain in the but.

for the first cople of hours, nothing,nil,f/all, not even a wrasse, and all i could think of was a disscussion with steve (moon and tides were wrong) shit fishing.

but then someboydy must of felt sorry for us because every thing started to work, gps fired up, wind was dropping and my mate had just pulled up our first fish, under size snapper, back he went.

then ever thing started goming over the side,  large b/b, a couple of huge rock cod, another under snapper, i got a jew that was mms under(that is four under size jews in two outings now, the big one is coming) so back he went as well, we were catching fish but as usal we wanted bigger.

then it got better again, my mate line went of in a hurry and 5 min later a 92cm queeny on the floor of the boat, then i pull in a 45cm red snapper, another under size pinky.

then my line screams, iam getting excited and theres some yahoos going on until the 1mtr long sambo comes over the side and the yahoos turn to yah only.

all the fish come from 1 spot after we had tried many spots for the day, it was a spot i dint think much of, fairly flat, with only 1 sign of fish on the sounder.

just goes to show you just never know.

except for the early part of the day, it has been our best day ou for a while.

i hope my dogs are happy with there sambo tonight.

cheers ron

is the sound classed as protected waters? couple life jackets a bilge pump and a anchor, oh and a rst/fishing liscence, all i need to go squiding around the rockwall out to the coathanger?

I was wondering if anyone went along to the Fisheries Demersal meeting last Thursday and any comments on the discussion

G'Day everyone have you all heard about Carlton mids new fishing promotion.

Its called Carlton Mid Rich Fish, they are releasing a certain number of tagged fish for keen anglers to catch and win prizes such as cash, a Qintrex top ender and fishing trips. the first fish has been released into the Swan its a lovely 30cm Bream.

For more details go to www.carltonmidrichfish.com.au

Cheers trying to get out of work now fishing gear is in the car

Sorry about the small images.We decided to keep a Sambo today and luckily it cooked up a treat (nice and firm). The drift was weird, with an Easterly wind and the drift was Northerly which resulted in heaps of crossed lines. Cheers Pete

Hi just curious to where you guys shop either at a big tackle store or a little tackle store. I gotta say i shop at the smaller ones. People tend to think bigger store / chain stores smaller price . I know this is wrong for a fact recently i have purchased a SHimano torium 30 , which i scored from a small tackle store at 260 dollars , i went to ranger camping and outdoors only to find that the shimano torium 20 which was all they had was set at a price of 430 BUCKS , ripp , just goes to show bigger stores doesnt mean smaller prices .

cheers

Hey Guys,

Going to Busso this week with the boss lady. Never fished there before, i'm told the jetty is good, but if you get a good fish, goodluck if you don't have a cliff gaff?

Are there any other good spots, and are there any salmon down there at the moment?

Any tips??

Cheers

Hey all,

just wanting to know how every one went this weekend be it landbased or boat.

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I went to hillarys yesterday at 12 and not a touch. comes 4 O' clock and landed 9 Zebra fish a 3 Buff bream all over 1kg. used a medium sized buff bream with its head cut off and tail cut off aswell as being stabbed several times to get some blood going. not a touch until 6 O' Clock when i had a 15 second run with some thing at around 20kg either ray but it has quite strong headshakes. unfortunately it spat the bait.

Cheers,

Eric

Finally got my first dhuie today! went 89cm and 11 kg bled and gutted. also had another first with a striped tuna caught on mcarthy sp.

hi guys can anybody tell me if you can catch black bream in hill river and if so what size.cheers

If someone emails you a small picture, how do you make it bigger(my resizer only makes pictures smaller not bigger) cheers Pete

mate and i going to pull an all nighter around ocean reef area , any decent fish been caught there lately?( targeting mullas) , any tips for big fish there ? will let use know how we go . cheers.

hey guy what do u think is better for soft plastics fishing were would i have the biggest chance of getting fish?

any help would be appreciated even other decent spots in the metro area

cheers matt

Only a true fisherman will find ways to fish in any body of water.

Picked this up tonight at a secret metro spot! (released of course)

hey guys havent been out from woodies since they did all the upgrades and was just wondering if its still free to park or if you have to pay now? dont want to get there in the morning with no coins if needed!!

Hi,

I have a small budget and was wondering if this unit would be ok to use behing Garden Island ECT.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8705&ra=true

before and after shots.

it helps putting the boat back on when you have something like this? (my hiab/transport bussisness)

hi guys i was thinking of doing some night fishing behind garden island or carnac can anyone tell me whats out there and how far from the islands is best to fish as i hav'nt been fishing there before and what fish are out there at night or sunrise all help appreciated thanks

A Bathing Ape x DAIWA “A Fishing Ape”

Lifted from hypebeast

More on here; http://daiwa.globeride.co.jp/afishingape/

But where can I order the Fishing Gentleman Hat from?

hEY  after purchasing my Torium 30 today spooled with nearly 400 metres of 50 pound whiplash braid . I need a rod now to suite it. I have hardly any ideas for a rod obviously nothing mega exspensive , but something decent 100 - 230 dollars . ALL and any suggestions are welcome and apprecaited thank you hopefully im not annoying anyone thank you.

heading out of Bunbury tomorrow for the 1st time, conditions look good with light winds and 1.5m swell. Anything I should look out for? Not sure whether to drift or anchor and burley up??

Thanks on any advice:)

I see the weather is quite nice for Perth and the south for the weekend, whats everyone getting up to?

Not so special up here in Exmouth, might get out for a mud crab tomorrow, but apart from that the August winds are starting. :(

This is a crock!!!  I cant believe politicians make these outrageous unfounded comments which are nothing but scaremongering and they get away with it. GRRRR

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/election/bob-brown-wants-us-to-stop-fishing-but-his-research-is-flawed/story-fn5zm695-1225904672738

Are Long Nosed Emperor any good to eat? We caught some last trip up north, the fillets look good, but haven't tried it yet.

I need to know if i should keep it for myself or give it to the mother-in-law?

Hi fishwrecked members,

Ive decided to bite the bullet and purchase a Shimano Stella 1000FD and im having a few problems deciding on a rod to match with the reel. Ill be fishing 2-4lb braid and casting weights from 1-9grams. Any ideas or information on this topic would be great.

Cheers Matt

Enjoy

was thinking how well a camp fire would go with an overnight fishing trip in winter. Is this allowed anywhere and if so how far out of perth would it have to be? I plan on getting an old webber bbq putting it on the sand and having the fire in this so im able to take all the mess away with me. Any chance of getting away with that?

cheers

hay guys im heading out to woodies early sat morning is there any good reports about?